Thread: Cold brutal east wind

Wind was so bad and cold yesterday . Had trouble getting on fish whether on cover or roaming . Most the the fish were in 6 to 8' of water . I tried switching to a bigger bait to fight the wind and get it down fast . I used a 1/4 oz insert head of a 2.5'' Southern pro tube in orange /chartreuse . They seemed to hit light and several good ones pulled off as they just barely hooked even with going from #2 to a 1/0 jig hook . Released a bunch and lost quite a few which is unusual . Flipping that bigger jig with a 13' Huckabee Phantom jig pole . I saw what I had read that lithium batteries do not perform as well in freezing temps . My battery read 15.2 volts early but after a day on the water it was still reading 14.2 volts .