Standard/Favorite Lures usually rigged up

With ice shows coming up I got my rod boxes down the other day and it got me thinking about ice season, lures, etc. As time allows I’m planning to clean/lube the reels, tie new leaders, tie on new quick snaps/clips when applicable, etc. Knowing the that many of us have multiple of about every lure they put on shelves but use a finite amount of those we have confidence in, I started laying out the likely rob/reel/lure combinations. I like to have different options ready for perch, walleye, and truck fishing (longer rods). Below is what I came up with. How about you?

(Normal disclaimer that it varies with depth, water clarity, time of winter, region/state, etc. Also no need to note I have too many rig combos…working on it).

JT Panhandler: wonderbread or gold jig
TUCR QT: small leech flutter spoon
JT Golddigger: Buckshot rattle spoon bladed treble
TUCR Precison: Flutter spoon of some type
Custom Carbon: PK Spoon
Tucr Deadstick: jig
44in Shiver Stick: Rattle flyer bladed treble
FB Drench: Jig, baitfeeder reel
40in Lake Effect Pannie Rocker: small kastmaster

Homemade rod on JT Shiverstick blank #1 – Pink PK spoon, VMC Beaded/glow treble
Homemade rod on JT Shiverstick blank #2 – Rapala Slab Rap 4 Clown
Homemade Rod on JT Black Reign blank – Rapala Rippin Rap 4 Clown
Homemade Rod on Bass Khang Perch Blank – Pink Wonderbread Amped longshank tungsten, Minnow tail
JT Walleye Snare – Green Glow bead, Pink or Purple #6 hook, Paired with a Shiner

Those are my go to walleye setups, Also Have a half dozen Panfish Rods Rigged at all times.

Homemade Rod on Della Bay Tip dip blank #1 – Amped Jig, Wonderbread
Homemade Rod on Della Bay Tip dip blank #2 – Clam/CC Pinhead
Homemade Rod on Cut down JT Rogue blank, Spring bobber and Schooley – Amped Jig – Pink Wonder bread
Homemade Rod on Thorne Power Noodle blank – Amped Jig

For crappies, I always start with my TUCR Bullwhip and a pink VMC tungsten Bull fly. Lots of days I never need to change.
DT

Jigging and Ripping raps have been an enigma for me. I know they catch fish, watch people do it, try…no luck. Obviously operator error, try-try again.

Love the pinhead minnow, gotta get that on somewhere. Another rod??? That Perch Sweetheart is talked of highly…???

Try to keep on a variety of flutter spoons, darting lures, thin vertical spoons, jig…

Ekruger01: Late last year after the Nokomis video came out I started modding lures with bladed trebles, feather trebles, glow trebles…tipped with impulse minnow heads, clam minnow heads, some perch eyes from various companies. Can’t wait to use those lures this year.

acarroline wrote:

Ekruger01: Late last year after the Nokomis video came out I started modding lures with bladed trebles, feather trebles, glow trebles…tipped with impulse minnow heads, clam minnow heads, some <em class=”ido-tag-em”>perch eyes from various companies. Can’t wait to use those lures this year.

Corey Bechtold Got me started on modifying plastics and presentations years ago. Bladed trebles, beaded trebles, Plastics etc are a huge staple in my tackle box. Kind of like a double minnow setup facing opposite directions on a deadstick!