My tackle box is organized.  My reels all are clean and have new line.  I have gone over all of my gear several times.  I even have put on a casting plug and gone outside and cast a few times until my hands go numb. 

Any ideas what to do until ice out?

Play with your crankbaits in the bath-tub...

...atleast thats what I do....

Play with your crankbaits in the bath-tub...

...atleast thats what I do....

Is that what the young 'uns call it these days ?

You'll go blind if you keep doing that..

Haha!

Go to a river or creek. I guarantee you can catch something in a small creek with a small bobber. Probably a bunch of little chubs, but it's something. A river can produce decent fish...just fish a little slower and in deeper water.

My house needs painting.

move to california..

Review this recent thread: http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1293733378

Find some titles you haven't read yet and crack the books until ice-out.

I've got 1300 pages of bass book reading to do before Spring! 

I'm in the same boat.

I get on BR as much as possible.

Read, read, read.

Watch DVDs.

Check out various techniques and baits on YouTube.

Visit the various web sites of the manufacturers, pros and retail outlets.

Get into good physical shape by working out.

Go outside and practice pitching and flipping into a bucket and then a coffee can at 20 feet.

Go to a pond and practice skipping your Senko with a spinning rig and then a baitcaster.

Practice tying the Palomar Knot on crankbaits and spinnerbaits without burning the line.

And then do it all over again!

Happy New Year!!!! 

Bring yourself to Sam Rayburn or Toledo Bend and crawl into my boat with me.

Get maps of the lakes you fish and mark the spots

you need to be targeting. Then note the specific

lures you need to attack these areas.

Another game you can play is rigging several rods

for your next outing and plotting a game plan. For

me that would be starting with topwater and jerkbaits.

Next, Bandit or Wiggle Wart. Followed by a jig and/or

soft plastic.

8-)

Get a XBOX.

Get a XBOX.

Best idea yet  ;D

If you look up to the upper left of this site, just under "The Ultimate Fishing Resource Guide" logo, you will notice the heading "Fishing Articles". I would start by going to "Bass Biology & Behavior" and reading the entire section. You have at your disposal a nearly endless, highly reliable, resource, and regardless how long you have been doing this, you WILL find information that will help you become a better fisherman, but start with the "Bass Biology & Behavior" section, first.

My house still needs painting

Come to my house and shovel snow.

Try what I do...

Pick a technique or two you are not comfortable with or unsure of. Study all you can over the winter and grab some lures/baits that a specific to those techniques off of the bass boards or local shops.

You may not end up being an "expert" but by knowing many various techniques, you will have a leg up on the guys who stay with only 2 or 3 techniques. JMHO

Good luck!!!!

Alan (bassnajr)

Along with studying this time of year I still get out in my back yard and practice casting. I have several ring targets that I put out in my yard. I will spend hours working on my pitching and flipping. This will keep the rust off of ya while your water is still solid.

ice=perch for me. i ice fish. its something to do

Visit BPS.

Watch the playoff, and visit the bait monkey.

Try ice fishing for panfish. You don't even need a house, in fact you'll catch more fish without one, instead drilling a bunch of holes and moving around. All you really need is a gas auger, a graph, and a couple rods.

My tackle box is organized. My reels all are clean and have new line. I have gone over all of my gear several times. I even have put on a casting plug and gone outside and cast a few times until my hands go numb.

Any ideas what to do until ice out?

Hahaha perfect!this is what i use when i cant go fishing

http://www.thestrikegame.com/

Lol its so fun

Read, read, read.

Watch DVDs.

Check out various techniques and baits on YouTube.

Visit the various web sites of the manufacturers, pros and retail outlets.

Get into good physical shape by working out.

Go outside and practice pitching and flipping into a bucket and then a coffee can at 20 feet.

Go to a pond and practice skipping your Senko with a spinning rig and then a baitcaster.

Practice tying the Palomar Knot on crankbaits and spinnerbaits without burning the line.

And then do it all over again!

Happy New Year!!!!

I tried this skipping thing.  HEH!  I'm an expert already!!  You should see that bait skip across the ice!!  I can skip it forever!

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