horsehunter wrote:
Does anybody fish lures only with no bait with success.
I haven't ice fished for 20 years but since muskie closed dec 15 I've been bored enough to try anything. I'm in Tweed and I don't think there are minnows in town any longer.
I've read a few articles from In-Fisherman magazine, Outdoor Canada etc...and viewed some videos on Youtube and guys like Gord Pyzer, Doug Stange and guides from different lakes in Canada seem to NOT use minnows when fishing for Walleye. (unless of course on a deadstick or a tip-up) If they do decide to tip their lures with bait, they just use the head. They will use whole minnows when fishing for perch.
I was fishing 2 weekends ago on Scugog, and perch were hitting a jigging rap style bait with no minnow, so I'm sure a Walleye would!!!
Gord Pyzer says " I wouldn't give you a dime for a whole minnow, but I'd give you a quarter for the head"