Would you still fish even from the bank aswell?

ABSOLUTELY !!!

 

I use that time to work on my cold water fishing , very little pressure , if any at all , this also helps my patience in the dead of summer .

I don't go out with the water below 40, and prefer about 48+.

I have fished when the air temp was 37 degrees.  I am not sure what the water temp was, but it was cold.

Coldest I've ever fished in that I can remember is surface temp of 38. 

32.1 degrees. If it's not iced over, I'll fish.

 

Tom

I hate cold weather. I'm on my spring break and the water is still freezing cold. Went out to a local lake and it seemed like a ghost town walking down the bank. No signs of life in sight

I have fished in January in northern Missouri. The water wasn't frozen but the eylets on my rod were. I was wearing my cold weather hunting gear. Man was it cold.

Any water that's not frozen over, I've fished it. It's not like I put a thermometer in there to find out

I fish whenever the water is soft. Generally, I don't see surface water temps colder than 35 degrees however.  The coldest surface water temp where I've actually caught a bass was 38.  This is from the bank.

 

Surface water temp was about 37/38 when this shot was taken in January...

 

I will be out as soon as the ice is off the lakes and ponds around here. Work on my cold weather fishing with the light stuff.

My biggest bass of the year last year the water temp was 38...As long as it isn't frozen i will give it a shot.

Add another to 38... I broke through thin ice to catch one sluggish keeper.

As long as it isn't frozen I'll fish. When it's right after ice out I like to find rock banks with deep water near the bank. I've caught fish from the bank when part of the lake was still iced over. 

bass fished, low of 33 water temp

 

trout/steelhead fished, water temp low 40, air temp below zero.

I'll fish hard water for small mouths...

Bad reply, sorry. I guess first day after ice out is more appropriate.

Pretty cold

 

 I have fished many times in mid to upper 30 degree water.

Pretty cold

 

Wow, I'd rather be sitting by a fireplace..Did you catch any fish that day?

I was fishing from the bank yesterday (water temp 34*) The ice melted the day before. I had that itch and had to go cast around a bit knowing I wouldn't catch anything. I ended up catching one bass on a jerk bait fished as slow as humanly possible.

 

Was a good day!

One little smallie that day, alee17. The temp really wasn't that cold. Somewhere in the upper 20's.

In central Florida, we rarely fish in water colder than 60 degrees. 

NOW..if I'm in a boat that's another story  

 

Roger

I have no problem fishing until it ices up. If you're fishing from the bank it might be slow, but I'd still go. If you can find a bank to fish from with deeper water near by that'd be a great place to start. 

32 degree water temp

5 degree air temps

Pool 4 red wing on the mississippi. stretch of river from dam 3-5 miles down river is open year round from a power plant. 

 

Caught loads of sauger/walleye and 3 accidental smallmouth