I’m juuuuussst getting to the point where I can almost sneak out of work early and have my kayak in the water for two hours of evening fishing. 
 

should have gone today, but I went home to check to see if I got a TW shipment. (No:()

 

let’s go - longer days!

2 hours ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

I’m juuuuussst getting to the point where I can almost sneak out of work early and have my kayak in the water for two hours of evening fishing. 
 

should have gone today, but I went home to check to see if I got a TW shipment. (No:()

 

let’s go - longer days!

Well I am getting to the point where I am really starting to dislike the guys on here that live in the warmer areas of the United States, and all their bragging about fishing!  ?. Glad someone is able to fish right now, if I tried to put my boat in the lake right now it would most likely just bounce! ?. I live vicariously through all you southern boys in the winter!

Weekdays are now in play!!!!

Says the guy who lives in California. Gonna be -10 here over the weekend....

June 21st is coming, then the days get shorter....

Tom 

Sorry, my winter brothers. 
 

you do have ice fishing which looks awesome!

We had a snow and ice storm here today. In the coming days starts about a week stretch of teens and below zeros. Fishing season feels out of sight. 

4 minutes ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

Sorry, my winter brothers. 
 

you do have ice fishing which looks awesome!

It's not. It horrible. We lie to ourselves. You can get used to anything when it's your only option.

15 minutes ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

Sorry, my winter brothers. 
 

you do have ice fishing which looks awesome!

I’m guessing it looks a lot cooler than it feels 

20 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

It's not. It horrible. We lie to ourselves.

He’s right it sucks all you mostly do is sit in a shack, drink beer, catch no fish, and blast a heater to stay warm. You might as well just stay home and drink beer instead.

8 minutes ago, gimruis said:

He’s right it sucks all you mostly do is sit in a shack, drink beer, catch no fish, and blast a heater to stay warm. You might as well just stay home and drink beer instead.

Then there's the issue of soft wall tent style, or hard-wall garden shack style. If the latter...where do you store it during soft-water season?

Well a lot of the newer models double as a summer RV with air conditioning now but ya you definitely need a place to park it.

22 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’m guessing it looks a lot cooler than it feels 

Oh it feels plenty cool...downright cold

52 minutes ago, WRB said:

June 21st is coming, then the days get shorter....

Tom 

There was still a little bit of light outside when I woke up at 6pm tonight.

March 14th we get 1 hour more light, Day light savings time Spring forward.

Tom

4 minutes ago, WRB said:

March 14th we get 1 hour more light, Day light savings time Spring forward.

Tom

Not really, the sun doesn't shine an hour longer. You could set your clock 3 hours forward if you want, doesn't mean there was more daylight.  

8 minutes ago, WRB said:

March 14th we get 1 hour more light, Day light savings time Spring forward.

Tom

Late risers get the extra...us early risers lose it off the morning...so no difference in total.

You all mis the point that working folks work by the clock.

Bass can’t read a clock other then the Cosmic Clock that never changes regardless of the political climate.

Peace!

Tom

2 hours ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

Sorry, my winter brothers. 
 

you do have ice fishing which looks awesome!

It's difficult living in an area where all the ponds freeze over but not thick enough to go ice fishing.

 

Hmm, maybe I'll go organize my tackle again...

6 hours ago, ThatFishingGuy said:

It's difficult living in an area where all the ponds freeze over but not thick enough to go ice fishing.

 

Hmm, maybe I'll go organize my tackle again...

Yeah that kind of sounds like a cursed middle ground. 

9 hours ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

Sorry, my winter brothers. 
 

you do have ice fishing which looks awesome!

Nope this boy is too fat for that crap!!!  ?

8 hours ago, ThatFishingGuy said:

It's difficult living in an area where all the ponds freeze over but not thick enough to go ice fishing.

 I guess you will have to stay home and drink.

 

10 hours ago, ThatFishingGuy said:

It's difficult living in an area where all the ponds freeze over but not thick enough to go ice fishing.

 

Hmm, maybe I'll go organize my tackle again...

Well we have several days the next week that the wind chill is gonna be -30...ill trade you if you want

 

2 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

 I guess you will have to stay home and drink.

 

“She don’t care about what I think, I think I’ll just stay here and drink” -Merle 

We're dropping to below 0F here. But, yes, the days are noticeably longer. In fact, we just hit peak daily rate change -what I came to call the first day of spring at this latitude. And the start of the winter to spring transition. First male finches singing a few days ago (when it wasn't 0). And we had our first cumulus clouds forming too. It's comin' fast now!