The "Whatever" Thread

Jinxed myself when I posted last. Friday I got a healthy young buck which I was able to get back to the Jeep alone in a couple hours. I met my brother there at the scheduled time but my father in law was nowhere to be seen. I was finally able to reach him on the radio. As soon as I heard his voice I knew something was up. He said he needed help with a buck he had shot. Long story short it took us about 3 hours to get the second deer to the vehicle. It only took a few hours of ice, ibuprofen, and bourbon to make my knees stop aching. I think we were all relieved to see the heavy rain and wind the next morning which gave us a good excuse to stay home.
 
Hope everyone is staying healthy. The flu is bad in this area. Two of the local elementary schools have had classes cancelled due to the number of students and teachers calling in sick. There are normally 8 hourly employees in the area of the mill where I work. Today I am the only one here. One guy is on vacation and there is one vacancy but still 5 out of 6 is pretty bad.
 
I enjoy trout fishing when it's cold with Dec-Feb being the prime months. I didn't get out last week because of the holiday and the single digits temperature combined with wind blowing 15-40mph. I don't know if I'll get out this weekend or not. Crazy thing is it's because the weather will be too nice. Temperature is forecast to be in the upper 50's and low 60's. There will be a lot of fishermen out who normally wouldn't be.
The solitude is one of the main reasons I enjoy winter fishing. It's certainly not because I enjoy cleaning the ice out of the eyes on my rod on every other cast.
Here's to 2023 being a great year for everyone!!!
 
fishiker said:
I enjoy trout fishing when it's cold with Dec-Feb being the prime months. I didn't get out last week because of the holiday and the single digits temperature combined with wind blowing 15-40mph. I don't know if I'll get out this weekend or not. Crazy thing is it's because the weather will be too nice. Temperature is forecast to be in the upper 50's and low 60's. There will be a lot of fishermen out who normally wouldn't be.
The solitude is one of the main reasons I enjoy winter fishing. It's certainly not because I enjoy cleaning the ice out of the eyes on my rod on every other cast.
Here's to 2023 being a great year for everyone!!!
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Winter fishing? This may sound silly but Are the fish actually very active with the cold temperature?
 
cbach8tw said:
Winter fishing? This may sound silly but Are the fish actually very active with the cold temperature?
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Trout seem to be more active in cold weather than in the heat of summer. I've also caught bass and perch in the winter but they are seldom the target species. My wife was just telling our son about us catching fish from under the ice one winter. We were not ice fishing in the traditional sense. The stream we were fishing had many sections that were frozen over. We stood on the upstream side and let our bait wash under the ice. I can't remember how many we caught that day but it was enough to keep my wife out in the cold. That's a major accomplishment.
Our son was born on January 6th. The day before my wife kept talking about not feeling right. I did the logical thing and took her fishing to get her mind off of things;)
 
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