The older I get.  The more I miss summer. 

" Please Mr. Custer. I do not want another cold winter. "

"  There is a great big icicle hanging on my  gutter.  " 

One week until my birthday, and the snow is 'right on time'...almost always have a 'white birthday'.

Month and a half till early pre-spawn!

Man it hit 70 here yesterday.? 

12 minutes ago, Catt said:

Month and a half till early pre-spawn!

In a month and a half I'll be looking at iced over lakes all teary eyed :(. Mid-march I should be able to fish. I just won't think about all that yet. I've got some good fishing left to do this year down south.

 

Fishing tomorrow and a friend will be joining me later in the day. 

Just now, GreenPig said:

Man it hit 70 here yesterday.? 

God bless the south

2 months it will be January and the spawn in Florida.

Today it was a hot 90 degrees in SoCal, with a early spawn for sure.

Tom

I can usually find pretty good prices on airfare from mid-January until the end of February.  Usually by then I've cleaned and organized all my gear changed out hardware on my tackle.  All the cabin fever activities, if you will.  I go to warmer weather, and hope to bring it back with me.

My favorite lake surface temp low this year was 66 degrees in February, High in Sept. was 78 degrees.  If my shoulder keeps getting better, I hope to be in my Kayak landing DD. bass on buzzbaits during the Christmas Holidays.  Sure do miss ice fishing.

17 minutes ago, king fisher said:

My favorite lake surface temp low this year was 66 degrees in February, High in Sept. was 78 degrees.  If my shoulder keeps getting better, I hope to be in my Kayak landing DD. bass on buzzbaits during the Christmas Holidays.  Sure do miss ice fishing.

As a fisherman from the “great white North”, I can tell you with all certainty that if I was able to catch DD bass on a buzz bait at Christmas, without having to fly somewhere to do it, I would NEVER miss ice fishing!

Spent the day in the woods in a mix of snow and rain today. Was definitely not a topwater day, but we did bring home two deer for the freezer though ??

glad winter is upon us and hope to heck it brings tons of snow to replentish the rivers and lakes.

3 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

glad winter is upon us and hope to heck it brings tons of snow to replentish the rivers and lakes.

They're saying la Nina this year - means colder and wetter for us up in the north.

Great Lakes all need another fill up.  Some big freighters were not filled to clear the bottom in some places.  The real problem place, is Montreal. It is right on the St. Lawrence River water level. Talk is they want to move it to high enough ground to allow a year around city.  We will see.

1 hour ago, Way north bass guy said:

I can tell you with all certainty that if I was able to catch DD bass on a buzz bait at Christmas,

 

East Texas has a February buzzbait & the spinnerbait bite is ridiculous.

Yep its almost spring up here in Northwest Iowa...only another 4-5months

yeah i feel the same way. saw the leaves change did the halloween thing , saw the corn get harvested, did some bow hunting , shot 2 deer. im done.ready for spring.

21 minutes ago, padon said:

saw the leaves change

If they publish one more YouTube video and mention the leaves beginning to change and the great fall bite that's coming, I might lose my mind.  I'm like dude, I mulched all my leaves already and we got snow this morning ?

1 minute ago, rtwvumtneer6 said:

If they publish one more YouTube video and mention the leaves beginning to change and the great fall bite that's coming, I might lose my mind.  I'm like dude, I mulched all my leaves already and we got snow this morning ?

Right? We had snow, 40mph winds and icy roads on my way to work. We already had a morning last week when the temp was only 18.

We choose where we live and put up with climate. Ours is ideal weather wise otherwise it’s the pits.

Tom

29 degrees and snowing right now as I write this... only 152 days til average ice out date, but unless you ice fish (which I don't) its 181 days (yeah 6 months) til it’s legal for us to fish for bass again here in Minnesota ?

Just now, FryDog62 said:

6 months) til it’s legal for us to fish for bass again here in Minnesota

 

Ugh!  Remind me not to move to Minnesota.  Wow.

 

Pouring down rain and 42 today....well, for the past week actually.  Flood warnings abound.  Going to be a very wet and cold winter.

@Catt -

53 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

29 degrees and snowing right now as I write this... only 152 days til average ice out date, but 181 days (yeah 6 months) til it’s legal for us to fish for bass again here in Minnesota ?

Ummm - go through the ice and you can catch/keep LMBs until end of Feb and C&R SMBs for the same period in the southern zone...keep SMBs in the northeast zone.

 

Come on, Chris...thought you knew the regs here.

 

6 hours ago, Catt said:

Yer Killin me Catt!!! That's my kinda weather. Not a fan of your summer weather though.

8 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

@Catt -

Ummm - go through the ice and you can catch/keep LMBs until end of Feb and C&R SMBs for the same period in the southern zone...keep SMBs in the northeast zone.

 

Come on, Chris...thought you knew the regs here.

 

The only ice I like is the stuff that rattles around in the bottom of my Scotch glass..

Just now, FryDog62 said:

The only ice I like is the stuff that rattles around in the bottom of my Scotch glass..

Watered down Scotch...yuck

 

Tullamore Dew...neat...the only way to 'fly'.