I can fish all winter, but something I enjoy doing besides fishing and lure building, is walking the shoreline looking for lost baits during the winter months. Provided there isn't snow on the ground to hide them, I'll walk the shorelines of the more popular lakes and find all kinds of baits as well as assorted other pieces of fishing/hunting/boating/misc equipment. It's fun and good exercise. I've even found some pretty productive fishing spots that I came back to once it warmed up that I never knew existed while I was walking. 

13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

is that braid or fluoro?

No braid, but I did test 21 mono/co-poly/fluoro lines to see what stretched most. I hung them from a 15 foot vaulted ceiling in our old house. My dog watched in amazement and thought I was crazy. "Its just cabin fever Buddy, its just the fever... only 6 more months of winter... Groundhog got nuthin' on me..." 

 

 

I am thinking of starting to learn to tie my own skirt creations onto spinnerbaits and jigs, maybe buzzbaits. I've got some good bass fishing left to do down south this year. This weekend I'm booked for going on a trout and salmon trip with a friend.

I usually read the same winter blues threads that get posted every winter on the online forums. That usually helps pass the time a little bit. 

 

Outside of that, I hunt and go to the indoor range during the winter. I also will build my own jigs and spinnerbaits. 

I'm a year round fisherman so no advice on the off season activities. But I've got to know does the tickling of your tackle improve performance in anyway? Or is it just for your enjoyment?? 

7 hours ago, GreenPig said:

I'm a year round fisherman so no advice on the off season activities. But I've got to know does the tickling of your tackle improve performance in anyway? Or is it just for your enjoyment?? 

 

Both. I tickle them, and they tickle me back. You happy now?

for me, winter means big rainbows in the Guadalupe tailwater

 

and especially inshore imitating glass minnows - night-time dock fishing

 

and daytime tide passes