I spend my winter pouring plastics so by the time we have soft water my supply is replenished.  

Ohhh----and this year, I get to watch my EAGLES in January!!!!!

Brian Dawkins for president---you EAGLE fans have to agree!!

So I'm doing some trip planning and getting together the life's necessities to survive a week in the boondocks of northern Canada.

Food, beer and a case of bug dope?

Ya know you could always move to Arizona

So I'm doing some trip planning and getting together the life's necessities to survive a week in the boondocks of northern Canada.

Food, beer and a case of bug dope?

The food doesn't worry me.  My concerns are:

1)  What kind of beer; and

2)  What brand of bug dope and how much.

Canada does have a bug problem.  At times during my last trip I thought I was going to be carried off there were so many bugs.

Glad to see there are others trying to deal with the hard water conditions like here in the Chicago area. I've been stocking up on new lures and lots ore reading and re reading issues of Bass Master. I've also purchased some dvd's to watch as well as catching the fishing shows. I've put my rods and reels on layaway at Cabelas for spring and even gotten a couple of setups out of layaway early. I reorganized the tackle box and paired the rods and reels together..lol. Picked out my new spinning reel the Quantum Catalyst PTI-B. Read as much as I can on jig fishing cause at least the chicago river isn't froze and yes I have gone out on the 40-55 degree days just to work with the jig and deep cranking and try some things. NO fish but felt good to have a rod and reel in my hand.

Guess I'm addicted

So I'm doing some trip planning and getting together the life's necessities to survive a week in the boondocks of northern Canada.

Food, beer and a case of bug dope?

The food doesn't worry me. My concerns are:

1) What kind of beer; and

2) What brand of bug dope and how much.

Canada does have a bug problem. At times during my last trip I thought I was going to be carried off there were so many bugs.

At that time of year I would consider investing in a bug shirt.  I look enviously at my brother when we're pike fishing in June.

http://www.bugshirt.com/

I use whatever has the highest amount of DEET, usually Muskol.

As for beer, its the national drink, you'll be fine.

I think the Winter is a blassing and a curse for us Northern Guys. I know that I tend to get a little, yes I'll admit it, depressed. I hate to see the leaves die off the trees, and the lack of sunlight gets to me. So the initial adjustment to the seasonal change is tough at first, but winter gives me time to build a passion to fish when I am unable to. I think other guys in my situation know what I mean. The 3 or 4 months we are unable to get out on the water, we can watch fishing shows, catch up on reading/blogging, researching etc. Then when Ice-out comes we hit the water full force.

But I myself spend a lot of times on forums, watching the new seasons on most fishings shows on VS. and other channels, which usually hit air around Feb. I also spend a lot of time on Cabelas and BPS sites and every time I hit the john I have a tackle catalog in my hands.

So if it wasn't for Winter I wouldn;t get that Spring Time Thrill. Hence, a blessing and a curse.

I'm in the midst of cleaning all of my reels. I also revamped my fishing and hunting storage area. Can't wait til the weather breaks so I can get rid of the winter doldrums. :-[

Forgot to mention it's hibernating season for me, i play games.

Been doing some fishing....got off to a good start to the year  ;D

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1231276656

I'm already starting to order some custom painted swimbaits. This cold and snow kills me, but I love the spring, summer and fall up here, so I put up and shut up because my wife is tired of me asking to move "every" winter... ;D I read and re-read Bassmasters and go on-line to find some tackle.  Then when I'm REALLY bored, I take a Dremel and start stripping down older cranks and top waters and repaint them. Made one that I used to win a tournament "once"... ;D 16 weeks and counting, spring will be back

Who said I was coping?!!!!!

But insanity aside, I have a boat trailor torn apart awaiting a warm spell for priming and painting.  Plus, I have a baitcasting reel in a dozen pieces waiting for me to figure out how to put it all back together again (the jury is still out on that one).  And I hope to go ice fishing (if the ice ever gets thick enough).

Been doing some fishing....got off to a good start to the year ;D

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1231276656

is that carp adobed? thats super gold lol

Well I am coping with winter by fishing! Of course I have to drill holes to wet a line but I do cacth fish, bluegill, crappie, perch, channel cat, and of course LMB! I do miss casting and being warm though and it will be some time before I get to fish "normal" but I can tell you I can't wait.

Paul

Too much of the  ...and not enough of this  .

reading bass forums, looking at fishing lures on-line, over and over and over again, and ordering too many  

I grew up in Buffalo, NY so I feel all the yankee's pain. Course, now that I am in NC and snow is but a fleeting memory, I try to go out every weekend.

I also cope with the abundant fishing by calling my father in Buffalo and taunting him with our weather. LOL.

Site tight fellas, it will be over before you know it and you will be back out there.

It's awfully cold and snowy up here in NY right now.  With the exception of a couple spots in the big rivers, everything is frozen up.  I long for the day when the wife and I move south... 8-)

Tying flies, building rods and organizing my tackle.  Bought a couple of 3700 plano's from Dick's yesterday and plan on dividing up my top-waters tomorrow:  props vs non-props and getting my cranks organized.

I go in my yard and cast out my jig into the SNOW, to kept me sharp on that musch bite! And then I take out my frogs and crawl them over the Snow banks ! You just have to keep sharp at your game!!!!!

I have a few beerrs, then post in the wrong place on hereeerre... ;D