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Ice fishing fishing tips

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Jigging Tip

While Ice fishing the other day, 2 old men walked up to talk and offered me a tip. He saw me jigging and asked what I was using, and I told him cut bait. He took a look and saw I still had the skin on the meat on said the fish shy away from that, and so i did it his way by just using all meet and saw an increase in bites.

Topics: Jigging
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Ice fishing safety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysnKtuUTt8k

You may have to cut and paste. Well worth the watch especially before heading out as a good reminder.

Topics: Safety
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Ice fishing for crappie

Crappie have their eyes on top of their heads, and will see your bait and lures above them. If you have a sonar and can see crappie at a certain depth, try to keep your bait or lure just a little higher because crappie won't see anything below them. Crappie will often continue to follow your lure higher and higher until they strike, and when they hit your rod tip will actually go up instead of down because the fish is taking your lure higher. Make sure to set the hook when this happens.

Topics: crappie, technique, depth, lures, bait, sonar, ice fishing