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Had a cold front come through last night dropped the temperatures into the upper 20’s . Sunshine , with temps in the low 40’s , but light winds . Sounds like time to start winter fishing for gills at the town pond .
The shallow water small pond cools down and fast , but also warms faster than the bigger reservoirs.
I took two rods , a short Abu Garcia with 2# P line , and a 5’8” Palms Pinwheel rod , with 3# P line.
I tried twitching with the shorter rod . Nothing !
I tried float fishing the flats with the Pinwheel combo , Nothing !
I decided to tie on a drop shot rig using a couple tiny flies , one about 16-18” above the weight , and a tiny spider fly 10-12” above the lower fly , a woolybugger pattern.
The drop shot on the Pinwheel gave me some long casts .
I would fan cast an area . On about my fifth cast with the drop shot, I felt a tap , raised the rod tip to set the hook and caught a decent first fish of the year .
Unfortunately that was my only fish of the hour and a half I had to fish .
It was nice to catch a gill again .
May go back tomorrow , if I can .
“ The bigger the Bend , the Wider the Grin ! “
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Congrats, now you’re ready. I haven’t even made it to the water yet.
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Nice!! we are going to be walking on water here end of next week for 4 days. I'm jealous! haha thanks for sharing.
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Must be nice. We have been froze over since mid December. On my last trip in late november, I was busting ice with the boat to get to my hotspot.
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I couldn’t live up north . Ice is what I put in my sweet tea. I don’t like it any other way .
I was born and raised in Georgia. I plan on staying.
We had a couple of low seventies days last week.
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Good gill to start the year. Lot's of fishing time left for this year. It's going to be a good year.
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If wasn't for family up here, I would be fishing with you in Georgia!Originally Posted by gillchaser999
I couldn’t live up north . Ice is what I put in my sweet tea. I don’t like it any other way .
I was born and raised in Georgia. I plan on staying.
We had a couple of low seventies days last week.
