Quote Originally Posted by QuinnTheEskimo View Post
I ice fish a lot and I have an underwater camera. If I set it up right I can get the camera pointed at my jigs in 35’ of water and see everything. Fish in winter tend to be less aggressive so it might not be completely applicable to fishing open water but what I see under the ice is that most of the time you are better off not moving the jig at all once a fish approaches it and frequently they’ll swim up to it, open their mouth and draw it in and spit it out without ever moving the rod or spring bobber. The one movement that does work the most if they don’t take the still jig is moving it up away from them 8 or 12 inches and then stopping.
I icefish too and love my camera when I can find water clear enough to use it. Not many places here tho.