Went to Jim Edgar Saturday for the whole day. Not a single bite on any of the lakes. I marked fish in 35' of water holding just off the bottom, but nothing I had made them want to bat an eye. Tried drop shooting a 3" minnow, tried swimming some worms just off the bottom, a z-drop, and even vertically jigged for them. Nothing... Went to a pond on site and caught a 3 pounder, so I didn't go home with nothing. I did get better at "feeling" some crank baits while I was at it. I'd say I ruled out about fifteen to twenty ways of catching fish in ice out conditions. The other highlight was, I was the only one out, so I had my own personal lakes for the day.

Nice to see a few from IL still fishing! 

my boat is in garage still, however it gave me extra time to install a few new extra toys.

I had big plans on working on mine as well, but if wanted to fish worse than I wanted to turn wrenches!

The Pond bass must have felt so nice, after the llooong you know what.

The Pond bass must have felt so nice, after the llooong you know what.

Im getting groggy and irrated at little things. I can only let off so much stuff in the gym. But fishing is so much more relaxing.

Nice to see a few from IL still fishing! 

my boat is in garage still, however it gave me extra time to install a few new extra toys.

you can still fish, who needs a boat?

you can still fish, who needs a boat?

Noah?

Noah?

what?

what?

he needed a boat- or was your question rhetorical?

he needed a boat- or was your question rhetorical?

It was rhetorical indeed

It was rhetorical indeed

i know- my lack of fishing makes me a smart ass!! 

Lack of outdoor activity has almost everyone grumpy. I'm going on a camping trip tomorrow so that should perk things up a bit. And I'm getting my plastic boat out for its maiden outing.

i know- my lack of fishing makes me a smart ass!! 

 

My wife calls me that all the time, my reply:

 

Its better than being a dumb @$$.

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That was a good one btw.

So far this year I've been too Clinton, Sangchris,Spring lake and Dawson lake. The 2 cooling lakes were running temps in the low 60's and the fishing was pretty good. We caught about 6 bass in each lake. Pretty good size, the biggest was 4lbs 3oz......Spring lake and Dawson on the other hand, were cold. Best temps were 49-50. The fishing was just as cold. One fish from each lake....Very large follow at Spring lake, 45 incher at least. We need about a week of sunshine, get those temps up to high 50's.