Thread: Cloudy , but not bad

Good job. Thats a nice crappie! Awesome

What a Slab! Congratulations

Nice catches and outfits! It seems like anything that says Presso is quality. I sure do like my JDM models...

Fat Slab!! That made you smile for a while. I got out today but didn’t do much. Stay warm brother.

That slab doesn't have much more growing to do, already big.. I'm sure there's more out there. It looks like Antarctica here with the winds and the snow is blowing sideways. Wind chill temp is 2 degrees. Going to be another vise day.

Looking at the weather channel (local) it's currently and like 2*. powdery snow blowing around. I have about 1-1/2 inch here, and hear cars struggling to get up the small hill here in this trailer park. Because it's private property, county wont treat it, and the owners are to cheap...happens every year...

Two days later I’m back at the Town pond .
Yesterday, it was rain accompanied by a cold front that dropped last night below freezing again.
I waited until after one o’clock for the temperature to hit forty , almost the expected high of 41 .
It was sunny but with a 10-15mph wind out of the NNW making it feel like the low thirties .

I get to the pond , all bundled up , three layers on upper , fleece lined cargo pants lower , and boots .
Just before I left , Amazon dropped off my new wool KastKing fishing gloves . The pinky and next finger are full, the rest have the tips of my fingers exposed for fishing .

I started off fishing a drop shot rig with woolybooger on my St Croix Panfish series 5’4” rod paired with an old Shimano 500 reel , a Sienna with a Sedona spool and 3# Floroclear .
Back then Shimano produced a 4.7/1 reel even in there lower priced reels .
I fished the sunny side and the wind was tough . Made my exposed fingers feel like ice cubes . No bites after fan casting the area .
I packed up and walked to the shaded side with my hands in my pockets to warm up my finger tips .
After a few casts without anything on the drop shot , while hiding next to a tree trying to get out of the wind .
While in the process of switching baits to a 4.6mm Mini TM , the wind blew away my woolybooger fly and while tying on my jig , I hooked the tip of my new gloves and had to mash down the barb to get it loose without messing up my gloves .
With 3# Floroclear instead of my normal 2# , my distance suffered by 15’ or more depending on my timing of wind .
Just before leaving I tried the corner flat , just because the bank had some sun on it .
I hooked a small LM bass to keep the skunk away .
It was a challenging day but I did find out I could handle forty degrees for about an hour maybe a little longer .
I’m sure with a little less wind, it would have been better .
As long as it’s sunny , I think I could handle lower temps if the wind didn’t blow like it has .

I'd love to have 39 and up!! We're lucky to be hitting 17 with wind chills in the -10 plus!! LOL and NO I don't ice fish!! Tried it in high school and went through Never again!!