Super User Goose52 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 1, 2012 ....................I absolutely love fishing that front of the front nasty weather stuff. Yeah - me too! When I got that 6.5lb bass the other day, it was 33 air temp, a light freezing rain, and 15 mph wind in my face with gusts over 20. It was great. People that saw me fishing probably thought - poor stupid man - doesn't he know you can't catch fish in December...and not even smart enough to get out of the rain and cold... I hope they keep thinking that..... Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 1, 2012 Super User Posted January 1, 2012 Hey Goose your definitely on a roll. Once it starts you never know when its going to stop. Keep casting & order a couple more baits.. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 1, 2012 Thanks Dwight - will do! I just stocked up on lipless cranks but don't have any more craw-patterns. Hmmm - does color really matter? Maybe I better order some more craws just in case it does! Quote
Super User slonezp Posted January 1, 2012 Super User Posted January 1, 2012 I'm jealous. Hard water and 50mph wind gusts today. Can't wait til March. Hope your luck continues into the new year. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 1, 2012 I'm jealous. Hard water and 50mph wind gusts today. Can't wait til March. Hope your luck continues into the new year. Thanks! Luck, I still got luck! The craw-pattern RES strikes again - my first fish of 2012! :lol: Hopefully I can get an actual LMB later today... Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 1, 2012 Super User Posted January 1, 2012 Goose, that doesn't count. Looks like a snag-ola. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 1, 2012 I think that perch made a run at the RES and missed - the rear treble got the perch on the outside of the mouth (actually through the eye socket). At the strike, I thought the RES was running through grass so I ripped the bait........and that's when the perch came flying out of the water and half-way back to the bank. That's when the front treble snagged the fish below the dorsal. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 2, 2012 OK - here's a proper LMB to conclude my New Years Eve and New Years Day celebrations: 19" / 2.8 pounds. Surface water temperature still 46 deg. Not another 8 pounder, but it will do to start the year! Quote
hookset on 3 Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Thanks Dwight - will do! I just stocked up on lipless cranks but don't have any more craw-patterns. Hmmm - does color really matter? Maybe I better order some more craws just in case it does! A couple of weeks ago, when our water was in the mid-forties, I had a rattle trap bite going. It took 3 color pattern changes to finally get bit. First was table rock shad-nada, then rusty craw-nope, and finally gold black back -then whacked three bass in a half an hour. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 2, 2012 Dang - there you go making things complicated... BUT......maybe color matters Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 2, 2012 Thanks Shane! I'm pretty jazzed - that was an outstanding fish for my little lakes any time of year, let alone on December 31 when the lakes here are often frozen over! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks - it was fun! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 8, 2012 Goose, how ya liking that craw pattern NOW? That craw pattern RES done good and got a few more fish after the 8 pounder BUT I'm sorry to report that it was lost in action a few days ago - hung on a stump as I was running it deep across the grass - RIP. No more craw-pattern RESs in inventory... Hey Goose your definitely on a roll. Once it starts you never know when its going to stop. Keep casting & order a couple more baits.. Dang - I should have ordered more baits like you said (craw pattern). I hate to pay full price though and no one has had any sales since Christmas. However - blue over chrome works! In this case - it's a "blind" XCalibur Xr50 - blind since both of the litle red plastic eyes have been knocked off... 20" / 4.3lb - surface water temp back at 45 degrees (after going down to 39 a few days ago). It's still great to have soft water! Quote
hookset on 3 Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 That craw pattern RES done good and got a few more fish after the 8 pounder BUT I'm sorry to report that it was lost in action a few days ago - hung on a stump as I was running it deep across the grass - RIP. No more craw-pattern RESs in inventory... Dang - I should have ordered more baits like you said (craw pattern). I hate to pay full price though and no one has had any sales since Christmas. However - blue over chrome works! In this case - it's a "blind" XCalibur Xr50 - blind since both of the litle red plastic eyes have been knocked off... 20" / 4.3lb - surface water temp back at 45 degrees (after going down to 39 a few days ago). It's still great to have soft water! Goose, give this online retailer a shot. I use them all the time and have been 100% satisfied. http://www.another site.com/StrikeKing/Strike-King-Red-Eye-Shad-Crankbaits.cfm Good Luck, hookset on 3 Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 9, 2012 Goose, give this online retailer a shot. I use them all the time and have been 100% satisfied. http://www.another s...-Crankbaits.cfm Good Luck, hookset on 3 Thanks for the tip but the link doesn't work for me.... Quote
Fishmaster10 Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Those are definitely some great fish that you've been catching goose, congrats! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks! For the last 3 years, my lakes have been iced over for much of December and January. Not solid for two months, they ice over for a few weeks, ice-out for a week or two, then ice over again. But water temps on ice-out usually stay in the 30s and the bite is poor. I am still jazzed with the quality fish that I'm catching. Not easy though - water temps dropped into the 30s on January 3rd and the bite slowed way down. I had about 6-7 hours of fishing between my last fish on Jan. 2nd and this 4 pounder on the 8th. Still - the usual chance of catching a fish about now would be 0% Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted January 9, 2012 Super User Posted January 9, 2012 Nice fish! I would have started the day with some fishng and ended it with a bottle of Dom. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 10, 2012 Thanks Robert! Had the bass topped the Tennessee state record (14lb 8oz) I might have splurged on a bottle of Dom DeLuise ...but since it was only 8 pounds, it was the cheap stuff on New Year's Eve! (I know - it's Dom Pérignon) 1 Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted January 11, 2012 Super User Posted January 11, 2012 Lol! That was funny! Quote
Super User senile1 Posted January 12, 2012 Super User Posted January 12, 2012 Beautiful hawg, Goose! And those "smaller" fish aren't too bad either. And you are so right about those water temperatures in the 30s. The drop in activity level from the 40s down to the 30s is very abrupt. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 12, 2012 For sure - those 30s temps are tough. I have the tools - jigs, soft plastics, suspending jerk baits, etc. but I'd rather crank if I can. I've been lucky to have water temps mostly in the 40s so far and can still pick up a fish now and then with moving baits. Below is a fish from last evening - 21 inches / 5.02 pounds. Snow coming later today with much colder temps for the next few days - water temps will go back into the 30s soon and we'll probably have some skim ice around the edges of the lake and back in the coves. I'll probably be standing on the bank this evening while it's snowing - trying to get another fish while the water is still in the 40s... Quote
Ebrahim Ali Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 nice one bud.You've got some nice fish there Quote
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