Met with a guide buddy in upstate NY while on vacation to search for some chunky bronzebacks. First half day session was Monday. Snowing , windy and 28 degrees was what we dealt with most of the morning. Caught a nice one within 5 minutes on a jig which sometimes could mean a slow day for me. Continued jigging through out the morning with partially numb fingers and toes but caught a decent amount in the 3-5lb class. Biggest 5 was a little over 25. Second session was on Tuesday at a different lake. Weather was warmer but wind gusts were 40 + with 4ft breakers in some areas. Was told I would probably be soaked all day prior to launching.  Luckily I stayed pretty dry considering the conditions. Took a few minutes to get my sea legs but then got used to it. They were on a weird bite , lost many that slammed the bait then was gone soon as you swing on them. Ended up with a good amount of fish having to deal with the wind and not finding any big groups of them. Always a blast fishing up here and plan to get back next year sometime.

Part 2 from the second day

Now that looks fun! Nice fish

Cold weather Smallies ~ Gotta Love It !

Snow one day, Wind & Waves the next and a frozen face on both.

You know you'll have the water mostly to yourself.

You gotta want it though - clearly you do and you did. Nice work.

You know I'm jealous . . . .

Congrats

A-Jay

Real nice fish under tough conditions. A tip of the hat to you, sir.

8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Cold weather Smallies ~ Gotta Love It !

Snow one day, Wind & Waves the next and a frozen face on both.

You know you'll have the water mostly to yourself.

You gotta want it though - clearly you do and you did. Nice work.

You know I'm jealous . . . .

Congrats

A-Jay

You're right you definitely gotta want it. I was too far from home to back out from weather but battled some elements lol. Only one other boat out besides us and I don't think he lasted too long in the ocean like water in his 12-14' boat.  You had no shortage of tank bronzebacks yourself this year. Thanks man. BTW I sent you a PM.

8 minutes ago, BassObsessed said:

You're right you definitely gotta want it. I was too far from home to back out from weather but battled some elements lol. Only one other boat out besides us and I don't think he lasted too long in the ocean like water in his 12-14' boat.  You had no shortage of tank bronzebacks yourself this year. Thanks man. BTW I sent you a PM.

You're Welcome - btw - I didn't get the pm ?

A-Jay

It was regarding some details about prices and other info for the Baccarac dream getaway.

59 minutes ago, BassObsessed said:

It was regarding some details about prices and other info for the Baccarac dream getaway.

OK - 

A-Jay

Fantastic pics. Thank you for sharing them.

Sweet pics.....Norris here I come!!!!

looks like you caught nothing but footballs.  Cheers!

Thanks everyone. It seems the harsher the conditions the bigger the bass I have caught during my upstate New York trips. I hear some river smallies calling me in the next month or so.