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Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Use a 3 or 4mm jig with dark colored plastics. Hop around until you find a school in the basin, they will stick around for a while.
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Downsize to a 3mm to get more gills to trigger. Majority of fish on edge of basin.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Skipping a 3/8 queen tackle tungsten jig on shallow main lake docks.
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Drill out the deeper holes on prior and use a spoon to weed out the smaller gills.
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Humps
Forage
Insects
0
Bluegills were very active on a 14 foot hump that drops off to 19. clam jamei motor oil was the ticket!
Species
Crappie
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Crappies were in healthy coontail in the 7-12ft range.
Species
Panfish / Bluegill
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Insects
Hop around in 15-20ft off of weed edges, pink was the best color for the day
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Skipping a chatterbait around docks, cover a ton of water