I love fishing in winter. Lakes are less crowded. I catch bigger bass. What can I say more then that?

My favorite time to fish is on a clear, warm, January afternoon. I have a great appreciation for the soft light of winter. That time of year is prespawn for smallmouth on the Tennessee River. The bass are VERY aggressive and, not coincidently, this is when I have caught the most big brown fish, including my PB. The river current is usually strong and the water is relatively clear. This is some of the best fishing of the year.

Give me a heavy overcast, drizzling, 15mph(any direction) wind, Dec-Jan day and I would consider it heaven!  8-)

I likes pre-spawn!  

OK so maybe I'm weird, because I like to fish in the rain, but not only that I like to fish at noon on about a 90 degree today.  Hot as you know where, but I love watching those monsters bust through the matted grass and inhale my frog.  The next best thing to that would be punchin the mat and yanking a 10 pounder out.  Well 2 or 3, but we're counting the weeds to. ;D

I'm with Craw on this; a warm, calm, clear summer night, esp. with a full moon shining brightly. It don't git no better than that. 8-) roadwarrior, I agree with you about the quality of light on a winter afternoon. It makes a person glad to be alive.

I like a real warm summer morning when it's just light enough to see. When the water is so calm & quiet that a buzz bait sounds like an outboard motor. That's the best. Also when I was a kid, I loved paddling the Louisiana rivers checking trot lines at night with a spot light. Yea, that's the ticket.

Ronnie

Morning of overcast RIGHTBEFORE a slight drizzle.

Clear skies

Full moon on the horizon

The smell of firewood in the air

The sound of an outboard in the distance

The distant tap of a Texas Rig

8-)

Really depends on what type of fishing I'm doing but mostly a good crisp fall day for fall trout/bass flyfishin and a warm summer evening for bank fishing for everything else. I'm going flyfishing this Sunday at the Pa. Grand Canyon. Wish me luck!