Matchroom Asia

I am old enough to remember when every jigging bait we used for ice fishing was called a “tear-drop”.   Many of those baits were tear-dropped shaped, but even “back in the day” there was a variety of those baits that were usually tipped with a wax worm, mousee or maggot and jigged vertically below an ice hole.   As with most fishing lures on the market “tear drops” have always come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.
Back in those days almost all of the ice fishing baits were baits that were presented in a vertical fashion.   Sure, we maybe used a small jig of some kind on occasion, but there used to be few, if any, ice-fishing jigs that were presented in a horizontal fashion.   Nowadays there are a host of both vertical and horizontal ice fishing jigs on the market and in fact, many anglers never even consider using some of the old-school “tear drops”.   Let me break those baits down a little bit and tell you why you should include both vertical and horizontal jigging baits in your “tool box”.
The "old style", "tear drop" on the left, and a home-made "horizontal" jig on the right.

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