Here in north of Sweden we like to go out and feel the nature. To do that we can for exemple go out on the ice and fish some perch, trout, char, or whitefish that we later make a delicous dinner of. In this artical we are going to describe how we do!

Jig fishing or ice fishing as it also is called is nearly the same as usual fishing. But you do your fishing on the ice with a jig twig. The ice lure is the traditional lure, but there is also another lure called balance lure and it just walks through the water. The most used lure is a hook that sits on a snood. On the hook you put a worm or something else. It doesnīt matter what you put on the hook, itīs the shine of the lure that makes the fish react, and then the fish eat the worm that both smells and tastes good.

The supply of jiggs in different models and of different products is very big, and most of them are working very well. Each fisher usually finds his own favorit jig which works well. Itīs better to have only a couple of jiggs but of different sizes. The size and the weight of the jig is very important if you want to have a good result of your fishing, but the look of the jig isnīt so important. If you have a lot of jiggs to use you can have some difficulties to learn how to use them. But if you have 2 or 3 jiggs you can easier learn how to use them. Since the twigs are in different shapes you must learn how to control the different twigs in different ways. The big possibilities to variation the fishing has to offer is something you have to preserve.

If you are going to do jigfishing you will of course need a jig twig. There are many different sorts of jig twigs and you have to choose the twigs after what sort of fish you want to pull out of the hole.The twig should be well balanced and fit well in the hand. It should also be equipped with a spool so that you easily can adapt the line length to the fish depth. The spool also makes it possible for you to give out the line to the rushing fish. It would even be better if you had some sort of brake or barrier on the spool, so that you easier can stop the line from rushing out of the spool. A twig with a stiff peak is to prefere in most cases. A stiff peak gives you a more distinct contact to the bait so that the hook really sticks to the fish. The line should be pretty hard so that it doesnīt go snap so easily. The colour of the line should be pretty light ( It canīt be transparent) so that you can see it in the dark drill-hole. When the fish has hooked on to the hook you put your twig at the side and pull the fish up with your hands.

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