padlin Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Good question. Used to be skiing, snow shoeing and such. Now once the holidays are over it’s hiking if the weather is up in the 30’s or more, along with shoveling that’s about it for outdoors. Inside it’s too much time reading a couple forums, and probably too much tv. I too read a lot, mostly a handful of series similar to Longmire. I get em electronically from one of the libraries. Not many left so I’m filling in with all the Sherlock Holmes while I wait on the others. We cook a lot over the winter, which of course means I eat too much too. This year I’m trying the gym a few times a week. 1 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted January 22 Super User Posted January 22 Les Paul into a cranked bassman hooked to a 2x12 cab for a couple hours the other morning. Pretty sure my neighbors are wishin I could go fishin. 😂 I generally just roll with the tweed Vibroluxe or Champ these days, but sometimes I just gotta crank up one of the big amps and get my pants flappin!!!😉 4 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 22 Super User Posted January 22 I had a pal over this morning. Then two more pals visited for lunch. Then another pal this afternoon. And now I'm going to go hang with some young women in a bar on the ocean and play trivia. So, fun, fun, fun, and then some fun. P. S. - I just took a nap because I am old, so naps are a part of winter too. 5 1 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted January 22 Super User Posted January 22 7 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: Bro, it's gonna be 38 degrees this afternoon......how about a little sympathy 🤣 I was out working in -14 this morning. I had The Rodeo Song stuck in my head all morning. 😂 1 1 Quote
Super User Bird Posted January 22 Super User Posted January 22 We've been having a brutal winter here so I've been laid up for the most part. Projects in the garage has kept me from going crazy. Working on chainsaws mostly and clearing driveways for older folks. 5 Quote
Super User gim Posted January 23 Super User Posted January 23 Whole lotta people fishing here this time of year. Just a different type of fishing on frozen water. Quote
Texas Flood Posted January 23 Posted January 23 ice fish sort/buy tackle read watch alot of movies and shows Quote
Craig P Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I visit sites like these too much during the winter. Maybe pick up an old forgotten hobby? I may have mentioned this here before but a few years ago I started playing piano again. Mostly just coordination and hand exercises but I've learned a couple of new things. There was a huge by product to that though. It was like going to rehab, my hands got stronger and any daily arthritic pain I've grown so use to as a CAD professional and angler has disappeared! Food for thought. 1 Quote
pdxfisher Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Fish when the conditions permit. I do often end up fishing for sturgeon, trout or kokanee instead of bass but I love catching any fish that is willing to bite. 1 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 23 Author Posted January 23 2 hours ago, Craig P said: I started playing piano again. That is a fantastic suggestion. I played a little back in the day and was pretty sorry at it. I started playing guitar instead. Maybe hit it again for a few. Right now the piano is just stressing the floor joists. 🙂 2 Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted January 23 Super User Posted January 23 I fish when the urge hits, nothing is completely frozen solid here but mainly I ramp up my climbing because cold conditions make the rock much better to climb. I'll also ramp up my fly tying for the next year. 1 Quote
FishTax Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I'm also in the southern crowd slowly losing their sanity. The lake behind my house still has snow on top of it, which basically never happens. I have a minisplit on my shop where I work and have home gym, but it can't handle this. I am getting a quote to add a wood stove, by the time I get it the winter will be over I'm sure though. Really need some sunshine though, we aren't wired for this down here 2 Quote
Super User king fisher Posted January 23 Super User Posted January 23 I lay on the beach, watch the sun set, have a cold drink and day dream about ice fishing. 5 Quote
Super User ATA Posted January 23 Super User Posted January 23 On 1/22/2025 at 6:49 AM, Blue Raider Bob said: We of the southland are getting a dose of what our northern BR brethren experience every year so it poses a question. What do you guys do all winter? I am grappling with cabin fever because my pond is frozen solid, my home gym attached to my garage is so cold I cannot use it, it's too cold to work on farm equipment, way too cold to build anything, just walking the farm is painful. My wife is close to justifiable homicide so please offer suggestions, and remember, keep your answers G-Rated. This is a family forum! I am fishing every weekend for trout and bass here in SoCal, If I were there I would go ice fishing and if possible deep sea fishing for fighting the withdrawal. Plus it is best time to change lines and complete the tackle and do study and stay more at Bassresource. I have same situation in dog days of summer in SoCal. 2 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 24 Super User Posted January 24 3 hours ago, king fisher said: I lay on the beach, watch the sun set, have a cold drink and day dream about ice fishing. Don't be cruel, my teddy bear! 1 2 Quote
DaubsNU1 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Normal fall involves getting the duck blind ready, running the dog, winterizing the janky 25 year old above ground pool (and praying it doesn't collapse), swapping the mower deck for the snow blower on the John Deere, and moving the boat from garage down to the shop. I love the fall -- football, hunting, cooler weather, fishing, being outdoors. I had grand plans of keeping the boat up at the house, and working on my project truck this winter....but temps quickly dipped in to the teens...hard no. So the boat is down and the shop is winterized. It's been single digits for a few weeks here in Nebraska. Picture below from last winter...had to snow blow lanes in the grass...little dog's tiny little legs couldn't handle the snow. We have had only a few dustings of snow this winter. Bummer. I've been putting old equipment, hunting clothing, and random stuff on eBay this winter...made a little money...but burned it up with a Kuiu winter sale : ) Tough time of the year for me is after hunting seasons and football seasons are finished. Mid February in to early April are tough. I don't ice fish. Once the weather warms up, and the ice goes away...it's game on!! 4 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 On 1/22/2025 at 4:42 PM, T-Billy said: Les Paul into a cranked bassman hooked to a 2x12 cab for a couple hours the other morning. Pretty sure my neighbors are wishin I could go fishin. 😂 I generally just roll with the tweed Vibroluxe or Champ these days, but sometimes I just gotta crank up one of the big amps and get my pants flappin!!!😉 I've crossed over the bridge Tim. I no longer reach for the LP or the Strat. Nowadays it's the Tak. No longer is it Zeppelin and Skynyrd. It's Marshall Tucker and the Alman Brothers. My pants flappin days are past but YOU keep ROCKIN!!!! 4 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted January 24 Super User Posted January 24 Nice @Blue Raider Bob. My musical tastes are all over the place. It's mood dependant. I think mostly, I just appreciate talent when I hear it. Personally, I'm a hack of a guitar player, but I have fun with it. 1 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 24 Super User Posted January 24 9 minutes ago, T-Billy said: Nice @Blue Raider Bob. My musical tastes are all over the place. It's mood dependant. I think mostly, I just appreciate talent when I hear it. Personally, I'm a hack of a guitar player, but I have fun with it. But man, oh, man, you can strum muskies! 2 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 29 minutes ago, T-Billy said: Nice @Blue Raider Bob. My musical tastes are all over the place. It's mood dependant. I think mostly, I just appreciate talent when I hear it. Personally, I'm a hack of a guitar player, but I have fun with it. That's me too. My wife enjoys it until I begin to sing! 😕 She is a great singer and back in the day, our date night Saturdays consisted of her choosing a stack of songbooks, a cold bottle of champagne, and me playing while she sang. Good times! 1 Quote
Pat Brown Posted January 24 Posted January 24 I think that the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar are very different tactile experiences and I thoroughly enjoy dancing backwards and forth between the two worlds. Much like topwater and bottom contact or spinning rods and casting gear 🙂 I like exploring open tunings more within the acoustic paradigm these days. I like how acoustic guitars ask you to dig deep and really find the intention within your playing. The electric guitar can also be very inspiring in this way - especially with low output pickups/low capacitance cables and high headroom amplifiers 🙂. I like how there's not only dynamic range, but sort of like expressive range that can be intentionally constructed with an electric guitar based system. Amplifiers and pickups and strings and speakers all kind of interact to create a system that is very expressive and reactive and it is a entirely different experience from playing an acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar is definitely capable of dynamic range that an electric guitar can't have without necessarily having the lateral expressive qualities. I don't want to have to choose! I really like how an electric guitar is sort of a modular system where you can play around with different elements and get it to do different things for you. I like how an acoustic guitar is sort of an imprint of the intentions and skills of the luthier (ideally). Because I build fuzz pedals for a living, I spend a lot at the winter time tuning fuzz pedals and playing them loudly! 🤷🏼♂️😎🎸⚡ 3 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 2 minutes ago, Pat Brown said: I think that the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar are very different tactile experiences and I thoroughly enjoy dancing backwards and forth between the two worlds. Much like topwater and bottom contact or spinning rods and casting gear 🙂 I like exploring open tunings more within the acoustic paradigm these days. I like how acoustic guitars ask you to dig deep and really find the intention within your playing. The electric guitar can also be very inspiring in this way - especially with low output pickups/low capacitance cables and high headroom amplifiers 🙂. I like how there's not only dynamic range, but sort of like expressive range that can be intentionally constructed with an electric guitar based system. Amplifiers and pickups and strings and speakers all kind of interact to create a system that is very expressive and reactive and it is a entirely different experience from playing an acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar is definitely capable of dynamic range that an electric guitar can't have without necessarily having the lateral expressive qualities. I don't want to have to choose! I really like how an electric guitar is sort of a modular system where you can play around with different elements and get it to do different things for you. I like how an acoustic guitar is sort of an imprint of the intentions and skills of the luthier (ideally). Because I build fuzz pedals for a living, I spend a lot at the winter time tuning fuzz pedals and playing them loudly! 🤷🏼♂️😎🎸⚡ Well said Pat. It's pretty obvious though, I'm still playing checkers while you're playing chess! Those are some classic axes! Not to mention the Fender Pro Reverb. Takes me back to another time. Back when I was rockin' the waist long mullet and had hearing! Both of those are gone. I've got a Tak nylon. Love it. Used to play it for church services before our church closed down a decade ago. I would crank it up over the church PA and man that sanctuary really sounded like heaven. BTW, you lost me when you went to "Open Tunings". I still struggle with EADGBE 🙂 1 1 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted January 24 Super User Posted January 24 3 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said: BTW, you lost me when you went to "Open Tunings". I still struggle with EADGBE The only one I've messed with is open G. DGDGBD Hello George and Keef!!! 3 hours ago, Swamp Girl said: But man, oh, man, you can strum muskies! 😂 Thanks Katie. I do seem to have a knack for that. 1 1 Quote
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