I tend to read, workout and revisit all my tackle. Since I just discovered I like saltwater Fishing from the surf I have a few books to get me ready for that next year too. I also ice fish so now it's just a matter of waiting for the lakes to freeze over.

Same here did some Surf Fishing down the Shore... Let's just say I'm scoping out a couple of Penn Fierce II reels, and surf rods over the winter.

snowboarding and poker help me get through it.

Same here did some Surf Fishing down the Shore... Let's just say I'm scoping out a couple of Penn Fierce II reels, and surf rods over the winter.

 

Awesome.  My experience was fishing the Outer Banks a few weeks ago.  Looking forward to doing more of this next year.  The Jersey Shore and Long Island are a hop, skip, jump from my parents home so I intend to get there from time to time.  I will let you know when I am going ... maybe we can link up.

Awesome. My experience was fishing the Outer Banks a few weeks ago. Looking forward to doing more of this next year. The Jersey Shore and Long Island are a hop, skip, jump from my parents home so I intend to get there from time to time. I will let you know when I am going ... maybe we can link up.

Yeah, let me know.

I spend as much time as I can in my deer stand and in my shop tinkering with hunting and fishing gear. Here is a small buck I just got this past month.

 

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Nice "small" buck. That is a great looking buck, congrats. 

I just started bass fishing seriously this summer. Here in Tennessee I should be able to continue fishing through December before it gets crazy cold. Even then, I should be able to squeeze in a few days in Jan and Feb.

I know one thing. I have never looked forward to a spring more than this one since I was a youngster crazy about baseball. Can't wait for the spring frenzy!

Belgian and Sour Ales, Concerts, and Billiards...I still buy fishing stuff all winter long and get prepped for our first spring smallie trip way in advance.

Last year was a tough winter in Florida.
We had TWO back-to-back mornings with a light frost!!
Happily though, it was back in the high 60s by the afternoon 

 

Roger

if I'm not at a power plant lake... fishing will probably always be better than hunting. Especially in the state of Texas the sportsmanship is leaving the sport. It's more like wait till the feeder goes off and then pay a rancher a few grand plus trophy fees. Now my hats off to the fellas out west who hunt the mountains.

nothing changes except for going hunting too.

Spend more time with my wife, fish when I can, reel maintenance, make jigs and blade baits, play my guitars a lot, watch Jayhawks basketball.

 

Tom

It doesn't have to be winter. I think about going fishing pretty much whenever I'm not fishing. I could spend 11 hours on the lake and by the time I get the boat in the garage, I'm already jonesing to get back out there. Here in the great state of Texas, we're fortunate to have relatively mild winters and power plant lakes that rarely get cooler than 60 degrees, so there's pretty much no winter downtime like bassers in the North. In fact, summer is about the worst time down here because we have so many days over 100 degrees with a heat index that brings the temps to a "feels like" temperature of over 17,000 degrees.

I really start to focus on basketball more. Last year during the winter I increased my vertical by 6 inches. This year I would like to develop my handles more and also develop a pivot low post game.

I'm rehabbing my canoe. Something to do and rewarding:

I feel for you fellas! After reading all this, I guess it's worth suffering through the summer down here in Cajun land. It's either fish, hunt, and sleep or hunt, fish, and sleep down here. Thank God

I feel for you fellas! After reading all this, I guess it's worth suffering through the summer down here in Cajun land. It's either fish, hunt, and sleep or hunt, fish, and sleep down here. Thank God

Wish I was there

Come on down. We're some hospitable folks

Last year was a tough winter in Florida.

We had TWO back-to-back mornings with a light frost!!

Happily though, it was back in the high 60s by the afternoon 

 

Roger

 

 

Awwww.  I feel so badly for you.  Post your address and I'll send you a sympathy card.

I drive my wife so crazy that when spring comes, she's HAPPY to see me go fish for 12 hours day after day

Nice buck papa. I've been doing some trout fishing the last few weeks. Been doing pretty good, They're stocked and hold over fish but I don't care. Trying to teach myself to fly fish. I'll get into some wild trouts after the holiday. My shooting buddies and I have been shooting a lot of sporting clays. We have a great time.

I build lures and jigs and visit this forum way too often.

Thinks more about fishing, and or wanting to go when i cant? What does everyone do in the winter time?

Like the bass themselves, I am slowing down but not entirely stopping this winter. (The last couple of winters I had no choice due to blizzards and below zero temps).

I work, read (currently In-Fisherman Smallmouth, In-Fisherman Walleye, and a western, Saddle Tramp) and spend time with the family besides fishing.

Now is also a time for reel maintenance and working with the kids on their casting, archery, and firearms.

Josh

Man its been up in mid 60;s to 70s in ky here past week so glad i didnt witnerize the boat yet!

On 12/14/2015 at 8:58 PM, WPCfishing said:

I'm rehabbing my canoe. Something to do and rewarding:

 

I did the filler, sanding and installed the kevlar skids. My nephew is doing the paint work.. he coated the kevlar with rocker panel spray to give the kevlar a nice finished look.