1 hour ago, papajoe222 said:

I feel for you. I had hand surgery done in july and missed out on a month of the shorter season we have up here. I actually put off shoulder surgery until next week because of the lengthy recovery time 

hang in there. The holidays pass quickly and you’ll be on the water before you know it. 
one question; What kind of livewell does your yak have?

 

I bought a Magellan cooler, and added a bubbler that works really well.

 

Never had a fish die in it yet.

I know how you feel, once its gets into the later half of July the bite shuts down and the heat/humidity goes way up. 

Here the bite has been good up until a little over a week ago when we got our first few nights of real cold weather and the bite all but shut off for a few days.  I watched IKE trying to film a TW vlog a few days ago and even he appeared to struggle.

It usually takes a few days for the fish to acclimate to the rapid temperature drop.  Once they adjust the bite usually gets pretty good, especially the JB bite.   

What do you mean cooler temps? This morning was 24 degrees when I woke up!

Hell yeah, it was FREEZING 65° yesterday !

Surprise 

 

Good frost and all the STINK BUGS are trying to come in the house thru any crack they find.

 

I put S S scrub pads that I stretched into long pieces. Then pushed it into ALL tiny openings of the house. Put S S screen over the chimney opening.  That really stopped them.  They fly right to anyone coming near a door.  Harbor Freight ZAPPER tennis racket stuns them nicely. 

Its good and bad for me. The time change made it worse since it gets dark at 6 and i can only fish around 4

4 hours ago, David_kicksbass said:

Its good and bad for me. The time change made it worse since it gets dark at 6 and i can only fish around 4

 

That I agree with for sure.

Last weekend: Temperatures in the 40's and 50's and windy. I didn't even think about taking the kayak out on the water.

 

This week while I'm working: Temperatures in the mid to upper 70's and light winds. Clocks changed so it gets dark right after work.

 

Forecast for this weekend: Temperatures in the low 50's and windy. Not kayak weather.

 

It might be time to break down the kayak and put it away for the winter,