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Summary: Plastic maggots come in many colors as fish bait. Learn more about bait options in this ice fishing lesson from an experienced fisherman.
Gabe Gries Gabe Gries has worked for federal and state fisheries management agencies for more than 14 years. He holds two degrees in fisheries biology: a Bachelor of Sci... read more
Another option that's out there now for bait to use for jigs is artificial maggots, and these are mainly, again for panfish, for perch. A bunch of different companies make different ones, essentially they're not a natural product, but they don't contain plastic, they disperse a scent into the water calm, they come in all sorts of different colors in order to attract fish, this one happens to be chartreuse. These are not for human consumption, so you don't want to eat these, let your pets eat them. But it's similar to baiting anything else with these, I would typically put the hook in about half way through, put it up, normally I probably want to put about 2 or 3 of these on a hook, you can rig them that way, you can also try to put the hook more lengthwise to cover a larger portion of the hook, and then you put it down the hole and wait for the fish to bite.