LCR bite improving as WT drops

After almost 2 weeks of holiday celebrations, family gatherings, and rotten weather,
I finally got out this morning for 90 minutes! WT ranged from 46* - 47* and air temp
was 10* at launch and 14* when my feet said it was time to quit.

Minnows refused to leave the bait holding cooler, reels refused to work reliably, the
finder only worked when it was in the sun, and even the wipe rag wasn't working.

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The best I could manage with frozen gear was vertical jigging. The fish were more
cooperative than my gear, however, so 90 minutes on the water (no ice yet) produced
a total of 6 keeper-size fish. Here's my first fish for 2014:

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...and a nicer one:

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Great job, Corker. What a MAN!!! Talking about the RIGHT STUFF!!! You earned braggin rights, for sure!

Way to set the example, and thanks for the report.

Dean

You get the award for sure!

Corker did you get a new boat? Good job on the fish, gotta love hairjigs! I saw a SUV not to long ago the license plate read CORKER, I pushed the pedal to see if you traded in the truck.. Turns out to be a woman!

No new boats for a few months! This was the old one (Lowe 1448) I used before adding the 16' full V to the fleet.

Were you able to stand up after 90 min in that temperature?:biggrin

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Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill

Were you able to stand up

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Yes, but it happened sloooooowly.

WOW great job being able to get out and catch a few. Glad to see a report. Brutal conditions for sure.

I'm not processing the fishing report. I'm focusing on this................................


[SIZE=7]You have lost your ever-loving mind ole man![/SIZE]

Like your gloves..... Congrats on braving the cold and good catching.

nice catch ,at lease we have one post since this cold weather,glad it was your's instead o mine:Rofl

Just looked again at this, and I have changed my mind. You sir are NUTs!

Btw, sorry about that first picture. Just how old is that sock?

Glad to see that you are still fishing. Haven't seen any posts from you in a while. Is the SAV gone? Thinking about coming saturday if we can catch a break with the weather.

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Originally Posted by woodduck1956

Is the SAV gone?

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It's going. Due to LCR's depth and lack of feeder streams, WT changes very slowly. That keeps the SAV on life support much longer than in other area lakes. As long as SAV is there, the fish hold in and around it & are hard to catch. Fishing the edges of grassbeds also means you will catch lots of chain pickerel. Yesterday, I hooked as many pike as crappies.