Whitefish hook question

[Big.Bear]

What kind of hooks do whitefish generally go for? I was using a jig with either minnow or worm. What else works for them?

[Bassett]

maggots and wireworms

[Big.Bear]

thanks Basset!

[moosehunter3-0]

Sometimes you cant do anything wrong sometimes you cant do anything right. Theve taken some odd things, ive even seen them caught on unbaited green jig heads. What I use is wire worms and maggots a foot off bottom or small to medium wetaskiwins. For wetaskiwins fish them right off the bottom letting them flutter on the down jig

[Big.Bear]

so when you use wire worms with maggots do you put the maggot over the wire worm and cover the wire?

BTW thanks for the help!

[moosehunter3-0]

just put 2 or 3 on the tip of your hook like you would for perch

[sharrozap]

X2 moosehunter

[Bassett]

X3 moose hunter

[trout hunter]

for whitefish i usually use a yellow or black panther martin.

[TrollGRG]

Nothing is written in stone. I have seen times at Wab where the whitefish would not only ignore a wire worm with a maggot but would turn away on close inspection. On those days they would agressively take a bare wire worm. The very next day the maggots would work well.

[BEL]

Bells work really well. Some call them thumpers. Chartreuse yellow is semi working right now. BEL