I got out of work early today and even though it was 38* and starting to get dark I had to stop for a few casts at a small pond I pass every day. I got skunked the last time out and figured that was how my year would end but on my third cast I got a nice bite and pulled in what I'm sure would be my PB if I had my scale but I only got out of the truck with my rod and whatever was tied on. Turns out it was a black jig with a flappin hog trailer that I've never gotten so much as a bite on so now I've got some confidence in a new bait to boot. Of course I didn't have a camera either but I don't care because that fish made my day.

Man, that's one way of turning around a bad day of work.  Not that the work was bad but getting a PB on the way home can erase anything that happened before it!!

When spring comes, if you're going to be into jigging, try the smaller (1/8oz.) hair jigs for those ice out smallies!

Congrats! About how big do you think the fish would have went?

Awesome way to forget a day of work!!

Congrats! About how big do you think the fish would have went?

I clipped some line and took rough length and girth in the dark and the calculator says 3.45lbs which beats my measured PB by almost a pound. Not a big fish by many people's standards but it was a heck of a way for me to finish my first year of serious fishing. Now I just can't wait for spring.