4 Reasons to Use Tungsten Ice Fishing Jigs(b)

Straight, fast drop

Compared to a lead jig of equal size, a tungsten one is heavier and sinks faster. This has advantages in many crappie scenarios.

Cover water - Tungsten’s fast drop allows anglers to rapidly fish a hole. This makes prospecting more efficient, especially in deep water. Consider how it’s easier to cover water in a boat using a lure you can cast a country mile versus one with a limited range. On ice, every hole represents a cast. Fast-sinking tungsten makes quick work of covering the water column, bypassing unproductive sections, and determining if fish are around.

Get back to biters - A high-speed drop lets anglers capitalize on brief, feeding windows. The faster the bait returns to the strike zone, the more crappie one can catch during short-lived bites.
Straight down - In addition to sinking fast, a round tungsten jig drops straight down. This makes it well suited when a precise drop is needed to avoid snags around timber, vegetation, and rock cribs.
Making clouds - A heavy tungsten jig is a great tool for banging bottom to attract fish. Make impact with the floor, snap the jig up, and let it smack the silt again. Do this a few times to stir up the bottom and create silt clouds. The sediment plume attracts crappie.

At times, Brosdahl uses a heavy spoon to make massive silt clouds, then reels up and switches to a small jig. Tungsten makes this 1-2 punch fast and efficient.

Density desirables - A tungsten jig emits ticking sounds when hit on hard bottom.

Brosdahl uses this tactic more for crayfish-eating jumbo perch, but finds banging tungsten can attract crappie when fishing hard-bottom areas or isolated rock piles.

Accelerated fall - Tungsten sinks well on a spinning outfit. No complaints here. But, these days Brosdahl often uses a straight-line reel, like the Frabill 371, for more speed.

The 371’s ultra-smooth, free spool quickly feeds-out 3-pound fluorocarbon, helping tungsten jigs reach terminal velocity on the drop. The fact straight-line reels eliminate line twist is a bonus when it’s time to finesse a slab to hit.




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