Sweedish Pimples

[Steve]

Anybody have much luck with them? I've been thinking of buying some for ice fishing.

[YpsiDave]

I have had some luck with them and perch. Put a small minnow on the treble hook and jig it a little bit. Planning on hitting Metro Beach this weekend and I have one rod with a Pimple already tied on. I'll let you know the results afterwards!

[Steve]

Yeah, let us know. Post some pictures of your fish if you catch any and have a scanner.

[predatorfish]

I've done prety good using them for perch and crappie. I prefer the smaller ones for panfish and have also caught bass, walleye, trout, and pickerel on them. I like to tip mine with waxworms on the treble hook or if I use a minnow I use the single hook also provided. I use them to find the fish because you can get to the bottom pretty quick because of the weight and can cover alot of area in a short time without using a depth finder sinker. If I find bluegills, I usually switch to a small teardrop tipped with a waxworm because I tend to miss alot of them on the pimple. They are also good when you miss a fish on a tipup, just drop it down the hole where you missed the fish on the tipup. This is especially true for perch if you are using big minnows on your tipups. Hope I've been helpfull. Goodluck!

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Have fun at whatever you do and keep on fishn, predatorfish <*))))><

[birddog]

Swedish pimples are probably one of the best jigging tools out there for ice fishing. They make all different sizes for fishing every thing from blue gills to lake trout. Its a good choice to have them in your takle box.

[DAVER]

When using Swedish pimples do you use a loop knot, improved clinch or what?? Thanks.

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Stay on top. DAVE

[YpsiDave]

Fished off the North Marina this COLD morning! Did not have luck with the Swedish Pimple but caught a few small perch on tear drops. Only 1 keeper between me and my shanty buddy. Total of 20+ perch were caught and best of all, we had FUN!

[Steve]

Pardon me for my ignorance, but where is the North Marina Ypsi?

[YpsiDave]

North Marina is located at the Metrobeach Metropark at the end of 16 Mile Rd. It is just a bay off Lake St. Clair but there were a lot of people there yesterday. You can also hit the big lake from there as well, just a little more walking. From what I heard, people were catching perch but most of them were small like the ones I was pulling up.

[predatorfish]

In reply to daver, what kind of knot to use: I use a knot that I don't know the name of and the end result is a loop through the eye of the lure. What you do is take the line and tie a loose overhand knot and leave it open then put the end of the line throug the eye of the lure then wrap the end of the line around like you are going to make a clinch knot only 3 wraps then take the end of the line and put it through both loops and pull on both ends. Hope you can understand my directions. This knot is also very good for crank baits too because it gives the lure when using heavy line.

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Have fun at whatever you do and keep on fishn, predatorfish <*))))><