stevecastle

Glad to see some are out there braving the cold and wind. It was my 1st time catching on a jig. I had tried many times before but no luck so i kinda gave up on it. However i read the sticky on jig fishing and figured i would give it another go. Looks like i have another weapon in my arsenal now!

Went out with my son to a local pond and found it still half frozen over. Tried real slow fishing but no bites. Then tried, just for kicks, punching through the ice just as our Canadian friends do. I got 4 nice bass between 1-2 lbs and my son got one also. Couldn`t believe it. We were falling about in laughter when i pulled the 1st one out. Great day out with some of the strangest fishing i have ever done.

Sterling/Dulles here. Starting to sort through all the gear in anticipation. Should have a boat this year at last!

I`m taking my son to the res tomorrow morning.Does anyone have any advice of where to go. We are renting a jon but taking our 6hp evinrude so we can get around. Hopefully we can get on them .

My son and i are looking forward to the meet. We have just picked up a 15 ft Princecraft v hull aluminum jon boat and should be using it this year. It`s going to be great to finally get out in our own boat.

Another vote of thanks to Traveler for the wonderful photos. That was very kind. Also thanks for sending us our water bottles back. We are looking forward to the spring meet with great anticipation. Hopefully we will be in our new boat by then!

Alex and i will be up for a trip to Mattawomen. I`ve always wanted to fish down there. I also like the idea of a weekend trip, we`ll get more fishing in. That`s snakehead country down there isn`t it?

I just wanted to say what a great time my son and i had at lake anna with you guys. Many thanks to Eric for taking us out in his boat for the whole day. It was great to be able to put a face to all the names i see on the forum and to get to know you guys. Thanks to Nitro and his family for making us feel so welcome. I see there is already a post for next year. I will definitely be interested in going again. Hopefully we will have our own boat by then.

if you still want to get the dobyns savvy, there is a 7'6 heavy flippin rod, it is rated from 1/4 to 2 ounces and it looks great for the job you mentioned. it may have a fast action tip but i use a swimbait rod with a fast action tip and it seems to be ok for me considering i have caught a ten pound largemouth on it. i think you should get the dobyns because i have read reviews that it is almost as sensitive as the dobyns champion. good luck with what ever you get.

the 200E is a great reel, i have one and it is amazing, it is very smooth on the retrieve. the new chronarch is the same as the 200E just with a different paint job, and a few tweaks and a higher price tag. you can check if you want but the 200e chronarch weighs the same as the 200e curado

Ok. So my son and i are going to the reservoir tomorrow morning after the ice storm today. Where should we be looking? I am assuming they will have gone deep with the cold?

Thanks for resizing my pic. I was struggling with how to do that.

Thanks guys. Hey Mrbassface how are you doing? Great to hear from you. Hope your fishing is going well. I am looking forward to the river going down a little so we can get after the smallies. Fishing is great so far this season.

Thanks. It was texas rigged with a Gamakatsu 4# ewg hook. This weekend is looking good.

Heres a monster i pulled out of a pond last night with my son. Played it for approx 3 minutes as it just kept running. My best fish ever! Caught it on a brush hog using my new Kistler Argon and a pro qualifier. Don`t know what it weighed as i didn`t have a scale. But it was a good bit bigger than the 9lbr that my son caught last year. Hope the season continues like this.