Normaly I would be ramping up for the 2020 season. I would have had my February's Virginia trip all set by now. Unfortunately life has a way to toss a few curves. The only thing on my horizon is elbow and wrist surgery the first week of February on my left arm. Then soon after surgery on my right wrist.
So from my perspective fishing will be slow this spring. I'm not sure how long it will take to recover but I'm thinking at best March and April is lost. I'm sure I will not be able to launch the boat let alone make repeated casts during this period. Might be time to find someone who will have pity and take me crappy fishing using bait. Heck I would be happy just getting on the water watching.
I was planning on expanding some of my fishing reports to include some other lakes this year. The Yough was great last year.