It is 30° out and supposed to get to mid 40s with wind below 20 mph. The next 2-3 weeks are supposed to be cold with ice and snow so I am on my way to Stockton for a while.

Goodluck

Good luck.

I think we're pretty well frozen out here in New England. Hopefully we'll get a February thaw.

Same here. Isnt going to be pleasant for awhile. Good luck

Good luck!

To get 'em!

2 hours ago, Siebert Outdoors said:

Isnt going to be pleasant for awhile.

Tell me about it.

We arrived at 9:39 to west wind of about 10 mph. The air was 37° and the water was 42°. We went to our old standby spot. It is about 1/2 mile of rocks and ledges. I got 5 on the Ned and my neighbor got 3.

We headed up lake and started hitting our rocky areas. Most of them only gave up a lmb or 2. As the day progressed the wind increased as usual and we had 2-3 foot rollers slamming us the rest of the day. I managed to catch 8 more fish. Of my 13 9 were lmb and 4 were smb. I wound up with 6 keepers to 4#. I will take that for a windy January day. I only caught fish on the Ned.

I’m thinking April here.

Gonna be a while

2 hours ago, Jig Man said:

We arrived at 9:39 to west wind of about 10 mph. The air was 37° and the water was 42°. We went to our old standby spot. It is about 1/2 mile of rocks and ledges. I got 5 on the Ned and my neighbor got 3.

We headed up lake and started hitting our rocky areas. Most of them only gave up a lmb or 2. As the day progressed the wind increased as usual and we had 2-3 foot rollers slamming us the rest of the day. I managed to catch 8 more fish. Of my 13 9 were lmb and 4 were smb. I wound up with 6 keepers to 4#. I will take that for a windy January day. I only caught fish on the Ned.

Very impressive for those conditions. What was your Ned Rig setup?

1 hour ago, gim said:

I’m thinking April here.

Gonna be a while

Me too. However, with my new drysuit and my new, stable kayak, I'm excited to fish some cold water.

Temper your expectations @Swamp Girl . Cold water bass are notoriously difficult to catch when compared to targeting them in warmer water.

Yesterday I had 3 setups rigged Ned: Gloomis bronzeback 6’11” custom with Curado bfs, 8# fluorocarbon and 1/16 oz open hook TRD; Ark rod 7’6” with Curado bfs, 8# fluorocarbon and 5/32 oz Midwest finesse weedless TRD; and 7’1” custom acid wrap rod with Curado 70, 8# fluorocarbon and 1/8 oz Midwest finesse weedless TRD.

I had a green pumpkin TRD on each setup. The wind and water depth determined which weight I needed to use in order to get the bait down where it could tick the bottom.

This is a Midwest finesse jig with a specialty Victory hook.

10 hours ago, gim said:

Temper your expectations @Swamp Girl . Cold water bass are notoriously difficult to catch when compared to targeting them in warmer water.

Oh, I know. I got some last spring that were so cold they hurt to touch and they hit ever-so lightly. However, I caught my PB in cold water, so that tugs at me.

It's time to start cleaning reels.