Cabin fever

[HOIST-N-HAWGS]

61* two days ago and around 15 tonight! Uuuuuuuuugh! :-/

[cdabelow]

Suggestion:  Move south.

i agree with Road Warrior on this one.  Got four more inches of snow last night.  Thank God for ice fishing or I would be CRAZY

[Cigarlover 1]

I rather use the neighbors cat

Muddy's right. Cat's put up a much better fight. More realistic of a LMB.  ;D

High today is about 20 deg. 4-8 inches of snow forcast for tomorrow. Lakes still frozen solid here in north central MA.

Last year I was fortunae enough to be able to head downt o FL the first of March then Lake Fork for BR Roadtrip. This year neither are happening. Don't know how much more I can stands.  

[Dean]

I rather use the neighbors cat

Muddy's right. Cat's put up a much better fight. More realistic of a LMB. ;D

High today is about 20 deg. 4-8 inches of snow forcast for tomorrow. Lakes still frozen solid here in north central MA.

Last year I was fortunae enough to be able to head downt o FL the first of March then Lake Fork for BR Roadtrip. This year neither are happening. Don't know how much more I can stands.

I know what ya mean. All this snow they're forcasting for FRI into SAT is going to just top the cake on things. I'm going insane as it is. Not being able to fish, is flat out torture for me. Hopefully I will not loose my humanity during this snow storm.

[esr1]

At least im not the only one going insane. you know missery loves company. I would love to move south someday. till then we dream of days to come.

                                     Fish strong/ Reap rewards!

[senile1]

This is my worst winter for cabin fever in a long time.  I'm usually able to get out a handful of times during the Winter to fish, but not this Winter.  It's been really cold and we have ice and snow every 3 - 5 days it seems. Our forecast is showing precipitation and cold temperatures for the next week.  I need to get out on the water by March.   Something has to change.

[hamer08]

I took a guided fishing trip in FL earlier this winter and it only seemed to make the cabin fever worse. One thing I did get out of the trip was how much fun it was to fish with big live shiners. So I've taken this off season to develop a plan to get and maintain some fair size shiners (4") for my spring fishing pleasure. The local bait shops (central IL) only stock small fatheads for crappie and walleye. I think I have the details worked out and a setup in place. I just need towait until mid march to put the plan in action.

[TeamBerettaGold]

I was sitting around yesterday bored out of my mind, reading the "skipping" thread and got the idea to go outside and practice skipping with the new BC rig.  Got myself a bucket to stand on, and an old jig, and some flat concrete (no snow or ice on it, pretty tuff to find).  I then dug a tunnel into the snow bank that was about 18" high and 3 feet deep, this was to be my dock.  I was pumped, put in some time setting it up, figured I skip'er in there like no ones business.  First attempt.....hit the concrete so hard with the jig, the whole spool of line exploded off the reel.....spent the next hour cutting off 120 yards of brand new 14LB sufix pro mix.  I decided to give skippin a break for a while, could be very expensive to learn if I keep this up! :'(

     

Man I cant wait for spring!!!

P.S. The neighboors thought I had seriously gone off the deep end, standing on a five gallon bucket, in the middle fo the drive way, swearing up a storm, in 0 degree temps, with a fishing rod in hand. ;D

[elduderino]

we are at 98" of snow for the year... already set records for total snowfall and most snowfall in a month for Jan and Feb... Ice out appears to be at least April... my first salmon tourney on lake michigan is on April 5... might be breaking shelf ice to get out of the harbor!!! i need to move to texas or something..... >