Our experts reviewed and ranked the best ice fishing lures for walleye, perch, crappie, trout, and more. These are our favorite baits, jigs, and spoon lures for reeling them in.
Ice Fishing with Hair Jigs for Panfish
Use a hair jig on your next ice fishing trip to imitate common panfish food choices like zooplankton and aquatic insects.
February 17, 2021
Like most anglers, I am always looking for ways to increase the quality and quantity of the fish I catch a better hook, a new location, a spot within a spot or, in most cases, a new lure.
Lures that revolutionize fishing are relatively rare. A few minutes on the internet produced the Original Creme Wiggler, Floating Rapala, Lunker City Slug-Go, Buel Spoon, Senko, Mepps Aglia, Rapala Jigging Rap, and Ned Rig as game-changers, but I don’t think I would get many arguments about adding hair jigs to that illustrious list. Like many from the inventory above, traditional hair jigs, while innovative, are certainly not new.