What Are You Doing Until The Ice Thaws?

[Djman72]

I'm glad to see that others are in similar pain as me. As they say, Misery loves company....

[boostr]

I'm just sitting around and  and   and   and getting    and I almost forgot, dealing with this   Spring please oh God please!

[Buckboy]

I'm glad to see that others are in similar pain as me. As they say, Misery loves company....

yeah i know what you mean deer season is closed and its too cold for fishin so all we really can do is wait it out

[ThurmanMerman]

I've become addicted to buying baits! Hopefully spring will get here soon!

[Montanaro]

trying to sell stuff to finance upgrades.

When I sell the microwave I'll know I've got a problem

[CJV]

Ive been lucky enough to hit some of our local power plant lakes this winter. However spring will be right around the corner for most of us! Thank god!

[BassmanDan]

All work and no fishing makes Dan a dull boy...all work and no fishing makes Dan a dull boy.

[AQUA VELVA]

After all the major winter festivities are over it's just a mental slugfest until spring. If it were'nt for the catalogs and this website, I don't know what I'd do.

[Tom H.]

^{Currently, sitting here looking at BR and restringing my ice fishing poles for a tournament tomorrow}

[blongfishing]

Building Primitive bows, hunting, buying tackle, and EATING! South Carolina isn't bad but we were hit with 5 inches of snow and ice mix. Going out in the morning to fish tomorrow.

[DRH2O]

6:00 am Get up
6:10 am Peek out window
6:11 am Curse Mother Nature, give the finger
7:20 am Watch local news weather forecast
7:21 am Curse local weatherman
7:22 am Heavy sigh, begin sulking

7:30 - 8:00 am Morning commute. Curse Mother Nature.
8:00 am Arrive at work
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Work, in between trying to read fishing articles, books
12:00 - 1:00 pm Work out, fantasize about fishing in warm weather
1:00 pm Back at desk, check weather webpage, Sulk again
1:01 - 4:30 pm Work, in between reviewing topo maps of this year's target locations
4:30 - 5:00 pm Evening commute, curse Mother Nature, give finger again
6:15 pm watch local news weather forecast, cuss weatherman, log in to Facebook and vent publicly to him about his forecast
7:30 pm Express disbelief about this winter
9:30 - 10:00 Settle in to bed with Buck Perry
10:01 - Pray that tomorrow will offer a glimpse of hope that spring is coming
Repeat

[iabass8]

fishing expo tomorrow 

fishing expo next weekend

fishing expo weekend after that

house of cards season 2

hopefully open water end of march

[Smokinal]

crying

[Stlbob]

spool all reels with fresh line...clean reels that need...play with..uh i mean sort and clean lures...

 

like many, state my disbelief its the middle of Feb. and right now its flippin 10 degrees outside..drive by river see what the ice looks like..

drive home shaking my head about all the dang ice..

 

keep looking for my first boat...

[FrogFreak]

I started building lures. It's been fun but I'm ready for spring now!!!

[calvincorey]

Been reading In Pursuit of Giant Bass by Bill Murphy.  Getting my kayak rigged up for the first full year of fishing with it.  Ordering jigs from Siebert Outdoors.  :respect-059:

How do you like those jigs? I like the looks of them

[B@ssCrzy]

How do you like those jigs? I like the looks of them

They look really nice. I really like the look of the widegap swim jigs. Work great with the berkley grass pig that I like to use as a trailer.

[WhiteMike1018]

Spending way too much money on fishing tackle

[Grizzn N Bassin]

spending way to much money on fishing tackle

[coryn h. fishowl]

 

 

My question is what are you doing to pass the time until you can hit the waters? I've been making frequent stops to Cabelas and BPS (Both of which are roughly 30 minutes from my house). 

Same here...So many choices. I'm gonna go broke.

I joined a cult that claims they can influence mother nature so that I might convince her to lighten up.....she looked at me with bloodshot eyes and told me to stick my fishing pole where the sun doesn't shine

[MNBassFisher]

I've been ice fishing hard this winter and it's been fun but at this point each and every year, I start eyeing up my casting and spinning rods and getting that excitement to get out and cast them!

[96ecss]

Organizing tackle, sharpening knives, boat/trailer maintenance, buying new lures, wishing it was Spring already. Trying to fight off the bait monkey and losing.

 

Dave

[bassboy107]

Ive been trying my best to keep my spending and trips to fishing stores to a limit because every time i go I come home grab my bag and then remember there is 3ft of snow and 14 inches of ice on the ponds. LOL. Ive done everything that i can think of trying to crave my fishing addiction. Ive re-organized my bag about 6 or 7 times, Ive tried creating new rigs, and my favorites, I took one of my old reels I don't use anymore and did time trials on how fast i could take it apart completely and put it back together. LOL! Here in New Hampshire, It feels like winters are getting longer and longer each year.

[macmichael]

 I quit hunting this past winter so I am going nuts!!!!   

[Wbeadlescomb]

it's in the 40's right now in central alabama with a high only in the mid 50's.so I'm bundled up in front of the fireplace waiting on winter to be over.