[icefishingnewbie]

Ok so when people think of ice out bass fishing the biggest misconception is to use small baits and fish really slow and deep.... well those people are right and wrong.I do find that flipping jigs in 1/4 ounce in natural colors work really well but in my opinion for that jig i put on a bulky trailer like a 4 inch green pumpkin blue chigger craw and i varie my retrieves for the jig. Another bait i really like is a jerkbait like a husky jerk 8 or a husky jerk 10 i find that this works really well during ice out i like a 3-5 jerk and pause for 10 seconds and repeat i feel like that works really well. Another bait is a wacky rig senko this will work but in my opinion it will take time to get fish on it since it doesn't cover that much water. But my top to are a squarebill crank like a kvd 1.0 in bluegill or a booyah spinnerbait in 3/8 ounce in a golden shiner color and i vary retrieves. Finally i locate these fish in 2-7 feet of water on points and weed edges. What are you approaches towards ice out fishing?

[mikeyinstfd]

I love shaky head worms this early. Slowly dragging and stopping seems to drive em nuts.

[Maximillion]

Ice out is probably the hardest time for me but when I do have a good day early in the season its always with a gold and black top rapala husky jerk. I bought a bunch of grubs and bucktail jigs to try this year.
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Top 5 Favorite lures: Boo-yah Boo jig, Zoom Horny Toad, Rapala Husky Jerk, Berkley Power Worm, Senkos

[icefishingnewbie]

i agree with both of you i love the yum f2 shakiliscious worm on a gamagatsu shakey head it drives finicky bass crazy. the husky jerk gets me alot of cullling size bass around 12-16 inches biggest caught on the jerk was only 16 inches but i have caught a 19 incher on a jig early season

[Maximillion]

What depth are you guys fishing the shakey heads and what kind of bottom (sandy, rocky, muddy)?
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Top 5 Favorite lures: Boo-yah Boo jig, Zoom Horny Toad, Rapala Husky Jerk, Berkley Power Worm, Senkos

[Michael]

Local ponds I got to during ice out get active while throwing a Husky Jerk HJ-6, Texas rigged 4" Berkley, and 3" soft plastic helgramite rigged with a 1/4 ounce jighead.

I play around with the Husky Jerk. Sometimes 2 to 5 jerks and a 5 second pause will do it. Other times it could be 1 single jerk.

The helgramite I slowly bounce on the bottom.

I play around with the Berkley power worm. Light twitches, slowly dragging, and slowly bouncing.

Small ponds I go to before Opening Day get active pretty soon if there's enough sun and warm temps, which means I could start throwing a crankbait in no time and they'll hit.

[jimbojonez]

in small bodies of water, as soon as the ice starts to thaw the bass seem especially attracted to anything resembling a golden colored bait fish. I don't have much experience with large bodies of water.

[icefishingnewbie]

I work the shakey head in 5-12 feet of water on a rocky or sandy bottom for most sucess.

[RaMPaGeBaSsMaN]

Hair jig black and blue
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[pikePERSUADER1]

you guys should try cabin creek spider jigs, fished on 6# flourocarbon

[rvolkers]

Bass - #1 tubes #2 jerk baits #3 hair jigs #4 Chartreuse/black back cranks#5 senkos

Pike - #1 spinner baits #2 swim baits #3 big hair jigs black/red or Chartreuse/white

AND believe it or not BIG top water baits - the BEST i have used is a wounded spook!

http://www.lurenet.com/brands/heddon-lures/heddon-wounded-zara-spook

keep in mind that pike are in pre-spawn to spawn at ice out) and can be VERY aggressive

[x182dan]

Spro jerkbait its the best I've found!
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