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[galyonj]

That catfish is beautiful.

[Bigassbass]

What is a ned rig trout trick?

[galyonj]

Ned rigging is a finesse presentation, with a little hook and a very light jig head. This is a trout trick.

[Bluebasser86]

A Zman Trout Trick on a 1/16oz red Midwest Finesse head with a #2 hook. It's a large bait for a tiny head, but the slow fall gets them when it's tough. I was using a Ralph's Shad colored Trout Trick.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Z-Man_Trout_Trick_6pk/descpage-ZMTRTRK.html

[Midwest Fisherman]

Snagged a few beauties over the last couple weeks 

[galyonj]

Switched it up and went early instead of around lunchtime. Just as I was about to pack up to go to the office, this chunky two-pounder hit on a lipless.

 

Tailwalking back to me in 40-some degree water. So much for lethargy.

[NorcalBassin]

Water cooled down to 56* after the recent storms, but things are still pretty quiet with the bite with nothing over 2.5 lbs. 

 

This guy looked a little skinny in the pic but was healthy with 2 shad in his gullet.

 

Pops with a 2 pounder on a Ned

 

2.5 pounder on a Neko

[Tim Kelly]

Spectacular looking fish. Scale perfect and beautifully marked.

 

[Team9nine]

Likely the last day on open water in a boat for me this year. Every pond I went past this afternoon had skim ice on it. Got in 3.5 hours this afternoon on a small reservoir with 40 degree water temps, and managed to connect with 8 fish. Could be a long winter, but hopefully we get some breaks in the weather here and there. We'll see.

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

[Midwest Fisherman]

Went out with (B)assman again yesterday to a few local ponds, we had a good day. Threw several different baits, they seemed to like the blades as they were killing my RoadRunner 

[Bluebasser86]

Rapidly dropping temps, rapidly building winds, off and on drizzle, beautiful day on the water Monday ? One other boat at the ramp when I showed up. He told me to go ahead, he was going to wait for a minute. I launched, he waited a few more minutes and then just left? Only other boat I saw the 6+ hours I was on the water. With the wind and clouds, seemed like a moving bait bite would be going, but that wasn't what I found for the most part. I got 2 on a squarebill, 1 on a jerkbait, the rest were on a Ned or shakyhead. The most important fish of the day was on the squarebill though. Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.

Took a while to dial in the slow moving bite, and it was painfully difficult to do in 20+mph winds, but I was really working them over for a while.

[roadwarrior]

[Midwest Fisherman]

Caught this 4 pounder on a Berkley Warpig in Red Craw at one of my favorite ponds. 37° weather with most of the pond iced over.

[ryanerb]

On 12/11/2019 at 2:22 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Rapidly dropping temps, rapidly building winds, off and on drizzle, beautiful day on the water Monday ? One other boat at the ramp when I showed up. He told me to go ahead, he was going to wait for a minute. I launched, he waited a few more minutes and then just left? Only other boat I saw the 6+ hours I was on the water. With the wind and clouds, seemed like a moving bait bite would be going, but that wasn't what I found for the most part. I got 2 on a squarebill, 1 on a jerkbait, the rest were on a Ned or shakyhead. The most important fish of the day was on the squarebill though. Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.

 

 

Took a while to dial in the slow moving bite, and it was painfully difficult to do in 20+mph winds, but I was really working them over for a while.

 

 

 

 

I'm very impressed!! Way to get out there when most people wanna stay at home. 

How deep were you getting your ned/shakeyhead fish? Squarebill indicates not much depth despite colder water temps. 

In high winds, could you fish a dropshot with a heavy weight? 

[Bluebasser86]

Most of them were in 1-3 feet of water. I've tried with a dropshot in the same places and they will not eat it, have never even had a bite on it.

[Hook2Jaw]

 

5.7 pounds.  .725 if I wanna squeeze what the scale said.  She gave my finesse jig a tick and I was able to get in an eye crossing hookset before landing her on the 13 Fate Chrome 7'1" MF with the Daiwa Fuego 7.3:1 strung up with @J Francho's favorite line, Berkley Vanish.

 

That YUM Craw Chunk keeps putting big fish on the end of my line.

 

[DSTN]

On 12/11/2019 at 4:22 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Rapidly dropping temps, rapidly building winds, off and on drizzle, beautiful day on the water Monday ? One other boat at the ramp when I showed up. He told me to go ahead, he was going to wait for a minute. I launched, he waited a few more minutes and then just left? Only other boat I saw the 6+ hours I was on the water. With the wind and clouds, seemed like a moving bait bite would be going, but that wasn't what I found for the most part. I got 2 on a squarebill, 1 on a jerkbait, the rest were on a Ned or shakyhead. The most important fish of the day was on the squarebill though. Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.

 

 

Nice work! What squarebill is that? Looks killer but I don't recognize it.

[Bluebasser86]

It's a custom made balsa bait that a local guy makes. It's been my best producing crank the last month.

[TnRiver46]

43 degrees and spitting rain yesterday...... perfect!!!

[Paul Roberts]

On 12/11/2019 at 3:22 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

 Built like a brick, barely longer than my 18" board and 5lbs right on the button.

 

Wow! She's done well for herself!

[Paul Roberts]

Decided to finish up the fall on the same pond I've fished through the entire fall transition, a shallow dishpan carpeted wall to wall with coontail. 42F core water, and super high clarity. The winter clear-water period is on. I could have seen straight to the bottom, if not for all that coontail. I've rarely fished such weedy waters during winter, opting for those with more open water. But, I decided to give it a shot, just to see what I could find. With the clear water I went Ned, with a 1/16oz Slider head, and found a couple. What this fishing lacked in numbers was made up in sheer beauty of those winter clear water fish. They are simply stunning; A metallic bronze-gold, yellow flanks, and prominant markings. The GoPro just doesn't do them justice.

 

 

 

 

[senile1]

Nice looking fish, Paul.  I have a small 55 acre lake that is a good clear water winter fishery as well.  Not only are the fish stunning, but this lake produces mostly deep water catches in the winter and I can watch them fighting down deep as I bring them in.  Unfortunately, I haven't bought an action camera like the GoPro to film them as I bring them up.  

[galyonj]

Some dink action before work. Beautiful pattern on this one.

 

I should add that I caught this on a @Siebert Outdoors dock rocker (off a dock, obvs) with a cut-down Sweet Beaver on the back. Little guy hit it like it called his mama names.

 

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[Paul Roberts]

4 hours ago, senile1 said:

Nice looking fish, Paul.  I have a small 55 acre lake that is a good clear water winter fishery as well.  Not only are the fish stunning, but this lake produces mostly deep water catches in the winter and I can watch them fighting down deep as I bring them in.  Unfortunately, I haven't bought an action camera like the GoPro to film them as I bring them up.  

Hi, Ed. Sounds wonderful. It really is neat seeing the fish fighting down through clear water. If you ever decide to film them, you'll want a hat-cam, so the camera can be as directly above them as possible, and a polarizer. Don't use the elastic headband type, or you'll end up with a headache! Get one that's integral with a cap. Mine is made by Smatree.