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Nate Blair

Bronze Ambassador

9/10/23

Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Summer
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
67°

Hammered rock bass all afternoon. They wouldn’t touch a Smokey Shad Scented Jerk ShadZ, but went nuts over the Morning Dawn Baby Z-Too. The Hover Rig consistently produced bigger bites than the Smeltinator.

Hotbait

Core Tackle Weedless Hover Rig 3/32 oz / 1/0

$6.49

Northland Fishing Tackle Smeltinator Jig 1/8 oz / Unpainted / 2/0

Out of Stock

Strike King Baby Z-Too Soft Jerkbait Morning Dawn / 3 1/2"

$4.69

Omnia Community Member

Gold Ambassador

2/20/23

Species
Yellow Perch
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Tip-Ups
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows

Was fishing off of west DNR boat launch. Ice was 8+ inches thick. We were between 15-22 feet throughout the day. We caught one decent perch off a tip up. Besides that we mainly caught them in about 20+ feet of water. A couple feet off the bottom jigging either a k rip or t rip tipped with spikes. They were not interested in spoons or tungsten jigs that day.

Hotbait

Kenders Outdoors T-Rip Mini Vibe Bait - EOL 3/4" / Bluegill

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors K-Rip - EOL 3/4" / Wounded Fry

Out of Stock

Sufix InvisiLine Ice Fluorocarbon - EOL 4lb / 50 Yards

Out of Stock

Sufix Performance Metered Tip-Up Braided Line - EOL 30lb / 50 Yards

Out of Stock

Frabill Pro Thermal Insulated Tip-Up - EOL Orange

Out of Stock

Omnia Community Member

Gold Ambassador

2/26/23

Species
Yellow Perch
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows

Was fishing the flats near drops. For our tip ups we just ran blues, got a few flags but nothing every got stuck to the hook. We caught a decent amount of perch no keepers. But whenever they did come threw. They pretty much wanted it deadsticked and tipped with a spike or Waxie. We did have one hit a minniow on a spoon though. Bite window was mid day or right before and after sunset for us.