Cloudy , but not bad

Today’s forecast was 49 high , cloudy with a chance of rain .
At noon it was 47 , cloudy , but no rain , yet . But light winds .
Today , although cooler and no sun felt pleasant compared to the last two days .

I took two combos and decided to limit fishing with each to about forty-five minutes . First up was a 5’6” Daiwa Aird X ULF , paired with a Shimano Soare XR c2000sspg . Filled with P-Line CXX Moss Green 2# line . A good looking combo in my opinion.
I started using a 4.6mm tungsten bead jig with an orange Mini Trout Magnet that I colored the top black with a sharpie . Kinda looked like a Bison color .
I caught two small gills and a bass with the Aird X .

I walked back to the RAV4 and swapped out for the second combo .
A 5’ Daiwa Presso ULF , paired with a Kastking Zephyr SFS 1000 , filled with 2# Floroclear.
Another good looking combo in my opinion.
My Tungsten jig started with a black Mini Trout Magnet .
It took me about ten minutes of casting and was about to change the Mini Magnet color , when I got my best thump of the day . Several runs with the carbon drag sounding off and I still didn’t know what I had on . I thought it was going to be a shellcracker.
I was surprised to find a nice crappie on my line once I got it in close enough to see it .
I was able to beach it without breaking off my 2# line , I climbed down the bank and grabbed it by the mouth.
This is the second ever crappie I’ve ever caught out of the pond . I caught one last year .
I think this is the same crappie , only it has almost doubled in size since last year .
I returned it to grow some more. :)
I ended up with four bass , three bluegills, and the crappie on the Presso combo .
A nice outing today with eleven total .

The Presso not only outfished the Aird X in numbers , but I enjoyed fishing with it so much more . It is a good bit lighter weight and more sensitive than the Aird X in.
I guess that’s why it’s been sitting in a rod rack for a couple of years.m

It did sprinkle once , but the rain held off until I got home and then it’s been light .

Good job. Thats a nice crappie! Awesome

What a Slab! Congratulations

Nice catches and outfits! It seems like anything that says Presso is quality. I sure do like my JDM models...

Fat Slab!! That made you smile for a while. I got out today but didn’t do much. Stay warm brother.

That slab doesn't have much more growing to do, already big.. I'm sure there's more out there. It looks like Antarctica here with the winds and the snow is blowing sideways. Wind chill temp is 2 degrees. Going to be another vise day.

Looking at the weather channel (local) it's currently and like 2*. powdery snow blowing around. I have about 1-1/2 inch here, and hear cars struggling to get up the small hill here in this trailer park. Because it's private property, county wont treat it, and the owners are to cheap...happens every year...

Two days later I’m back at the Town pond .
Yesterday, it was rain accompanied by a cold front that dropped last night below freezing again.
I waited until after one o’clock for the temperature to hit forty , almost the expected high of 41 .
It was sunny but with a 10-15mph wind out of the NNW making it feel like the low thirties .

I get to the pond , all bundled up , three layers on upper , fleece lined cargo pants lower , and boots .
Just before I left , Amazon dropped off my new wool KastKing fishing gloves . The pinky and next finger are full, the rest have the tips of my fingers exposed for fishing .

I started off fishing a drop shot rig with woolybooger on my St Croix Panfish series 5’4” rod paired with an old Shimano 500 reel , a Sienna with a Sedona spool and 3# Floroclear .
Back then Shimano produced a 4.7/1 reel even in there lower priced reels .
I fished the sunny side and the wind was tough . Made my exposed fingers feel like ice cubes . No bites after fan casting the area .
I packed up and walked to the shaded side with my hands in my pockets to warm up my finger tips .
After a few casts without anything on the drop shot , while hiding next to a tree trying to get out of the wind .
While in the process of switching baits to a 4.6mm Mini TM , the wind blew away my woolybooger fly and while tying on my jig , I hooked the tip of my new gloves and had to mash down the barb to get it loose without messing up my gloves .
With 3# Floroclear instead of my normal 2# , my distance suffered by 15’ or more depending on my timing of wind .
Just before leaving I tried the corner flat , just because the bank had some sun on it .
I hooked a small LM bass to keep the skunk away .
It was a challenging day but I did find out I could handle forty degrees for about an hour maybe a little longer .
I’m sure with a little less wind, it would have been better .
As long as it’s sunny , I think I could handle lower temps if the wind didn’t blow like it has .

I'd love to have 39 and up!! We're lucky to be hitting 17 with wind chills in the -10 plus!! LOL and NO I don't ice fish!! Tried it in high school and went through Never again!!

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Originally Posted by Fatman

I'd love to have 39 and up!! We're lucky to be hitting 17 with wind chills in the -10 plus!! LOL and NO I don't ice fish!! Tried it in high school and went through Never again!!

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Time to head south for a fishing vacation. LOL. ,

We were just above forty here with thirties all around us. I wore my insulated bibs for most of yesterday and today til about two. It got up into the fifties but it’s not going to last long. another front hits Friday. Like chaser said, the wind is the factor that runs me off. Catching fish can make me stay a little longer, of course.