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Filet mignon last night. Tried a coffee dry rub from a local spice joint. It was excellent.

The one Sprague was throwing (I think it was Sprague) pretty sure was either a DT-8 or DT-10 in Demon color.

Looks like everybody is cranking.

Looking cold and windy out there.

Be prepared for ultra clear water. The St. Lawrence has 10’+ of visibility, and I’ve been on the river when I could make out the bottom over 40’ deep. It’s about as clear as it gets.

50s and rainy yesterday melted most of the snow. Rivers are flowing. Lakes are getting some puddles atop the ice. We’re trending in the right direction. I’m cautiously optimistic that I’ll be fishing before April.

Less than 2 weeks until we have regular season baseball! Dodgers and Cubs kick it off with a 2-game series in Tokyo on March 18th.

And just like that, the Lakers are the 2 seed in the West. Luka was a +37 with 30 points and 15 assists last night.

@TnRiver46 a baited Ned rig? I’ve thought about this. Wonder how often they bite the sinker. This would solve that problem. Along the same lines as putting hooks on the blades of spinnerbaits 😂

Rivers are liquid again. A little viscous around the bridges but they’re flowing. Forecast is still looking good.

1. Braid or braid to fluoro leader 2. Yes. 3. Only you can answer this. How upset will you be if you lose the fish of a lifetime? If there is one piece of equipment in fishing that you shouldn’t cheap out on, it’s fluorocarbon line. In my opinion anyway.

This is always rumored to be possible, I don’t know of any wolves that were actually tracked from Canada into northern NY. Between the northern Adirondacks and southern Canada, the land is actually very flat. Not great wolf habitat. They would have to travel more south until they reached the northern Adirondacks to find refuge. My own personal rule, unless I see pictures, mountain lion sightings are always bobcats and wolf sightings are always coyotes. Had a friend send me a picture of a “mountain lion” running across her front lawn. It was clearly a bobcat (tufts on ears and a stubby tail). Does a cougar pass through occasionally? Probably. But I don’t believe there are resident cougar populations in the state. Everybody and their mother has a trail cam or video door bell these days. One would show up eventually. But they haven’t.

If you’re in Colorado, I recommend reading the posts of @Paul Roberts. He’s in Colorado, is incredibly knowledgeable and his posts I’m sure will contain some pertinent information for you. He also has a youtube channel called “The Nature of Fishing” that I recommend. He isn’t as active here anymore but his information is timeless.

Have you noticed any correlation between an early or late ice out and your fishing results? I’m trying not to get my hopes up but almost every day on the 2 week forcast is above 40, with one day even supposed to crack 60. Snow is melting quick. The rivers are still frozen so of course the lakes aren’t even close, but 50° and rain can get things moving pretty quick. I’m beyond antsy.

Come on, Spring!

Nothing scarier than a flailing snot rocket with a face full of trebles.

Doesn’t get much more epic than that. Incredible.

MLF has a 2 minute penalty if a bass hits the deck. I like this rule.

I’m in the camp of “I know it can’t hurt so may as well use it”. I also agree with those who say it probably doesn’t attract bass, but it may make them hold onto a bait a little longer. Another thing I use it for is a lubricant to come through weeds a little easier. Always megastrike.

Temps dropping to single digits tonight, followed by a couple cold days but then it’s right back to mid 40s and 50s. Maybe we’ll make it out of March unscathed?? Maybe the water will open up? That’s the clown in me talking. See above.

A senko rigged wacky style on a finesse hook.

We call that “eliminating unproductive water”. It sounds better!

Jigs and chatterbaits are 40lb braid to 25lb fluoro leader. Cranks are straight 12lb fluoro. Topwater is 10lb nylon.

Followed by a 7. Insane.

Ouch….I hope the fishing was good at least. And now you have a real excuse to have to buy more gear. Silver linings!