When we go out, we usually setup most poles dead-stick, and jig a couple others. Friday i set up the underwater camera and watched trout reactions to my jigs real-time. Hands down even minor movement scared them away. Leaving the lure still got bumps and nibbles... twitch it, and the fish would take off. Kindof backs up what I've seen in our success rates on the dead-stick poles, they got alot more action.
I don't think this is true for all fish, I've heard panfish and perch prefer movement, and I know trout like movement in the summer (I've caught too many as my bait is still settling in the water column after a cast).
Still, for ice fishing I think deadstick is best for trout. Thoughts?
-DallanC