I am not cool with Mother Nature right now.

[MoBassRaider]

Weather forecast earlier in the week was for high 70s for a few straight days. Well, we had a high of 80 degrees yesterday but now there’s a freeze warning for tomorrow morning. Water temps at most lakes around me are mid to high 40s and the bass are refusing to come up shallow. Last April I was catching them on topwater baits but now they are hanging at 30 or so feet. Very frustrating. 

(Southwest Missouri) 

[Bassun]

Well, as misery loves company, I am glad to hear that it's not just VA that's getting screwballed by ma nature.  Weather the last few years has been really bazaar.  This year is just pushing the limits further.  February, we had a day hit 81!  In SW VA!  All of Feb, pretty much, was nice.  Then March comes in and is bi-polar.  Ok, fine... it's March... it's VA... that's semi-normal.  Now April is doing March tricks.  Yesterday's low...31.  Today's high, 77.  Tomorrows high...48.  OMG.  Seriously, mother nature needs some lithium.

Things are "supposed" to settle down starting this weekend.  At least I managed to get out on the water last Friday.  Only caught a few keepers, and they were huddled up in brush, but it was nice (too nice really).  Fried my head to boot... then Sunday, while I'm putting solarcain on my head, it's snowing outside.  

[scaleface]

I'm still wearing a winter coat . This is weird .

[DropShotHotShot]

We got over 15" of snow over the weekend, 30" of ice still being reported, however,  MN closes the bass season until May 12th and this year should allow for prespawn fishing typicaly not legal.  So there is always a silver lining