What do you all do in the "off season"???

[Jigger]

What are you all doing in the winter when the fishing's slow to while away the time until Spring??? Me? I bird hunt all Winter. I've got 3 birddogs and we pound the fields until the Spring bite starts. I used to Striper fish all Winter but the birddogs have taken the place of Stripers-----for now, at least. I also used to crappie and trout fish in the Winter. Sooooo, what are you all doing while waiting for the Spring Bass bite to start??????

[basskicker]

well, i was doing a lot of deer hunting but season is over now so im gonna have to just go fishing every once and a while. cant keep my mind off of it. probably going to go this weekend to practice at Percy Priest lake for a tournament in february. its supposed to get up to 60 degrees so it wont be a bad time to go. been waiting on a warmer day during the weekend for some time now.

[Bob Smith]

Go fishing!

[Preacher]

heh heh...fight with BH! Thats the squirrel...not my wife!!

[Captmikestarrett]

Work five days a week 9-5 and some evenings on side jobs. Then weekends I travel and set up my booth and sell fishing trips and crappie poles.

Capt Mike

[Lilmoosecountry]

whatz off season!!! I fish year round.

[lunker-lander]

Well, lately I have been changing out hooks, buying rods, (HeHe), looking/researching certain lines, looking/buying lures, and foolin' around with the Bait Monkey!

Try using the Search feature to find more information!

-Lunk-

[carolina-rig-01]

i deer hunt both firearms and archery seasons. plus i fish year round.

[barkelypup]

I work 5 a week and chase my daughter around when I get home. Expecting my 2nd child ths ones a boy Feb 7th or anyday now. I also have some black angus that take up some of my time but Momma knows when March rolls around I'm gonna go chase fish for money. Let me add don't try to make a living out of it or you will starve. I also deer hunt when I get a spare few minutes.

BP

[Raul]

Originally Posted by Lilmoosecountry

whatz off season!!! I fish year round.

Definition of "Off season": term applied to the period of time by them guyz up north where water turns into a lure impenetrable solid mass several feet thick on it´s own.

Needless to say that such event only happens for us southern guys in the freezer by artificial means.

[Lilmoosecountry]

Originally Posted by Raul

Definition of "Off season": term applied to the period of time by them guyz up north where water turns into a lure impenetrable solid mass several feet thick on it´s own.

Needless to say that such event only happens for us southern guys in the freezer by artificial means.

It's called ice fishing!!! many of us keep fishing. We just go vertical in our presentation. Northern Wisconsin ice fishing on Green Lake with a 30 below temp. WIll send a southern boy home cry'n.

[jooleyen]

When it's the off season, I wait for the on season.

[Raul]

Originally Posted by Lilmoosecountry

It's called ice fishing!!! many of us keep fishing. We just go vertical in our presentation. Northern Wisconsin ice fishing on Green Lake with a 30 below temp. WIll send a southern boy home cry'n.

Definition of "Ice fishing".

For the guyz up North: drilling a hole to penetrate the lure impenetrable mass several feet thick hoping to ketch some feesh while freezing their rear end.

For us the guyz down south: trying to scoop out the last ice cubes out of the cooler after baking under the sun in 65°-70° ( "winter" temps ) all day long to chill down .

[zooker]

Originally Posted by Raul

Definition of "Ice fishing".

For the guyz up North: drilling a hole to penetrate the lure impenetrable mass several feet thick hoping to ketch some feesh while freezing their rear end.

For us the guyz down south: trying to scoop out the last ice cubes out of the cooler after baking under the sun in 65°-70° ( "winter" temps ) all day long to chill down .

what he said...


zooker

[Lilmoosecountry]

Well Zook after all you said you use be a northern boy. Besides if you want catch the big fish in the winter time. Northern Boys go for them big northerns & ocasional Hawg Walleyes. Southern Boys in the winter go after bait for us northern boys fish. You know 5lb bass.

[BigBassin144]

LMC, true. That 5lb bass would make perfect bait for some 50"+ Musky.

BB

[zooker]

lil moose

down here we have a lil bass called a ky spot. they bite like it was last call at an all you can eat buffet. and they do it ALL winter..

zooker

[basskickerz_cuz]

Well I hunt and go sauger fishin some during the winter. I hunt mostly though it's the best thing besides fishing I've found to relax me as much.

[fishing man]

during the off season up here in northern ohio, all i do is ice fish (if the ice would ever get thick enough), read about bass fishing, fix all my rods, reels, lures, etc, mess around just pitchen and flippin lures into what ever, and finally i just dream about when the ice melts (again) so i can get my lures back to were there supposed to be, in a basses mouth. lol

[RetiredandFishin]

Fish, fish and fish somemore.......

[Rebbasser]

Just keep fishing, like Retired said. Benefits of living in the South, and especially in Texas!

I would like to try ice fishing sometime just to see what it is like. Maybe swap a trip with one of you Northern boys.

[bamabassman]

well i am a southern boy and i don't fish in the winter. i ain't gonna get out there when it is below 50 degrees, lol. so i just go into the shooting house with my little heater and try, i said TRY to get a buck. no luck this year. after bow and gun season. i mope around complaining bout the cold and how i have to get out in it to work. praying for spring, lmao. yes i have cabin fever BIG TIME HAHAHAHHA

[pig n jig]

Originally Posted by Rebbasser

Just keep fishing, like Retired said. Benefits of living in the South, and especially in Texas!

I would like to try ice fishing sometime just to see what it is like. Maybe swap a trip with one of you Northern boys.

Reb, any time you want to ice fish, you know you are always welcome. Here you can fish the bigger lakes by boat as well.We boated 14 lake trout and 2 smallmouth this morning fishing from a boat. Its nearly the same vertical presentation as ice fishing without the ice present, because it can't form on the big lakes due to water current. P N J

In the event I can't fish in the off season,I stock up on fishing supplies and what have you for the boat to get ready for next season. P N J

[islandbass]

Off season? What off season? I braved sub freezing temps last week just to fish. Off season? hmmph! Couldn't even feel my hands despite wearing gloves and mitts while fishing last week. Off season? Baaa! Five hours of fishing and only one #@&##&* bite. Fish tough or go home.

Okay, just kidding. There were a few times out there that day like when my hands nearly fell off that I think I should have stayed home.

Off season jitters kept at bay on forums such as this, lure making, reading books, and planning how I will approach the next season. Jigs and pigs, baby. My drop shot is going bye bye.

[Bass_fishing_girl]

We sometimes visit and indoor fishing barge.... when its raining or way tooo cold!!

San