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lot of action with very little movement. I use 4-pound Gamma Edge fluorocarbon on a medium-
light 13 Fishing Tickle Stick. SteelShads are available at some local tackle shop or go online to
learn more.

How to Fish Someday Isle Tackle Jigs through the ice – Richard Hellman
The small Shimmerling can be fish in many ways, including simply rigged
on a dead-stick rod when baited with a small minnow. The Shimmerling is
heavy enough to get your bait down but light enough to allow the minnow
to move it around. Typically, we allow the Shimmerling/live minnow to
fished on the dead stick rod, lay8ing in wait for fish, while we jig with a
1/16-ounce Water Puppet tipped with minnow in another hole. The Water
Puppet takes fish, too, while attracting other fish from a distance to the
Shimmerling
two holes and the struggling minnow on the dead stick. Another way to
get those fish stuck to the bottom is with a special technique with a 1/8-
ounce Water Puppet tipped with minnow or plastic. With the heavier
Water Puppet, I jig softly just off the bottom, pulling it up about a foot or
so. At the end of the stroke, drop your rod tip and let the jig glide down
and plop into the bottom. The small puff of debris cloud created by con-
tact drives those mud bellies insane. Shimmerlings and Water Puppets
Water Puppet are available at many local tackle shops.

Using the BC Custom Baits new UV Pickworm for Ice Fishing – Bo Ryan
We have recently added UV colors to our array of baits, including the Pickworm – the favorite
of panfishermen. Our new UV Pickworms have been catching numerous crappies, bluegills and
perch on Lake Wilhelm this season during testing. He Pickworm is threaded on the ice fishing jig
of your choice and jiggled softly at the depth which fish are observed on the sonar. For more
detail, check out the YouTube videos I’ve posted by going to our Facebook Page “BC Custom

Baits.”

Editor note – Both Someday Isle Tackle and BC Custom Baits are based in NW PA. For this
months Report and February’s Report, we will be giving away two prize packs each month of
couple packages of Shimmerlings and BC Pickworms for your ice fishing escapades. Names
drawn from among contributors. Check the Gamma Tip Page for winners.