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No ice fishing for this Yankee..............
Yep don't drop a hook or weight!.....snow goobles them up
Ive seen pictures of guys fishing the Detroit River the last few weeks and getting a few Walleye....
There’s hardcore, then there’s just silly.
Been there, done that. Not to that extreme, but the deck did get covered with snow. It was late March and it melted quickly.
I went out for a few hours today. It was 38 degrees and cloudy but very little wind so it wasn’t too bad. I only caught two small fish but it was nice to get out in December. I have now fished out of my boat in every month of 2023 except January.
Where did you fish?Quote:
Originally Posted by posmallie
If there biting why not. The biggest bass get caught in November December and March up here if we aren't iced over.
I am still fishing out of the boat in December here in Northern MN. Ice fishing small lakes and boat fishing still going on.
Been there, the whole boat covered in snow. I was walleye fishing in the river though.
Never had the boat covered in snow. But, I broke skim ice more than once on the way to a spot first thing in the morning of an early spring tournament.
Still fishing LSC when the wind allows. I've been targeting walleye and the bite has been good casting jigs on the flats next to shipping channel after dark, and up in the shallows along the mile roads.
I don't want people to say about me, "He died doing what he liked doing". I don't like choking on water as I drown. Never did. That much snow I stay home.
This used to be me, but not no more.!
Been there and done that back in my younger days, but did sneak out yesterday for a few hours of 2 bass, 3 crappie and 5 pickerel not bad for Dec lol
That’s a bit much
A small inland lake. I wanted to go walleye trolling on LSC but couldn't find anyone to go with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hollada
I usually have my boat in storage before Halloween. It’s always a crap shoot, sometimes we’ve had ice on the shorelines in October with 6” of snow, other times the ramps are clear in December. I don’t wanna risk getting a deep early freeze and my boat not be winterized.
I usually take my jon boat out when the bass boat is put away. We’ve had some amazing days when there was a snowstorm or when it would be like 18deg in the morning.
coldest I’ve ever been out fishing was ice fishing in winter of 2016; normal temp was -20 with windchill making it -36. We caught a ridiculous amount of lake trout and landlock salmon. 3/4 guys got early stage frost bite and I personally had no feeling in 2 of my right fingertips for a few weeks. But it was worth it
When I was younger I fished a LOT in Nov and DECEMBER for walleye and perch. Was out one time and the steering must of froze up on the Thruway from the wind chill so I couldn't turn the steering wheel once we pushed off from the dock.........lol.......took my bait bucket and kept pouring warmer lake water on the steering arm at the transom. In a couple of minutes it thawed it up and we limited out on walleye on Chautauqua Lake that December day.
Also again heading to Chautauqua only got up about 1/4 of the way up the hill in about 2" of snow when my van and boat started sliding down the hill. The back of the boat and trailer hit the guard rail a little bit taking out the right tail light and a very small ding in the transom where it met the starboard side of the boat. I got the rig up a little bit into a farmers driveway and manually took off the trailer from the van and turned it around and hooked it back up. Then went a different route to get to the launch.
Now after mid October I just sit here and read stupid stuff on the BBC.........................LOL
Few years back was out on Newboro, the 24th of December. Was a little breezy and did cover quite an area of the lake. The catch was NON EXISTENT.
I'm usually first boat in, in the spring and last boat out of the water in the fall.
Have gotten too soon old, too late smart.
Al, you don't have to tell some of us that you were on the water , we knew it !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by twitch
It was 21 degrees when I launched last week at my local lake. Water was still high 40’s and caught a pile of them
Same! Don't know if it was just getting older or smarter but I'm a lot more picky about the weather than I used to be :cold: :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by clayshooter
I’ll crappie fish 3-4 days a week as long as it’s not freezing rain and blowing. When/if the lakes freeze, I’ll hit up the power plant lakes. The pic in the original post is a no go.
My best smallmouth day ever was a day fishing in a heavy snowstorm years back.
We stayed at a motel that night due to the storm and the following day we had about 6 inches of snow on the deck and we did it again.
We were never able to duplicate that day again.
Once I fished on the Mystic River it snowed like that I couldn't leave the largemouth just kept biting ,when you pulled them out of the water they didn't move :laugh:
Balmy 38 and rain here in Michigan this morning. Looks like warmer temps from here until Christmas. Ice fishermen will not be happy.
Cold weather sucks. I wish I could move south.
How to tell someone you’re a duck hunter without telling them you’re a duck hunter…
If you really mean up north….they’ve been walking out fishing for a couple of weeks now.
that’s how it is here too… was hoping to be standing on ice the week before Christmas but with this warming trend it looks like early January will be considered “early ice” again..Quote:
Originally Posted by dartag1829
I would love to try it just once.
If it wasn't for the rain, it would be a decent day to go walleye fishing. There hasn't been much wind the last few days, but the rain has been a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by dartag1829
I’ve had some snow on my deck before but never that much, always in the spring though late March early April.
Here in the north, fishing the transition period from open water to ice fishing means dealing with all kinds of foul conditions.
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I always think of the fly in lakes in Mantobia and Ontario that I have fished in the spring over the years. What would it be like to be on them in January?
NOPE!
Never had that much snow in my boat, but have fished plenty of days where I had to bust ice to launch and clear the ice from my line guides every couple of casts.
You just need the right prop on for the different water conditions.
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