My plan for beating winter blues this year...

[TnRiver46]

9 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

When y'all get that game mastered, you should come up and play it in the WV panhandle on 18 wheels with 13 gears, and 8000 gallons of crude in the tank. Whole new level of pucker factor!!! Nothing like having your trailer trying to pass you down a 20% grade to keep you on your toes. Thankfully we usually only have a handfull of those rodeo days a year.

 

some guy dumped just such a tanker into the ocoee river a few years ago, I believe he was relieved of his driving duties 

[T-Billy]

19 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

some guy dumped just such a tanker into the ocoee river a few years ago, I believe he was relieved of his driving duties 

I imagine he was. The cost of cleanup and fines for a spill is enormous. Drivers are always one major screw up from having to find a new career. We run alot of back roads hauling from the wells to offload and processing facilities. It's a pretty sweet gig when it's not snowy and icy. Pretty darn scary when it is.

That cat GIF is pretty funny!!!

[Bird]

When I was younger I really enjoyed the 4 seasons but now find winter to be quite boring.

Fortunately no longer have to drive 80 miles in inclement weather, retired. 

 

My best friend for over 40 years bought a new bass boat so if we can get a few nice winter days, we'll launch. 

 

Other than that, I'll hit the home gym and help my brother at his sawmill on Saturdays and hope for an early spring. 

[padon]

winter sucks. i hate the cold more every year. and it feels really strange not planning my next trip thinking about where the fish may be located etc. im gonna hit the woods though and build some brushpiles and have them ready to put out in spring. hopefully in summer they will pay dividends.

[DitchPanda]

4 minutes ago, padon said:

winter sucks. i hate the cold more every year. and it feels really strange not planning my next trip thinking about where the fish may be located etc. im gonna hit the woods though and build some brushpiles and have them ready to put out in spring. hopefully in summer they will pay dividends.

This is another thing a buddy and I plan to do this winter. Assemble a few small piles  and lay them out on the ice late winter in good strategic spots.

[padon]

3 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

This is another thing a buddy and I plan to do this winter. Assemble a few small piles  and lay them out on the ice late winter in good strategic spots.

thats the way i would do it but if we get ice it wont be safe to walk on. alot of years the water temp hovers right around  36 to 38

[DitchPanda]

3 minutes ago, padon said:

thats the way i would do it but if we get ice it wont be safe to walk on. alot of years the water temp hovers right around  36 to 38

Cool thing is my buddy has access to small cedars which apparently hold up a long time under water..plus last winter he planted piles with an older guy from his fishing club who has been making and sinking piles for 40 plus years so he got some good tips.

[papajoe222]

11 hours ago, Junk Fisherman said:

SLX MGL 70 We have a fantastic cooling lake that opens March 1st so that helps shorten the winter.  

I have my 2022 calendar with the date already circled. I have only one question I need to answer before then; Braidwood, or LaSalle?

Once the holidays are over I start with fishing projects. Those include building a new rod for myself or a family member, tying up a bunch of hair jigs and a few feathered trebles, along with getting the gear and boat ready for the season.  I'll also make finite plans for two fishing trips for the season, one to the south early and one to the north in July. 

I also spend a lot more time here than I do during fishing season. Kind of like group therapy, it seems to help.

[thediscochef]

22 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

If your jealous of being trapped in your house cuz of ice and snow don't be...its not that fun.

We got a taste of that down here near Dallas this year. It was 10 below on my porch. It was kinda cool the first day but I like having power and being warm. And fishing. I don't know how y'all do it. I'll take the 105 degree/45-50% humidity days on the river if I never have a freeze like that again lol

[DitchPanda]

21 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

We got a taste of that down here near Dallas this year. It was 10 below on my porch. It was kinda cool the first day but I like having power and being warm. And fishing. I don't know how y'all do it. I'll take the 105 degree/45-50% humidity days on the river if I never have a freeze like that again lol

During that arctic blast we had 3 nights in a row the wind chill was around negative 50.

[thediscochef]

10 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

During that arctic blast we had 3 nights in a row the wind chill was around negative 50.

I couldn't do that

I'll take catfishing with a heat index of 115 in the summer??

 

Funny enough my cousin lives in Maine and has invited me to go ice fishing. I am going to do that.

[thediscochef]

All that said, sounds like a good way to pass the season and maybe learn some things along the way. I crawl down a YouTube hole just about every night doing this. I hope yall have a good winter 

[roadwarrior]

I am moving to Ray Roberts next summer. I think you can fish year around

there and everywhere else in Texas. Pre-spawn is just around the corner.

 

[PourMyOwn]

I have about 100 jigs that I have to paint and tie up at the kitchen table. I'm horribly inefficient,  so that should take me well into 2024.

[TnRiver46]

On 11/25/2021 at 10:34 PM, DitchPanda said:

During that arctic blast we had 3 nights in a row the wind chill was around negative 50.

Negative 50???? Sheesh. That could cause a man to cheer for faster climate change 

3 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

I am moving to Ray Roberts next summer. I think you can fish year around

there and everywhere else in Texas. Pre-spawn is just around the corner.

 

You could Ice fish ray Roberts early this year 

[Darth-Baiter]

My good friend just moved to Minnesota.  I want to visit him in the dead of winter.   He ice fishes so there is that, but more importantly; I just kinda want to see how people live in our northern climates.  I can’t imagine it at all.    Are there fresh fruits and veggies in the stores?
 

im Californian.  I just climbed a tree wearing shorts to reach the last of my persimmon. 
 

the worst of winter (for me) are the friggen leaves. I hate cleaning up after a tree pukes it’s leaves.   I just finished, and the next wave of leaves are already falling. 
 

I will kayak fish tomorrow. 

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

My good friend just moved to Minnesota.  I want to visit him in the dead of winter.   He ice fishes so there is that, but more importantly; I just kinda want to see how people live in our northern climates.  I can’t imagine it at all.    Are there fresh fruits and veggies in the stores?
 

im Californian.  I just climbed a tree wearing shorts to reach the last of my persimmon. 
 

the worst of winter (for me) are the friggen leaves. I hate cleaning up after a tree pukes it’s leaves.   I just finished, and the next wave of leaves are already falling. 
 

I will kayak fish tomorrow. 

Plenty of fruit and veggies available in the frozen north. Persimmons taste better after they hit the ground but you’ve gotta beat the raccoons to them 

[throttleplate]

one advantage to freezing temps is that picking up dog turds is alot easier.

[Way north bass guy]

1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said:

My good friend just moved to Minnesota.  I want to visit him in the dead of winter.   He ice fishes so there is that, but more importantly; I just kinda want to see how people live in our northern climates.  I can’t imagine it at all.    Are there fresh fruits and veggies in the stores?
 

 

I hope your joking with a question like that?. 
It gets cold in the winter, but it’s not like it’s the North Pole, and everything comes by dog sled. Believe it or not, there’s actually tractor trailers full of produce on the highways every day, even way up here ?. 
 

[A-Jay]

On 11/27/2021 at 2:02 PM, Darth-Baiter said:

 but more importantly; I just kinda want to see how people live in our northern climates.  I can’t imagine it at all.    

Oh it's a bear my friend ~ LOL

And you just haven't lived until you've shoveled a few feet of heavy wet snow off your roof ! 

Good Times indeed. 

A-Jay

 

[PourMyOwn]

A-Jay, you know it's a good storm when you use a ladder to get on the roof and just step off of it to get down.

[A-Jay]

2 minutes ago, PourMyOwn said:

A-Jay, you know it's a good storm when you use a ladder to get on the roof and just step off of it to get down.

Yes sir ~

And it's especially memorable when that deal needs to be completed in reverse !

A-Jay

[Chet C]

when i get bored, i have a long basement, i shoot my air rifles and air pistols, that is alot of fun

 

chet

[thediscochef]

14 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

I am moving to Ray Roberts next summer. I think you can fish year around

there and everywhere else in Texas. Pre-spawn is just around the corner.

 

Some spots in the panhandle get cold but there's no seasonal ice here anywhere, obviously

 

What part of RRL?

 

[Columbia Craw]

Go to the gym and lots of stretching. Fart around with tackle and do some reorganization and maintenance.  Stay warm and enjoy my coffee.