I will check with the wife. I think I could probably meet you tomorrow. Can you PM me your address? I live right off of century in Maplewood so I don't think it should be far.

ULT I learned in California when I was in a bass club and only artificials could be used (plastic worms). I could use the same color and type plastic as whoever I was fishing with,They being more experienced would catch ALL the fish me none or few,Then I fished with a guy (pro) who had me mimmic his rod movements,speed of return,size weight ,I then started catching fish! Reading here It sounds pretty much the same,change colors till the right color is found,Then try different presentations,depths etc.
  The thing is all the different plastics you need!!! I still have hundreds of plastic worms in shapes, colors,size it gets costly!

I actually got a couple others using plastics after seeing mine work.

The trick to plastics is having confidence in them. The only way to get that is to fish them often. The more you fish them and the more you catch, the more confidence you will gain in them. I still carry spikes with me on the ice but plastics are for sure my go to.

I was using bro's slug bug with a blood red tail. The perch were just nailing it. The bite did stop after about 5 though. Tried everything yesterday. Including crappie minnows and euros. Could not get a bite other than the slug bug and a red blood worm.

You guys got to try the whip. Its a plastic. Jig for crappies, perch, and gills but i have the most luck with them when the crappie are shallow. Fish with a long rod anywhere from right under the ice to about 5 feet down.

 I want to get some tiny plastics,Went to CrappieToms site.Hassle!! sending a check first then waiting for delivery.UMO has NO direct link to the proshop!! Is there one? where? I cant find any,I have to do a search to get there.Maybe a direct link may bring more buyers like me>>?

i think what sparcebag is trying to say is... it would be nice to have a direct link to the pro shop somewhere on the homepage or even in our left column of stuff. it is quite unhandy going through the fourms. i think if we just have a spot where more people will see it, would be quite nice.

If you click on the banner for the UMO pro shop, it takes you right to the site.

From the ProShop, click on the Tackle/UMO Gear/Outdoor Kitchen/Electronics tab at the top, then you'll get a few more options such as jigs and plastics. Here's a link for the lazy: http://proshop.uppermidwestoutdoors.com/tackle.html

After all this hype I'm seriously starting to think about getting some of those Quiver tails and Minnow tails.

so buying these plastics brings up a new question? How does everyone store them? I have seen people use the worm binders but I was wondering what everyone uses?

thanks
Chad

i put all my plastics on the right side of my small clam jig box. it holds my go to jigs on the left and the plastics on the left. i have found that they stay out of the bottom of my trap that way. lol