Well, looks like that dirty four letter word has decided to show itself for the first time here this year. 
Woke up to below freezing temps and flurries coming from the sky, and an icy back deck for the dogs to skate across for their morning rituals. 
Then I remembered that I had to check out a new project with a customer today, that happened to be about six miles up a big lake. 
That was not a very fun boat ride at all!

I was gonna keep my boat out for a few more weeks still, but after this mornings freezing run, and the fact that I’ll have to tow my rig about 1/2 hour to it’s winter storage spot when I do get it winterized ( don’t want to leave it too long and have to tow it in snow/salty roads), I decided she’s getting prepped for hibernation this weekend. 
By the time I get done with deer season in a couple weeks, it’ll probably be too crappy out to fish much anyway. 
Next year when I get my shop setup properly here at our new place, the boat won’t have to be towed anywhere to its winter bed, so it’ll be fished out of until I can’t launch it anymore for lake ice. 
 

Hurry up spring!!!

This year is different for me, I’m actually welcoming winter. We’ve been so busy with work and it won’t slow down until the ground freezes so come on freezing temperatures! 

I'm planning on putting up the Pro-V Bass for the winter middle of next week. 

Always a bummer but it's got to be done.

A-Jay

1 hour ago, 12poundbass said:

This year is different for me, I’m actually welcoming winter

Same here! Only… in NC. When I come back from winter break to NY again, that is the time of year that I just try to keep myself sane.

 

Thinking of taking up some tacklemaking during that period of time…. Looking to tie some bucktail creations on my spinnerbaits and jigs

Did the least amount of fishing in years these past few months and hoping to get back on track with weekly trips very soon. After a dry start to fall we're forecast to get 5" of rain the next few days. My home lake is down >170 ft right now, so hopefully this starts turning it the other direction.

12 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

This year is different for me, I’m actually welcoming winter. We’ve been so busy with work and it won’t slow down until the ground freezes so come on freezing temperatures! 

Bring on the cold. My paycheck increases during temperature extremes. Been a very good year so far.

I love the "cold" here in VA.  Between low temps and hunting season, the lakes and rivers are pretty much empty.

I’ll be fishing one more time on Monday and then winterizing and hauling my boat away to my Fathers garage for the winter. Deer season starts in 2 weeks and there’s usually ice around Thanksgiving. After deer hunting I’ll be pheasant hunting through December. I’ve also got some yard work and leaves to take care of.

 

I normally hang it up around Oct 10 or so but my Father has room in his garage this winter to store my boat so I was able to get a couple more weeks of fishing in this fall.

 

Hopefully the water temp is still at least 50 degrees on Monday. It was 57 a week ago.

 

Monday will mark my 31st outing this season. Last year I went 32 times, this year 31.

8 hours ago, gimruis said:

I’ll be fishing one more time on Monday and then winterizing and hauling my boat away to my Fathers garage for the winter. Deer season starts in 2 weeks and there’s usually ice around Thanksgiving. After deer hunting I’ll be pheasant hunting through December. I’ve also got some yard work and leaves to take care of.

 

I normally hang it up around Oct 10 or so but my Father has room in his garage this winter to store my boat so I was able to get a couple more weeks of fishing in this fall.

 

Hopefully the water temp is still at least 50 degrees on Monday. It was 57 a week ago.

 

Monday will mark my 31st outing this season. Last year I went 32 times, this year 31.

Deer season starts in two weeks?? Heck you can bow hunt velvet bucks in late august here 

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Deer season starts in two weeks?? Heck you can bow hunt velvet bucks in late august here 

I was referring to firearms season. Archery season opened here in September. I do not archery hunt.

40 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I was referring to firearms season. Archery season opened here in September. I do not archery hunt.

Ah, gotcha 

This is the view I’ve been waking up to this past week, Aloha ?

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Ah, gotcha 

I know a few archery hunters and they haven’t been doing very well until the past week. It’s been way too warm here this fall and deer movement is limited during the day when it’s warm out. It’s actually been the warmest calendar fall (sept-nov) on record so far.  Activity has picked up in the past few days though with colder temps. Our gun season coincides with the rut here in early November.

I feel for ya'll, winter for us is those few months between Dec and Feb, the temps might drop into the teens for a few nights, but mostly in the mid to lower 20's is considered a cold night.  That's spring time weather for the far north.

 

7 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I know a few archery hunters and they haven’t been doing very well until the past week. It’s been way too warm here this fall and deer movement is limited during the day when it’s warm out. It’s actually been the warmest calendar fall (sept-nov) on record so far.  Activity has picked up in the past few days though with colder temps. Our gun season coincides with the rut here in early November.

Sounds similar here, muzzleloader opens second week of November and that’s usually when the bucks get dropped 

Gotta say nothing quite like this view walking through the lobby ?… #endofsummer

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I know a few archery hunters and they haven’t been doing very well until the past week. It’s been way too warm here this fall and deer movement is limited during the day when it’s warm out. It’s actually been the warmest calendar fall (sept-nov) on record so far.  Activity has picked up in the past few days though with colder temps. Our gun season coincides with the rut here in early November.

Buddy of mine has been out more often than not the last 3 weeks both in IL and WI. Saw one doe. 

2 hours ago, slonezp said:

Buddy of mine has been out more often than not the last 3 weeks both in IL and WI. Saw one doe. 

Ya that’s terrible and those states have more deer than MN does too.

Gross, I was still catching them on topwater Saturday. 

First frost here yesterday morning and nice 33 degrees when it woke up. Today 46 and rain all day to the tune of 1-1.5” of the wet stuff. 

I usually get out once in nov., then call it quits. It sucks. Bigtime.

I don’t know if I’ll bassin again or not. One thing is for certain though, the whitetail woods are about to get interesting!

This fall I've caught several catfish up shallow.  The last time I caught them this way was 5 or 6 years ago and we had a very cold winter.

32 minutes ago, Bankbeater said:

This fall I've caught several catfish up shallow.  The last time I caught them this way was 5 or 6 years ago and we had a very cold winter.

With all due respect dude...shut up

Had a low of 32 degrees here this morning. I was hoping to get a couple of more trips in but now they say we have a bunch of rain coming starting tomorrow. Guess I'll think about winterizing and putting my boat to bed for the winter.