i have a new found respect for plastics. i got out on the lake today for about half an hour today, when i relised that i forgot to stop at the bait shop. i looked in my tackle box and found a bag of little atoms nuggies. i thought i might as well try them so i punched out my buddys holes from yesturday and fished for half an hour and ended up with 6 crappies and 2 gills. i couldnt believe how great these plastics work but i am a fan!!!!!!

yeah i had a guy come over to ask what i was using becaue he said he was their for like 2 hours and caught like 4 fish. i told him what i was using but i think it was the fact that he was fishing with bobbers and the crappies were bitting upwards.

Plastics are now a must have on the ice. I have found that when the perch start chewing you can up size your perch by switch from live bait to plastics. You wont catch as many but I'll take 40 big ones over over 50 tiny ones. 

i know what you are saying Queico i had 8 fish and i only used one piece of plastic. if i would be using live bait i probably would have went trough 15 wax worms. plastics can be alot cheaper option than spending money on live bait every time you hit the ice!!!!!

I fell in love with plastics last winter.  Well, at least on a couple of trips.  They didn't seen to work too well for me on WBL, but it might have been because I was new to using them.

The only live bait I buy any more is minnows. I usually run tip ups while jigging for panfish. So all my panfish rods have plastics on them. I am able to just fix my knot and drop it back down the hole after catching a fish. I dont need to rebait after every fish.

Anybody? What would you say your confidence plastics are? I have a lot of plastics but I think I need to learn how to fish them better as I always end up back to a bobber and a minnow. I think the next trip out I am going to make it my goal to try and catch some fish on plastics alone and see what happens. :)

crappie toms video of plastics in the fall. he points out that all these plastics will transition into the ice period!!!!!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt2oLgdR0AE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt2oLgdR0AE</a>

Anyone use the Maki Plastics? I just bought $20 worth. :)

i was plaining on buying some J&S plastics the next time i get into the cities to stop at thorne brothers. how do you like the "IceMites" Shane?

Shane the out of the ones you sell on this site. what are you favorite plastic baits and colors?

Any of the red ones? What type did you use UDE LAKE TOM?

Chad,
Your best bet is to go buy a handful or two of different styles and colors. Just because one color or style works for someone on one lake doesn't mean that's what the fish want on a different lake. Their are so many variables that affect what a fish wants it's mind boggling.

Chad, I should be home tonight and tomorrow doing scads of homework. I know you don't live to far. If you want to stop over and check them out I could probably get you a sample of a few different ones to see what you like from Cubez.