02-02-05, 05:42 PM | #1 |
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winter fishin
ahhh tis the time of year when a boat ride is right down miserable. me and a buddy took vaction days and went to day to a favored lake-high rock- in search of our lunacy. man did we find it. we started the day being called fools by the local sheriff deputy. we were slowly working our way thru a bucket of crappie minnows. when i got bored-man i swear i get bored easy-and start throwing a jigging spoon under a bridge. i relive the bridge of a couple wads of fish line and 2 bass, 1 quite dinky the other just 14". we catch 5 more crappie. and move toward the upper access area-butle creek-as we near a sharp bend we encounter ice so we stop. i start to notice the gulls were hammering shad hard in this area my buddy starts throwing a trap and hangs a good striper-8 pounder-it did not take me long to change to a trap got a nice 6.3 pound striper. the trap slowed down for a while so i started to throw a swim bait 2" on a light medium rod -use this rod to fish crappie jigs-i caught a 4 pound stripe bass on 6 pound braid-man was that fun- i throw the swim bait almost to the ice/slush. in 4-6 feet of water and caught a 2 pound bass on it.my question is has anyone caught bass shallow with water temps in the 34-35 degree range? or was this 2 pound foot ball a fluke? the water was stained and 9 feet below full. oh yeah 17 crappie 6 striper's and 3 large mouth were caught.
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02-02-05, 07:20 PM | #2 |
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Re: winter fishin
Zook, Just shoveled most of the snow out of the boat two days ago, I hope to get it in the lake this weekend.It has reached in the 30's here, Nothing a good pair of carharts can't tame.Try a full face motorcycle helmet when running down the lake, It works pretty well. ;D P N J
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02-02-05, 08:20 PM | #3 |
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Re: winter fishin
pnj old friend i would rather tote an *** whoopin then live back up north again. and that sir you can quote me on.
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02-02-05, 09:09 PM | #4 |
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[quote author=zooker link=board=MessBoards;num=1107376936;start=0#2 date=02/02/05 at 18:20:18]pnj old friend i would rather tote an *** whoopin then live back up north again. and that sir you can quote me on.
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02-02-05, 09:34 PM | #5 |
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Re: winter fishin
I'm with you on that Zooker I would much rather deal with the humid summers down here rather than shoveling snow in the winter and freezing my butt off. If it's getting down to wearing a motorcycle helmet to drive down the lake. It's just TOO COLD.
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02-03-05, 12:21 AM | #6 |
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Re: winter fishin
[quote author=zooker link=board=MessBoards;num=1107376936;start=0#0 date=02/02/05 at 15:42:16]my question is has anyone caught bass shallow with water temps in the 34-35 degree range? or was this 2 pound foot ball a fluke? the water was stained and 9 feet below full.
zooker [/quote] Yes I've caught a couple shallow with water temps being in the 30's. I think it a fish that was chasing something or just looking for food up there. I do think it is out of the ordinary for them to be shallow in those temps but it does happen. Lizards |
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