Mainer Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 :-[ The season is over for me. All the lakes, and most of the rivers have closed for the season. My boat is put away, tackle is stored for winter. Time to move into the woodshop for the winter. What do the rest of you guys who can't fish all year do during the winter? ( I *** you guys who have open season all year! :'() Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Freeze our butts off trying to fish! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cullum Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Watch football and organize the tackle. Start changing hooks regreasing reels and cleaning rods until Jan. Then start doing the show circuit with Grandt Rods for a month. Put the no freezable stuff back in the boat in late Feb. and start fishing Braidwood in March. We have a few cooling lakes up by us that never freeze all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danarchy Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 I'm thinking about hitting the river below the dam with some big shiners with huge bobbers to see what's biting. Otherwise, 'tis the season to chip the ice off the guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bquittem Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 i come on this website and just wish i was fishing im actually planing a road trip down south this winter, i know i wont be able to survive through the whole winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT Bagwell Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 When the season ends I redo my Sponsorship contracts, organize tackle and reorder what I need. I also spend my time making jigs and drop shot weights. Plus I still have to do articles no matter what the weather is like. Skipper, Where do you live? I fish Braidwood a couple of times per year. A couple of years ago I fished a tournament there and had a limit (3 Fish) that went 13.5 pounds. I had a 6-8 Largemouth and a 4-4 Smallmouth off of the same spot. It was a good day of fishing but I wish I could have kept 5 keepers instead of just 3. JT Bagwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Bass_Rich Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 I ice fish, or fish whatever rivers aren't iced up for trout. Even though bass is closed for insane amounts of time up here I keep busy and keep my skills sharp by targetting multi-species! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cullum Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 I'm in northwest Indiana. I fish Braidwood just about everyweekend and a few days during the week until the middle of April or so. I also think they could bump the limit up to 5 at Braidwood. I guess with a 3 fish limit your never out of a tourney your only one good fish from the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.D. Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 I got jigs to pour, need about 2000, and tackle to repair. Replace hooks, put a new set of eye's on my Fenwick. There will still be the occasional fisherman that wants to river fish if there is open water. Got such a person going this Sunday. Supposed to be a high of 36 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTgrPilot Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Well, the highland resevoirs in Kentucky and Tennesse don't freeze over. I'm taking a trip to Norris Lake in the beginning of January. It's interesting in the winter to go there because they drop the lake level 40-60 feet. It's good to take pictures of the places I caught fish and I can study why I caught fish in those spots. Plus the fish, as expected, are highly concentrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator roadwarrior Posted December 1, 2004 Global Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2004 Here, in the Mid South, the "end of season" is the beginning of a new season. Right NOW is the BEST time to catch monster smallmouth. That may end soon but then sauger come on strong. Near the end of prime sauger season, late February to early March, smallmouth and crappie come on strong. By mid March largemouth become more active and stripers migrate up river to spawn. March and April forces a dilemma: Fish for the world record smallmouth, 3-5lb crappie slabs or 30+ lb stripers? But then it's also prime time for top water and the biggest largemouths of the year. What to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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