Artifical Maggots

[futurestrader]

Berkley sells these GULP artifical maggots and I have never used them for ice fishing.  I was wondering if anyone has ever tried them and what were your results?

[mitch131]

i have tried them thank to hard water junkie i cant say there are the best but when the bite is fast i will use them plus live bait just so i can get it back down the hole faster and have did well hard water has had better luck than me i hope this helps

[davek]

I have used the waxworm and shiner and had a lot of luck with them but I must also say the bite was just as good at the same time with live waxies and minnows

[HardWater Junkie]

I have had good luck with them but like Mitch said mainly when the bite is hot. I have better luck when the fish are finiky with live bait or finesse plastics. I use the gulp maggots a lot when I'm using small swedish pimples and sitting on top of a school of crappie. When your into a school of fish the last thing you want to do is to rebait your hook after each fish.

[slabslayer]

I've used them as well, they work when the fish are on, or after I've used live bait to get them going.  But if the bite's slow, or I'm calling in fish, nothing works like the real thing.