Contrary to my better judgment, lol, we were on the water today. It was 15 degrees when we left the house and about 20 when we hit the water. The wind was bitterly cold blowing strongly out of the east. On top of all that, the barometric pressure started at 30.52 and was 30.62 by noon.

David (grubby) and I was fortunate to catch Doug (slipcork) sneaking off to the lake for a quiet weekend get-away. Of course, we hung some jigs and drowned some minnows together.

David landed this 9lb.15oz. striper with a Russ Bailey Wizard Rod by BnM with 6lb. test Ande line:


Here's Doug and his wife with our mess of crappie and bass: