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For those of you that are not familiar with fishing grass mats with braid and 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 oz punching weights, it is extreamly dangerous. Your weight will literally become a bullet if you do not hook the fish. Do yourselves a favor and read up on the technique before you jump out there and try it for the first time!!

Endless you should be fine, they rent 14' Jon boats there and Dan floats around down there in a 12'er!!

That right thar is some funny interwebz videoing!

Sweet! I especially like the late '70's porn groove! Seriously, I need to get one of those, looks like a lot of fun to make your own vids like that!

I've had 50+ fish days with that bait! Most of the fish absolutely knocked a foot of slack in the line and you couldn't even see the bait once I got the fish in the boat!

Paint looks like bagley, hook style looks like heddon

Man, those fish don't mess around when they eat that thing do they!!

Aaron, the DD22's don't work on the res! You don't need any!

Sad, this young man and his family need help. Implicit and perpetuating this lie will not result in a happy ending!

Jeff, did you weld the aluminum bracing yourself or have someone do it for you??

Hi, that looks nice! I'm gonna do mine this year, no wood, all aluminum, I only want to do it once and I want it to be light! Tin boats is the ultimate jonny guide when it comes to ideas on working on these boats!!

CP, try the deeper water areas of the pond. See if you can determine where the drop off occurs from the shallows to the deeper parts of the pond. Like Shimmy said, try a pointer 78 along the drops with longer pauses. My go to this time of year in the small lakes and ponds is a bitsy jig with a small finess worm as a trailer! 3/16 black and a small RI flirt worm. I've fished the small ponds in NOVA the last couple weeks and have been skunked each and every te so far in 2013, but I'm still trying! You can't let it get you down, each outing is a learning g process, when you start to get discouraged, deep breath, relax, enjoy the day, slow your presentation, and concentrate on your presentation. Try to envision what your bait is doing down there and know you have fish looking at your bait. It's cold water fishing, they are not going to exert a lot of energy to chase down a meal. Give them something they can't pass up!!

1/3 cup white corn meal 1- package strawberry jello Vanilla extract In a small sauce pan, put the DRY corn meal and turn the burner on low to medium heat. Stir the corn meal while warming, do not let the corn meal burn. Slowly add water while stiring. You want the mixture to start to form small balls the size of marbles. When that happens, turn off the heat and add some of the jello mix. Keep moving the mixture and add a few drops of vanilla extract. The mix should still be marble size pieces. Keep the mixture moving. When it cools to the point where you can touch it comfortably, grab a couple of pinches out and form a ball, the consistency should be such that it will stay together on a hook. If its too dry, add a tablespoon of water to the mix and blen it in thoroughly, if its too wet. Add a bit of the jello and mix as well. When its correctly made, put it into a sandwich bag and off to catch ole bugle lips!!

A-rig, jig head, swim jig trailer. Nice soft bait, make sure you have some soft bait glue or super glue!

Mike - that is funny! And sooo true!

Attention to detail is amazing!

Kelly Jordan, deep water off shore stuff is really fun! I need to learn more!

It was, as always, nice to be able to fish! But given the conditions (so much ice!) January 8 and to be able to chuck a couple quality fish in the boat, makes it a great day!! Even tho Thai and Aaron ran away when it started to sprinkle!! Just kidding! Some other friends did very well on jerkbaits within sight of the area we were fishing, including a 5.8! So get out there and fish people, be safe, know your limits, but don't think you can't catch fish this time of year with seriously adverse conditions! Step one: go fishing!!

Wow that place looks pretty cool if its the same lake that came up on google! I would pay attention to the riprap along that area that appears to look like a dam and the arm that extends to the SW and all of those little cuts and guts. I would look for the deeper areas that have some shallow water close by. Jerkbait, finess jigs and dropshot. Try to find some cleaner water in those areas and you should find some fish. More bait you find the better your chances! Good luck and let us know how you do!

Yea hockey! Wonder what the quality will be like?!

The only one I know of is at the fair oaks mall here in nova.

I'm sure Aaron has high hopes for this year on the res! Like most of us do on a regular basis, we just end up donating money to the guys that win!!

Teavana hands down! If you like black teas, golden monkey and copper knot are unbelievably good. I can't drink tea brewed from the bag type anymore, all I get is the taste of paper! Brew loose tea correctly and you will never go back!!

Thanks Bigbarge, wish I could have caught a bunch more that big!

That's awesome, that fish still had some nice color! Congrats on the successful winter outing!