Ice out lures 2025
Fishin' Fool reply :
It got warm early this winter we had 67 yesterday and 64 today. It shouldn't be too long before the ice is gone. For those of you that live in the north, what's going to be that first lure you throw after the ice is gone?
Jar11591 reply :
I think I'll be primarily throwing a jig and a lipless crank.
Crestliner2008 reply :
For me it will always be a blade bait like a 1/2 - 3/4 oz. Silver Buddy. You can always rely on these old lures to pick up a fish or two after ice out. That being said, I also never leave home without my drop shot rod. 
CTBassin860 reply :
Lipless or a pointer 78
Hurricane reply :
Probably a jig or a jerkbait...
MassYak85 reply :
First lures I'll be throwing in that 40ish degree water is probably a jig, pointer 65, or a hudd 68.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Ill be throwing inline spinners and ned rig and hair jigs.
"hamma" reply :
Hair jigs, jerkbaits, bladebaits, jighead/swimbait, or reaper
scaleface reply :
Jigs are good . Crankbaits and spinnerbits have also worked for me . Location and timing are important . I like the afternoon on steeper sunny banks . Parallel cast and reel extremely slow .Marabou crappie jigs have caught me a couple of lunkers .
Felix77 reply :
Jig, Lipless Crankbait, Finesse swimbait and Drop Shot. I always throw a Sexy Dawg too just because some of by biggest bass have shown up that way right after ice out.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 2/20/2017 at 11:49 PM, Felix77 said:I always throw a Sexy Dawg too just because some of by biggest bass have shown up that way right after ice out.
topwater fishing right after ice out? As in water temps in the upper Thirty's and low fourty's?
Felix77 reply :
On 2/20/2017 at 11:58 PM, IndianaFinesse said:topwater fishing right after ice out? As in water temps in the upper Thirty's and low fourty's?
Yup ... I don't spend much time with it but some of the biggest bass I caught were just after ice out with as slow of a retrieve as I can. Not fast at all.
fishballer06 reply :
Caught my first fish of the year yesterday in 41* water. Chomped on a Lucky Craft crank.
A-Jay reply :
J E R K B A I T ~
and when things go according to plan - there's really no need to wait for the ice to actually go out; at least not all the way.
A-Jay
MassYak85 reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 1:32 AM, Felix77 said:Yup ... I don't spend much time with it but some of the biggest bass I caught were just after ice out with as slow of a retrieve as I can. Not fast at all.
That's interesting. While not conventional I guess it would make sense. Fishing it so slow you're almost deadsticking it would imitate a "winter kill" fish dying on surface pretty well.
NHBull reply :
Silver buddy or Med diver crank....maybe try the new dredgers
Burntorangefan reply :
Staysee 90, Crystal Blue or Pearl White Flake.
ErikmonBillsfon reply :
Flat rap, xrap, and I really want to practice jigs and swimbaits
I also tend to throw non-weedless lures I can't get away with most places when the weeds grow in soon enough
scaleface reply :
Arbogast Mudbug fished s-l-o-w .
Felix77 reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 4:01 AM, MassYak85 said:That's interesting. While not conventional I guess it would make sense. Fishing it so slow you're almost deadsticking it would imitate a "winter kill" fish dying on surface pretty well.
Definitely not dead sticking it ... I will get it walking and give it a twitch, twitch, pause (second or two), twitch, twitch, twitch, pause motion all the way back. I vary it and they always strike it on the dead pause. I think of it as warming up my dormant fishing muscles. HA!
MassYak85 reply :
On 2/22/2017 at 2:30 AM, Felix77 said:
Definitely not dead sticking it ... I will get it walking and give it a twitch, twitch, pause (second or two), twitch, twitch, twitch, pause motion all the way back. I vary it and they always strike it on the dead pause. I think of it as warming up my dormant fishing muscles. HA!
Wow that fast huh? I was thinking you were doing like 10-15 second pauses.
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 1:38 AM, A-Jay said:J E R K B A I T ~
and when things go according to plan - there's really no need to wait for the ice to actually go out; at least not all the way.
A-Jay
What size jerkbait are you starting the season with? Are you downsizing?
A-Jay reply :
On 2/22/2017 at 5:40 AM, Fishin' Fool said:
What size jerkbait are you starting the season with? Are you downsizing?
I rarely 'downsize' when it comes to jerkbaits.
I'll fish most of the season with what I guess would be considered full sized jerkbaits.
Which IMO, stands to reason, as I'm looking for full sized bass.
No desire to sore-lip a bunch of short fish, which is what often happens to me throwing undersized baits.
Baits include but are not limited to: LC pointers And DD in 100,110, 112, 115, 124, 127, & 128. Every once in a while I'll go down to a LC 95 or 78 size. SK KVD 300 & the Deep Diver. Smithwick Perfect 10 Rogue and Rattling Rogue, 6th Sense Provoke 106DD, Duo Realis Jerkbait 110SP & 120SP, Megabass Ito Vision 110 and 110+1 Jerkbait.
The 6-4 PB came on a LC 128 - just say 'in.
A-Jay
Neil McCauley reply :
AJ....based on apparent proportions.... and an assumption that you are an average size man... that smallmouth is easily 50-60 lbs!!! 
lmao
A-Jay reply :
On 2/22/2017 at 6:37 AM, Neil McCauley said:AJ....based on apparent proportions.... and an assumption that you are an average size man... that smallmouth is easily 50-60 lbs!!!
Actually @Neil McCauley, I'm a huge midget.
So I'm very hurt by that.
A-Jay
Fishin' Fool reply :
On 2/22/2017 at 6:28 AM, A-Jay said:
I rarely 'downsize' when it comes to jerkbaits.
I'll fish most of the season with what I guess would be considered full sized jerkbaits.
Which IMO, stands to reason, as I'm looking for full sized bass.
No desire to sore-lip a bunch of short fish, which is what often happens to me throwing undersized baits.
Baits include but are not limited to: LC pointers And DD in 100,110, 112, 115, 124, 127, & 128. Every once in a while I'll go down to a LC 95 or 78 size. SK KVD 300 & the Deep Diver. Smithwick Perfect 10 Rogue and Rattling Rogue, 6th Sense Provoke 106DD, Duo Realis Jerkbait 110SP & 120SP, Megabass Ito Vision 110 and 110+1 Jerkbait.
The 6-4 PB came on a LC 128 - just say 'in.
A-Jay
Thanks. Nice fish! I'm hoping to get a 6 this year.
Bankbeater reply :
I usually start out with a lipless bait, or a bladed jig. If
those don't work I break out the sassy shads.
drew4779 reply :
Jerk baits are #1 for me. Next would be jigs then tubes.
iceintheveins reply :
1. Jerkbait
2. Jig
3. Lipless Crank
4. Spinnerbait
5. Ned Rig
6. Carolina Rigged Centipede
7. Drop Shot
Chris at Tech reply :
Jerkbait, jig, lipless crankbait, shakey head
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