who here misses fishing? 2024

BassNub reply :

i miss fishing so much! the lakes here are all frozen i can't do nothing no more but sit and reminisce so sad but its okay

memo43 reply :

I know how you feel, the last few days here we had temps in the low 60's. So i decided to take my rod an tackle to work with me today, so that I could wet some hooks........ an man we have this cold front temp are in the high 20's low 30's with winds up to 30 plus.

So yeah you could say that I miss fishing....stooopd winter

memo

daviscw reply :

I miss catching...

firefightn15 reply :

Funny you should ask. I took a reel apart today for absolutely no reason.

Marc David reply :

I've been fishing. No catching though.

eyedabassman reply :

Bassnub, I feel your pain! I am so bad that I was going to fill the bath tub and do some skippin!

Glenn reply :

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

Muddy reply :

I can't cast that far

MitchIsFishin reply :

Muddy, that's what a shimano is for!

Why am I still up?

diver_sniper reply :

I'll say the lakes are frozen. The low here was 24 below 0 yesterday. That's almost 60 degrees below freezing. That's when it's getting pretty chilly out. 0 and above I can deal with, 10 below can even be tolerable once you adjust to it. But 20 below and beyond is getting pretty bad.

Catt reply :

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I can't cast that far

If you had a Shimano

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

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i miss fishing so much! the lakes here are all frozen i can't do nothing no more but sit and reminisce so sad but its okay

It's better than ok, it's what keeps you hungry for spring

IDbasser reply :

I would love to be in my boat on soft water right now, but I guess I will sit on the hard water and fish through a hole. That and make some lures.

cart7t reply :

After my last tournament in mid October I stripped stuff out of my boat for the restoration thinking I'd have some mild weather to get a real head start on the job and maybe be finished by Christmas.

Yeah, right.

It turned too cold after that to use any of the adhesives outside. Not too cold to fish though. I wish I had just waited till mid-end Nov. to put the rods up for the season. I'd probably be just as far along on the job as I am now.

zbass reply :

I use winter to recharge my batteries and I'm not talking the ones on the boat. I lived in Fl. for 6 years. It was great but the winter has it's benefits. Make new baits from scratch, maintain equipment, get new ideas, try some new things and

CURSE THIS @#$@# @#$%$% WEATHER!!!!!

I'm ready to get out there!!!

BARON49_Northern NY reply :

Below 0 here in NY this morning and it seems the older I get the longer Winters are. One good thing is every year in Feb. I get out of here for sunny Florida. I get about 6 weeks to fish Toho and several of the other local lakes and it seems like it takes forever for Feb to get here.

tritz18 reply :

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

BassinBoy reply :

I do. I have about 2 and a half months to wait.

I just try to keep myself busy with bass related things and other things.

I get all my gear ready, do research, read books and magazines trying to learn new techniques and what not.

RLinNH reply :

I DO!!!

Every Winter I get edgy, grumpy, and jut plain old ticked Off at the world. I think if has a direct relation to me being Housed up for 4-5 Months. I miss Camping, Fishing, and Riding. Fishing is the one that I miss the most. Hanging out on my Boat, just casting the day away. Yuh, that's the Life. :-[

RLinNH reply :

...and with that, I need to go outside and Snow Blow the Fugging Driveway in 6 degree weather. I need to move to Florida...

eyedabassman reply :

I have two more winters to go retire! And then we are going to move to Table Rock Lake and build on our land that we bought ! It has a nice lake view, it is the only thing that keeps me going in the winters! :-/

Lucky Craft Man reply :

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.

jack1 reply :

I feel your pain. We're getting 2-3 inches of snow every other day and that's so depressing. I tried ice fishing, but it's not the same.

I'm practically making a list of what I need for 2009. Slowing going out and getting them at my local outdoors stores. Got to do something to pass the time.

MDbassinmike reply :

I went fishing the day before yesterday on the Potomac, went to a warm water discharge and had a pretty decent day! I caught one on a Terminator Spinnerbait that went 4.6 lbs. Between me and my partner, we caught around 20 bass and ended up snagging 4 giant carp on cranks.

Water temp in that creek was running between 55-60 degrees. Crazy to be doing that well in the middle on winter, but I was loving it!

gravyfor3 reply :

i was super excited for the ice at first, cuz hey i get to try ice fishing for the first time of my life and catch bass. well as it turns out its really tough to catch bass through the ice, and its cold, and its not even close to being as active. i buy fishing lures not on sale at walmart during the winter because im so anxious to go fishing. and i bought a fly rod, im going to try fly fishing for bass. the good thing about the winter is that it gives me time to find new lakes, fishing sales, and thats about it.

RLinNH reply :

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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.

Strike King reply :

I #$%#$%&$# DO !!!!!!!!!!! >

drmnbig reply :

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.

bilgerat reply :

I'm still fishing, I just miss catching the d*mn things !!

riverrat007 reply :

I sure hate it for you northern folks!

Winter fishing here on Guntersville sure is nice! ;D

EastTexasBassin reply :

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!!! :

Raul reply :

Uhhhh, not me, I can fish year round in 70°+ weather. ;D

roadwarrior reply :

It's PRIMETIME for smallmouth on the Tennessee River!

;D ;D ;D

Bankbeater reply :

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.

IdahoLunkerHunter reply :

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

Btech reply :

Its not the same but ..... Cabella's Monster Bass for PS2 is fun durring the offseason.

silvercliff_46 reply :

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.

BassinSoldier reply :

I do!!! 2 more weeks!!!

amesl reply :

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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

uiubassmaster reply :

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

fishinfiend reply :

I haven't been since Friday. I'm starting to get a little itchy

J Francho reply :

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.

MSPbass reply :

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.

J Francho reply :

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.

A-Jay reply :

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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

River Rat 58 reply :

who here doesnt miss fishing would be a better question. :

BassNub reply :

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.

silvercliff_46 reply :

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.

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