perfect baits

[deputy865]

what do you all use to ice fish for crappie walleye and pike?
i use
crappie:minnows
pike:shiners and tip ups
walleye: never caught one in my life and want to what is best to use?

[tommy-n]

I use nothing but spikes for crappie, gills in the winter time:)

[deputy865]

sorry to ask but i have seen it in other posts what are spikes and what did you mean blue gills in the wintertime did you mean you fish for them witrh spikes or what and were do u fish at

[smith kzoo]

i use crappie minnows only caught one or two crappie in the last three years off of waxies, mousies, spikes(aka little wax worms for the most part). But this year has not been good any where for anything from what i have heard

[Lunker]

Minnows for perch and pike and walleye, red spikes and waxworms for everything else.

[Bluegill Bob]

BIG Bluegills , like wigglers best I think. one single spike just bearly hooked under the skin on the head end #2 & small waxworm #3.

[fairview253]

Pike: Golden Shiners or Blues on Tip-ups
Crappie: I take what I can get on waxies, but use small minnows on either tiny treble or glow in the dark teardrop hookedthru the back. I PREFER MINNOWS FOR SPECKS
Gills: teardrops w/waxies

[Can't Touch This]

Minnows, but, always like jigging the pimple for pike.

[sfw1960]

And the NUMBER ONE ANSWER........is .....
BAIT!!

[dukslayer]

I think spikes are fly larva? {maggot}

[GET THE NET.]

perch ... minnows or tude jiggs

pike .... dead smelt or golden shinners

bulegills and sun fish.. wax worms or small minnows

waleye jigs with minnows or small mister twister tipped with minnow head....







thats my story and im sticking to it......

[ih772]

Minnows for Crappie, walleye, Pike and waxworms for blue gill in the winter.

Summer I troll for walleye using Long A Bombers and use half a night crawler on a bait holder hook for panfish.

[Southend517]

walleye in saginaw river
buckshot jigheads
or fire-tiger jigging rapala

http://www.thornebros.com/winter/tackle/images_tackle/rapala/normark_jigging%2520rapala.gif

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/content/Pod/01/95/45/p019545ii01.jpg

[bgoodenow]

Perch minnows for Crappie - glow in the dark teardrop, hooked through the back.

Golden Shiners or Sucker minnows for Pike.

Minnow on a treble hook for Walleye - Canadian style, with a spool of line, a piece of black electric tape, and a willow stick!

[tommy-n]

sorry Deputy865 did'nt see that question earlier, Duckslayer is right. larva from a fly, a maggot, there not really that dirty when there produced for bait, in sawdust. I have already used 6000 so far this year, I have 2 boys that sometimes fish with me. I only use them during ice fishing then switch to waxworms in the spring or a small peice of worm.:)