01-21-2020, 08:08 PM
[#0000FF]When the ciscos swarm on the rock pile they will mob a lot of things. On one ice trip I was sending down a 3/8 oz. white jigging spoon with red spots and a red treble hook, and as soon as I raised it off the bottom my rod tip started vibrating with the fish attacking the spoon. Every once in a while the rod tip would bend over as a cisco or bear lake whitefish managed to get the point of one of the trebles in its mouth and hook itself. Later on I added a small white jig on a dropper above the spoon and caught more on that, including a couple of Bonneville whitefish and even one nice cutt.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Whatever you send down on the rock pile you need some weight to get it down...and to maintain a feel for what is going on down there. I'm sure you could rig with a double dropshot rig...sinker at the bottom and a couple of brightly colored ice jigs above...and you could probably catch plenty...even without bait. But when the ciscos are thick and mobbing your spoon it is easy to snag a bunch in a hurry.
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[#0000FF]Whatever you send down on the rock pile you need some weight to get it down...and to maintain a feel for what is going on down there. I'm sure you could rig with a double dropshot rig...sinker at the bottom and a couple of brightly colored ice jigs above...and you could probably catch plenty...even without bait. But when the ciscos are thick and mobbing your spoon it is easy to snag a bunch in a hurry.
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