Will Ketchum Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/19/2024 at 6:05 PM, heavyduty said: I believe the guy you are referring to is Bill Yingling. He went by "Dry" for Dr Yingling. Miss his posts! Another fan of the chillee willie is a great Susquehanna River guide, Chris Gorsuch. It's one of his go-to's for winter smallie fishing. You are correct. He went by DRY and I guessed he was a Dr. but did not know his last name. He posted some great pics and wish he found this forum to continue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Munkin Posted February 22 Super User Share Posted February 22 On 2/19/2024 at 1:05 PM, Will Ketchum said: There was a Susquehanna river forum now gone where a member winter fished with the Chillee Willie on a stand up jig. He let it sit long on the bottom and moved slowly. The bite was lite. Isn't that an Al Winco bait? Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 40 minutes ago, Munkin said: Isn't that an Al Winco bait? Allen There is a name from the past. I have/had a lot of Winco's baits. I'll have to look around to see if I have any left. If I remember correctly most of the baits I bought from him were to target smallmouth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyduty Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 2 hours ago, Munkin said: Isn't that an Al Winco bait? Allen Yes. Now Fitt Lures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Ketchum Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 19 hours ago, Dogface said: There is a name from the past. I have/had a lot of Winco's baits. I'll have to look around to see if I have any left. If I remember correctly most of the baits I bought from him were to target smallmouth. Sounds familiar. That really rattles my memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdnoble84 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Hair!!!!! Bucktail jigs, deceiver style flies on a 3 way rig, and ofcourse the venerable bear hair jig. Tubes are also a good bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Munkin Posted March 12 Super User Share Posted March 12 13 hours ago, Bdnoble84 said: Hair!!!!! Bucktail jigs, deceiver style flies on a 3 way rig, and ofcourse the venerable bear hair jig. Tubes are also a good bet. This is it, while I have caught fish on other lures in these conditions I stick with two lures. A 2.5 or 2.75" tube works a lot of days. The #1 bait period is a hair jig with bear hair working the best. I have caught several SM in the river at 34 degrees with chunks of ice hitting my boat on a bear hair jig. Bucktail, Fox, and others work as well still I will mix them with bear. Trailers, if you can find any a Uncle Josh Pork 101 is the best cold water trailer ever made and would bet money on that. Like others have said you need to find the wintering holes or where the fish can move from shallow to deep with the least amount of effort. If you are fishing a long shallow flat that is the wrong place unless there is no deeper water available to them. Try to find some deeper holes where they can just rise straight up from say 12" to 2' when it gets warmer to feed. Remember this is a cold blooded creature that has to swim constantly to survive. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zel Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 The first plastic I throw in the year for smallies is the Charlie Brewer's 1.5" crappie slider grub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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