Sitting inside watching it rain and the wind it's howling. It really stinks after fishing yesterday.:( Well maybe I can hit 3000 posts.
Printable View
Sitting inside watching it rain and the wind it's howling. It really stinks after fishing yesterday.:( Well maybe I can hit 3000 posts.
Maybe I can help ya. Im fixing to have to leave but I have a question before I go. You fish a lot and thats awesome I don't get many oppurtunities and haven't been on here until just a few weeks ago. I have been deer hunting and before then we got real busy at work. The weather is gonna turn good and instead of getting to fish when it is nice out I will be back at work. Anyway I am off tomorrow and thought about going fishing. It is gonna be cold but I'm out in this mess and use to it. What are your thoughts about going tomorrow? Is it a waste of time after all of this rain? I could go bowhunting I guess. Would I be better fishing a bigger lake because the rain would not effect the lake level so much or stay around here and fish barnett or conway both those lakes are pretty small but they are close to home the only thing is I don't hardly ever fish them. Just wandering what you might think and good luck on hitting 3000
Nimrod, i cant see how you could possibly be bored, Crappie bite best when the weather is bad. You should be out there filling out a limit, I cant believe you let a little bit of liquid sunshine keep you from the water. if i had not had to work today i would have been filling a limit on conway. I knew Leo really well, i think in my archive of old bass tackle, i still have a couple of queen spinnerbaits. I have fished conway for over thirty years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Yeah bored too,do want to slash some water on someone and see what comes of it??lol
Agree the heavier the snow falls crappie will almost jump in your boat,I think they like eating snow too.I'm like nimrod,its alot better window fishing as getting your ears full of snow.
Don't think it's the cold so much, but the drastic change in temperature from the front coming in. My experience has not been good for a few days after a front. Not to mention that howling wind.:eek: Supposed to be 20 to 30 mph tomorrow! I'd appreciate your thoughts on that, Nimrod.
Bored? YES!! but at least the lakes are filling up some more!
The wind is a problem, However catching them crappie post front conditions can be very hard, a change to the bait size has proven profitable for me, DOWNSIZE, DOWNSIZE, DOWNSIZE. They tend to hold alot tighter to the structure and hold alot tighter lips. Ive seen time where a small jig not much larger than a trout fly would produce in post front conditions just like the fish did not know a front passed through. Sometimes lockjaw means just that, lockjaw.Quote:
Originally Posted by ski trip
We need more of this kind of rain, if not harder heavier rains, got to get the creeks and stream flowing to make them lakes rise.:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by cache22
If the wind is glowing to blow 20-30 I'm staying home. No place for me and the duracraft
I know we need rain and cann't do without it however I wish the rain would go away,I liked the low clear water we have right now.Now haveta learn all over again how to fish muddy,stained water on a fast or slow rise.We've had low clear water for so long finding the key to unlock the jaw wasn't a problem.To make things easier finding the key I think I'll drive around until I see elbow to elbow fishing,ram cut lines until I get there too.lol
Heck fire, if the water continues to drop you can just go pick the fish up off the dried out lake bed, How much easier could it get turtlebait. Then you would not need fishing line or a fandangle graph, the only thing you would have to be elbow to elbow with would be the raccoons and the turtles getting the fish off the dried out lake bed. Its more than obvious that you to have been bored today, I have enjoyed the Him Hawing back and fourth, Most people would just get mad and leave, If your down around Conway and plan to fish let me know, I ll give you some probable locations for drum and bowfin, and gar maybe even a carp or two. But remember them there carp like dough balls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtlebait
I'll try to answer most of your questions in one post. It's too @#$% windy to fish today. The wind here is about 30 mph with gust of almost 40!! :eek:Fish in deeper water are less effected by the drastic change. Always pick a cloudy or stormy day ahead of a front as the barometric pressure is usually falling . Those beautiful sunny days with clear skies usually mean high pressue which is not good for fishing. Fish and game both get real active just before a storm, how they tell ? Well my theory is dropping barometric pressure. Usually after a major weather (cold) front has passed i like to wait 3 days before fishing.
Leo was an ornery old cuss , but good to you if he liked ya. I have lots of his baits and wish that I had more . Always hate losing one of them cause they are irreplaceable.
I plan on hitting 3000 posts today. Good luck on your fishing, I think I'll just stay in for a few days.;)
I like to check the local weather conditions. Airport reporting stations also give barometric pressures.
http://www.usairnet.com/weather/cond.../?station=KRUE
Well, you hit 3000, general!:D:D I love to fish right ahead of a front and then wait a few days after one. Three days sounds about right to me. Congrats on 3000! :)
Congrats!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Well ski, do you thunk we have a chance at hitting 3000? I probably wont, fishing will get in my way. But what better than fishing to keep me from hitting 3000.Quote:
Originally Posted by ski trip
I don't get mad,its not good for the heart,I try to teach grandsons to go by the rule book and not what they read on the board.
The lakes and oxbows around me aren't low enough or dry enough to pick up dinner...just low enough to see where to fish after the rise.
Just show me a lake covered in duck weed and I'll show you what a bucket mouth really looks like.I keep a hook sharper by my needlenose as not break his neck on hookset....I make fun of one of my fishing partners when a 4lb goes flying over the boat.He has broken several boat seats on hooksets plus almost fall out of the boat.When I bass fish I have a butt seat and only use a wrist snap to set the hook.
had such a good day yesterday left boat hooked to truck all ready to go today thought this might hold off till afternoon. ohwell there is better days coming
My boat is still hooked to the truck too but I think the wind had knives in it b/c it was cutting though my underwear burrrr.
A taste of 70+ degrees over the weekend has really given alot of us the bug. Now old man winter is rearing his ugly head again.:( Well, it's only the first of Feb. so I know we have alot of winter to get thru yet, but it sure would be nice to get some more days like that to slip some more fishing in between breaks in the cold, windy, bad weather.:o