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Ice fishing trout lures #6774916
02/18/20 01:11 PM
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I am doing a little trout fishing and having a lot of lookers no biters. Using a wax worm tipped slender spoon, kastmaster spoon, small ripen rap, and just a plain jug tipped with waxies. The trout are cruising and seem interested but dont bite. There must be something that will catch them. Any suggestions? Stocked rainbows mostly.


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6774927
02/18/20 01:29 PM
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Wigglers or crappie minnows

Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6774933
02/18/20 01:32 PM
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Not sure if this will work for you, but I have had great luck with a price of canned corn with a 1/2 or 1/4 of a night crawler. If you added in a piece of corn it might help. They like the yellow visual with the sweet smell. Don’t know if it will work for you but adding the corn has helped me many times.

Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6774935
02/18/20 01:34 PM
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Cant use minnows on trout lakes here.


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775044
02/18/20 03:14 PM
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Night crawlers work here. Some swear by Berkeley power bait but I’ve never caught anything with it

Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: Bruiser1] #6775051
02/18/20 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruiser1
Night crawlers work here. Some swear by Berkeley power bait but I’ve never caught anything with it



Bruiser but it comes in 20 fishermen catching colors, never work for me either.

Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775066
02/18/20 03:36 PM
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You're using night crawlers for ice fishing?


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775108
02/18/20 04:12 PM
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Night crawler dunked in codliver oil works best.


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775136
02/18/20 04:39 PM
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A good rig that has made me money in ice derby. 1/8 oz little Cleo. gold if water is murky silver if water is clear. This goes on terminal end then fourteen inches up tie in a small bbl swivel with a glow jig or glow hook about six inches from the swivel. Glow hook or jig should be size eight or ten. I use wax worms or spikes and pautskies green label salmon eggs.

Find bottom with the spoon then raise six inches or just above weeds if there’s any this is your set depth.
Rip rod tip up about five feet then slack line the spoon down to the set depth and hold still or set rod in holder or on the ice. After two minutes repeat. This works by the spoon twisting the line when you rip it up and then slack line it down, the spoon will fall back off to the side a few feet then swing back to perpendicular and begin to unwind the twist in the line. This has earned me five hundred dollars spread over three derbies only ones I have ever done through the ice. Won two and got skunked on one but so did just about everyone else on that one.


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775150
02/18/20 04:46 PM
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Smaller lures is usually the way to go. I might have caught one trout on dough bait Jake’s garlic floating but don’t remember for sure.


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775159
02/18/20 04:53 PM
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I have had good luck with canned corn. Green Giant "Nibblers" I believe is the brand that has the big kernels. I jig it and then keep raising it up and then drop it down to them. They usually hit the bait as it is falling.


I have nothing clever to put here.





Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775238
02/18/20 05:40 PM
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I've used sonars while jigging for landlocked Atlantic salmon with reasonable success...I believe similar results would be found when fishing for rainbow trout...


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775367
02/18/20 07:01 PM
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Try jigging with a cast master or jigging rapala.


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775426
02/18/20 07:55 PM
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Small ant shaped jig in neon colors tipped with a meal worm or fathead work for me. Dead stick a few rods if ya can in varying depths, preferably in an area with some structure or you know the trout move through frequently

Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775437
02/18/20 08:07 PM
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I've caught them on pink marshmallows here in Northern Manitoba.

Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: cmcf] #6775445
02/18/20 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by cmcf
A good rig that has made me money in ice derby. 1/8 oz little Cleo. gold if water is murky silver if water is clear. This goes on terminal end then fourteen inches up tie in a small bbl swivel with a glow jig or glow hook about six inches from the swivel. Glow hook or jig should be size eight or ten. I use wax worms or spikes and pautskies green label salmon eggs.

Find bottom with the spoon then raise six inches or just above weeds if there’s any this is your set depth.
Rip rod tip up about five feet then slack line the spoon down to the set depth and hold still or set rod in holder or on the ice. After two minutes repeat. This works by the spoon twisting the line when you rip it up and then slack line it down, the spoon will fall back off to the side a few feet then swing back to perpendicular and begin to unwind the twist in the line. This has earned me five hundred dollars spread over three derbies only ones I have ever done through the ice. Won two and got skunked on one but so did just about everyone else on that one.



little cleo has worked great for me for rainbows ……..silver and blue is my go too.



Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775487
02/18/20 08:42 PM
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You can’t put a live smelt on a single hook ,in that State ?


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775540
02/18/20 09:18 PM
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Shh don't talk too much about the Lil'cleo for ice fishing. It is my main lure.......jk


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775548
02/18/20 09:23 PM
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What Gutthooked said and add a small piece of red worm or a couple of maggots.


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Re: Ice fishing trout lures [Re: mudtracker] #6775584
02/18/20 09:44 PM
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Nope no live minnows in designated trout water. I dont really know what the reasoning is for that.


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