RLinNH Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 I too was like you suffering from withdraw. I found a pretty nice substitute. I started fly-fishing for trout and steelhead all winter. It's not a bass, but it does help with the withdraw disorder. I am an Avid Fly Rodder here in the North East. I usually travel to Northern NY to the Salmon river fron Nov. to March to get my Steel Head Fix. Also, I always go out here in NH on Jan 1st. for opening day. Today was the first time in years that I didn't go out due to the high winds and horribly cold weather. Quote
drmnbig Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 I went Monday but without any luck whatsoever. I usually get out and catch a couple while bankfishing during the winter to keep me sane. Just don't ask my wife though because she says it doesn't really help me at all. Quote
Super User bilgerat Posted January 2, 2009 Super User Posted January 2, 2009 I'm still fishing, I just miss catching the d*mn things !! Quote
riverrat007 Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 I sure hate it for you northern folks! Winter fishing here on Guntersville sure is nice! ;D Quote
EastTexasBassin Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Last Sunday it got into the 70s and I had to take my jacket off! Bass fishing has been steady, not too great but I haven't been skunked yet this "winter" I couldn't imagine living where water freezes over. MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE!!! : Quote
Super User Raul Posted January 2, 2009 Super User Posted January 2, 2009 Uhhhh, not me, I can fish year round in 70°+ weather. ;D Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 2, 2009 Super User Posted January 2, 2009 It's PRIMETIME for smallmouth on the Tennessee River! ;D ;D ;D Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted January 2, 2009 Super User Posted January 2, 2009 Right before Xmas, when the high temps were about 30 degrees, I took all of my reels in to get them cleaned. The day after Xmas the temp here was around 60. I am still kicking myself in the behind. Quote
IdahoLunkerHunter Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 I just reorganized my tackle and cleaned all my reels. It sure does make ya anxious when you get to smell the ol' plastics again. Im getting sick of shoveling just got another foot over night. I think that puts us at 6 feet in the last month. Ugh! Getting ready to place a tackle order to ease my pain lol Quote
Btech Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Its not the same but ..... Cabella's Monster Bass for PS2 is fun durring the offseason. Quote
silvercliff_46 Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 I don't much think about soft water fishing until March. The wife and I start going through the catalogs to see what we can afford to get for the up coming season. By the time we order and get the stuff it's mid April and usually the lakes open the third week or so of April. General fishing opens the first weekend in May, but bass doesn't open until the third week in June where we live. The end of April, first part of May, we do most of our pan fishing. After the opener we fish for trout until bass opens, then go after them. Right now I have been too busy blowing snow out of the drive to even fish through a hole. We have had fish-able ice since just before Thanksgiving. Quote
amesl Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 It's 95 degrees in Sydney Australia right now. http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/ASXX0112?lswe=Sydney,%20AUSTRALIA&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&from=searchbox_typeahead Fly us out there please ;D Temps in the 30's here, and yes, I MISS FISHING Quote
uiubassmaster Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Although I've been able to keep myself mildly entertained with ice fishing here in iowa, it's nothin like sling baits at fallin tree with a 7 ft rod from the front of a boat..... I MISS IT LIKE A FAT KID MISSES CANDY BARS AT SUMMER CAMP!!!! sorry for that outburst, cabin fever talkin.... ;D Quote
Super User fishinfiend Posted January 21, 2009 Super User Posted January 21, 2009 I haven't been since Friday. I'm starting to get a little itchy Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 21, 2009 Super User Posted January 21, 2009 Some of the best fishing around these parts in in the dead of winter. Not for Bass though. Spent a nice 1/2 day this past Sunday hooking 30"+ cold steel. My buddy and I had a mile of stream to ourselves. Quote
MSPbass Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Not only is the entire state of MN frozen solid right now, we have fishing seasons too. The MN bass opener isn't 'till May 23! You guys think it's hard not fishing when the lakes are frozen? Try not fishing on a 70 degree day in spring when you can see the bass from just about every shore you stand on. For me, that's worse than the hard water, as they call it up here. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 21, 2009 Super User Posted January 21, 2009 Up until two years ago, bass were strictly verboten until the 3rd Saturday in June! Thankfully that rule was changed in MOST areas of the state, and we can now catch and immediate release in fall, winter, and spring. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 21, 2009 Super User Posted January 21, 2009 doesn't help that I have a new setup, been so tempted to cast out into the snow and pretend I am fishing. haha, think i am going crazy spring can't come soon enough You mean like this? I'll tell ya one thing, a malamute will really test your drag. . . The northern Michigan snow belt is in rare form this year. A-Jay Quote
River Rat 58 Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 who here doesnt miss fishing would be a better question. : Quote
BassNub Posted January 22, 2009 Author Posted January 22, 2009 Going to try some ice fishing for the first time i guess. Trying to make winter go by faster, so trying to find something that I may like in winter. Quote
silvercliff_46 Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Ice fishing breaks it up for me. It is probably the only outdoor activity I don't take seriously, and don't really work at. I try to not even think of soft water until the middle or end of March, even then I have a good month to get out on open water, sometimes more. There is nothing like that first windless, sunny day after ice out. I love unfurling those casts with the fly rod. You see the line and leader gently rest on the water. The line twitches, and a big gill sucks in a size 18 midge. He tears the water in tight circles as you bring him to the canoe. When you reach down to pick him up, he feels cold as ice and looks almost grateful to be warmed by your hand. I greet him and tell him how much I missed him, then let him swim back to his lady. About then the sun warms my spine from my butt to my neck.., and everything is good again. Winter is tough, twenty below temperatures, wind chills to minus fifty, snow, snow and more snow...., but on those warm days after ice-out, I figure the Lord gives me pay back. Heck if you had a birthday every day it wouldn't be fun any more. Quote
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