One lure to rule them all

[PBH]

I’m on the wooly bugger train. They are deadly in all sizes. For ice fishing, maribou jig.

Question for those of you that use wooly buggers while ice fishing, do you use any kind of bait with them?

This year up at Fish Lake over New Year's, my rig had a tub jig as the bottom lure, with a loop about 24" above it.  I had a small bugger attached to the loop.  Sometimes I had that bugger tipped with bait (cut bait, or meal worm), and sometimes I didn't -- those perch are pretty good at stealing bait!.  I got fish both with and without.


Honestly, what's the difference between a bead / cone bugger and a crappie jig under the ice??