Chubby Darter - ProTip

Jeff Simpson - Professional fisherman MN, USA. In-Fisherman magazine editor.

Only a little rod action should be applied once a fish appears on the sonar screen when ice fishing, or when trying to triggerfish in open water with a pause. Although the Chubby Darter was designed tohave lots of action to create vibration and flash that when attract fish, the key to catching fish when they move into investigate is to jig the bait lessaggressively. It's difficult to hold these center-balanced baits still-even when you're not jigging, the bait is still moving. The tapered tail keepsbobbing and twitching long after you stop jigging.