Yesterday was the first day above freezing for several days here and it only got to around 34 degrees even then.  Today, it got up to around 39 and snow was in the forecast although it never came here.  I decided to give it a try so I loaded up my gear and headed to the water/(ice).  The first place I chose was frozen over out to around 150 yards.  Scratch that one.  Went to another place that was also frozen except for the upper 300 yards of water, directly below a small (4 ft.) dam.  Started out with a Rapala Floating Minnow (F-11) but gave up on that one pretty soon.  

    I then went to a Bass Assassin and fished that for a couple of hours without any luck either.  I did succeed in drawing the attention of some Koreans nearby who came over to see what this crazy American was doing. They were impressed with the "lifelike' appearance of the Bass Assassin and may possibly be at the nearest fishing store as I'm typing this getting a start on their bass fishing future.  

    Although the snow never materialized as fore casted, a light mist did begin to fall.  I started to pack up to call it a day, but decided to give it one more try with a black and blue jig.  I fished that for a while but it didn't produce either  

    Although I didn't catch anything, it was still an excellent day just to be near the water with a pole in hand.  Much better than the four days I will spend at work next week.

    There were lots of ducks on the small area I was in. I'm not sure what kind they were, but they looked similar to a coot from where I was.  I don't know that they have coots here, but that's what they looked like.  Whatever they were, they were doing some serious diving the entire time I was there.  They were about 200 yards away and constantly diving.  They would go under and then pop back up several seconds later anywhere from 10-40 feet away.  Wish I'd had my boat out.  It would have been interesting to see if I could have had any luck in their area.   But, it was just to cold to launch the ole Sea Eagle.  I can't wait 'til spring.

well ya gave it a shot anyway.  better to be fishin' than at home wishin'.  i'm sure better days are ahead for ya.

Why do you live in S.Korea? Just curious....

Why do you live in S.Korea? Just curious....

I retired from the military here a couple of years ago.  I now work here as a DoD contractor.

Why do you live in S.Korea? Just curious....

I retired from the military here a couple of years ago.  I now work here as a DoD contractor.

That's cool.  And by the way, those are some awesome looking bass in your avatar.

Why do you live in S.Korea? Just curious....

I retired from the military here a couple of years ago.  I now work here as a DoD contractor.

That's cool.  And by the way, those are some awesome looking bass in your avatar.

Thanks.  Those were caught in a Pro-Am tourney I fished over here a couple of years ago.

Sounds like its tough fishin this time of year out there.