blade fishing lures B Fish N Tackle B3 Bait - 1/4 oz but also provides tremendous action on slower retrieves in deeper depths Fish Sense Binsky Blade Baits

This pulls the hook to the corner of the fish's mouth and securely lodges the hook into the fish

This method works exceptionally well at slack periods of the tide when nothing else does

Im always rubbing my squarebill line against riprap, chunk rock, nails protruding from dock posts, sharp metal jetski lifts and all kinds of other stuff

The best contrasts on the same lure are red/green and blue/orange

If the leader is 80-pound or less, a well-tied Palomar knot works

Summary One of the joys of ice fishing is never knowing what species of fish youre going to pull out of the hole, it could be anything from a panfish to a northern pike