Got out for a few hours yesterday afternoon. Nothing seemed right. It’s been a while since I’ve been out, and I empty my small pond boat when back at home, so I forgot to put line clippers, pliers, and a rope back in the boat. Repurposed my anchor rope as a bow line at launch, and it kept wanting to get caught up on the trailer when backing in. Got fed up with it and just rolled up my sleeves and put my arm in the water to free it. The 44 degree surface temp felt like below 0. Trolled out to the second bridge without getting a bite. Swapped out the jigs for live minnows and continued to zero for the rest of the afternoon. Water was high, so had to kneel in the boat and fold the seat down to get under the bridge. Started trolling back before dark and it felt like the temp dropped 20 degrees, but it was more of the wind picking up than anything else. Got back to the ramp and both the other boaters that were out were putting it on the trailer for the day. Neither of them did well either.

Still nice to get out on a sunny day.

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