Sad moment set in..

[Ksam1234]

So up here in ny the fishing season for me is pretty

much over .. such s sad moment. This is the last week of warm weather but the water temp where I fish is already in low 50s.. fish are biting slow it's getting to cold to fish , at least for me.. and the weatherman called for 1/4 inch of snow at night next week.. soon it will be only memories and dreams of catching fish as I don't ice fish, can't wait till spring already. For some of you down south this is one of the best times of year so I'm jealous ! Keep on catching those fish and giving good stories so I have something to pass the time. 

[J Francho]

Uh, this fish came the tail end of November.  It's not over.  Once the lakes freeze, you can fish tribs for steelhead all winter.

 

[RichF]

I'm heading up to the 1000 Islands region next weekend to fish a couple tournaments with my dad.  This is the best bassin time up north!

[A-Jay]

I wouldn't give up just yet - 

Yesterday was decent.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

The season is Just getting started in East Tennessee. Still got some wake boarders though 

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45 minutes ago, RichF said:

I'm heading up to the 1000 Islands region next weekend to fish a couple tournaments with my dad.  This is the best bassin time up north!

I just spent a week up there last month, and I'm sure that if I was a local I'd be breaking through skim ice at the ramp and catching brown fish (and pike) before hanging it up most years. 

[J Francho]

I've been known to shovel off the ramp.

[Ksam1234]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Uh, this fish came the tail end of November.  It's not over.  Once the lakes freeze, you can fish tribs for steelhead all winter.

 

I don't have a boat all

i have is a canoe. And the area where the fish are as of now require a boat.. @A-Jay

[Ronnie Daniels]

Keep fishing!  Find a way!!

 

I'm gonna go after the catfish this winter.

[J Francho]

I'm running a kayak.  What's the issue again?

[Ksam1234]

12 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I'm running a kayak.  What's the issue again?

Apparently it's me hah

[A-Jay]

56 minutes ago, Ksam1234 said:

I don't have a boat all

i have is a canoe. And the area where the fish are as of now require a boat.. @A-Jay

A Canoe you say ?

I've got one of those myself - an Old Town.

This bass is from last November

A-Jay

 

[bigbill]

I made one trip in November just before thanksgiving, I was tossing a yum money minnow. I used the dying minnow twitch. I latched on to the biggest bass I ever had on my line. It was snow flurries too. Don't give up till the ice is on.

 

the bass don't give up so soon too.

[J Francho]

December 2009:

 

Lake Ontario steelhead

 

[MassYak85]

The right clothing can really extend your season. I primarily fish out of a kayak too and I don't call it quits until the water is hard or my guides freeze. I usually attach my outriggers once the water gets down into the lower 50's to limit my chances of getting wet. That, some good layering, a waterproof shell, and the right gloves and the only times I'm not fishing throughout the year are when the ice is too thin to stand on. 

[scaleface]

The last warm spell a year ago , mid November , I caught a limit of 15 inch keepers .It took me several hours to get the first bite but after that I got dialed in and the fishing was great .

[Kevinator1]

I'm in Indiana and i'm sure i'm going to still be fishing with snow on the deck of my boat.....only when the water freezes will she be put up.....

[BillP]

4 hours ago, RichF said:

I'm heading up to the 1000 Islands region next weekend to fish a couple tournaments with my dad.  This is the best bassin time up north!

I fish in that area on my August vacation. Charleston Lake. Sure is scenic there

[islandbass]

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

I've been known to shovel off the ramp.

That’s awesome. Love that dedication. A few years ago, a forecast for the day I planned to go fishing was going to be in the upper 20s lower 30s. I was shocked to see the a layer of ice on the pond upon arrival because lakes freezing over isn’t too common in the Seattle area.  Instead of tucking my tail and heading home, I found large rocks sky high attempting to pop holes in the ice. Luckily, I was successful. It was actually a lot of fun  skipping my lure on the ice and getting it to fall into the holes. 

 

I didn’t catch anything that die, but the cold day in h-e- double hockey sticks didn’t stop me. 

 

@Ksam1234: I hear you and know that sad moment well. The pacific nw is already in the cold and wet mode of weather. It encourages me to target other species than bass that thrive in this weather. steelhead and salmon might be close by as JF suggested. Hopefully it’s a possibility for you. 

[IndianaFinesse]

I used to only fish out of a canoe, and there was one time in January that the ice actually came off of a small section of the lake, it was only about half of an acre but it was there.  So I hauled the canoe to the boat ramp, and launched it into the ice (last year, a guy actually pulled off of the adjacent road to watch us onload an aluminum boat off of the trailer into the ice, he was laughing so hard at us like it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen)  As in, I used a big wooden oar to beat through the ice so I could get the canoe in the 34° ice water.  It was only about 1 inch thick, but it was thick enough to keep me from paddling through it.  So I beat my way through about 3/8 of a mile through the ice to reach that little bit of open water, it took an hour and a half but it was worth it.  Turns out there wasn't any fish in the open water section, so I simply smashed the ice out from over top a good structure situation, where I had been catching fish prior to ice-up.  After giving the fish half an hour to recover from being spooked from the racket caused by beating through ice with a paddle, I actually managed to catch almost a dozen bass and some white bass vertically jigging blade baits.  

 

Every year I still make about a dozen trips that involve breaking through ice with either a 14' aluminum boat or the canoe, and i've never been skunked yet doing so.  Rain, shine, snow, freezing rain (that's the worst) 0° or 100°, and it's still always worth going fishing.

[RPreeb]

We had a hard freeze 2 weeks ago for just one night, since then it's been high 70's during the days with temps in the 30's and 40's at night - typical fall weather in eastern Colorado.  The last 2 times out I've been shut out in the 2 ponds where I go most often for evening outings.  It gets into the 70's during the day and unfortunately that keeps the mosquitoes plenty active, but the water must be in the mid 50's at best and the bass aren't biting on anything I offer them lately. 

 

Today was 79°, but tomorrow it cools off and mostly stays in the 50's and 60's in the long range forecast.  Since this is my first autumn seeking bass, I don't really know what to expect, so I'll just take everything I own that keep plugging along. 

[Ksam1234]

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

A Canoe you say ?

I've got one of those myself - an Old Town.

This bass is from last November

A-Jay

 

d**n dude that's nice! I have an old town myself, 14.5 footer.. and we went out today on Lake Erie and we just couldn't find them... the guy I was with doesn't rly know how to use his lowrance so we didn't get ****

30 minutes ago, islandbass said:

That’s awesome. Love that dedication. A few years ago, a forecast for the day I planned to go fishing was going to be in the upper 20s lower 30s. I was shocked to see the a layer of ice on the pond upon arrival because lakes freezing over isn’t too common in the Seattle area.  Instead of tucking my tail and heading home, I found large rocks sky high attempting to pop holes in the ice. Luckily, I was successful. It was actually a lot of fun  skipping my lure on the ice and getting it to fall into the holes. 

 

I didn’t catch anything that die, but the cold day in h-e- double hockey sticks didn’t stop me. 

 

@Ksam1234: I hear you and know that sad moment well. The pacific nw is already in the cold and wet mode of weather. It encourages me to target other species than bass that thrive in this weather. steelhead and salmon might be close by as JF suggested. Hopefully it’s a possibility for you. 

Yeah we have a lot of good creeks that steelhead love to come up, I was thinking about trying it this weekend ! 

[islandbass]

Hold on to your seat. Them thar salmonids put up a fight like a big bass but with more stamina and therefore a longer fight. ?

[WRB]

We visit snow and ice in the mountains and enjoy bass fishing year around in sunny SoCal. What is sad is all those snow birds who flock down here.

Tom

[Raul]

Dang, these temperatures are just bad, high 80's - low 90's suck :........ ooops, sorry ! wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line.