Cool Weather Fishing

[Jerry Blake]

With the cool temps we've had the last two days we gave the crappie a little break. It was 10-degrees at sunrise this morning and the high this afternoon was about 25. It's supposed to be about the same tomorrow but I have a die-hard crew scheduled that says they can handle it so we're going to give it a try.

At least I'll get a chance to try out the "Ice Suit" I just got in from Sportsman's Guide - Guide Gear Ice Suit, Black / Gray, Men's Clothing, Guide Gear, Guide Gear Ice Suit Snow Wind Blocking Nylon Polyester Arctic Fleece Jumpsuit at Sportsman's Guide. I'll let y'all know if it does the job or not.

[Herewego]

Good luck and be careful in the cold.

[STUMP HUNTER]

Y'all be careful tomorrow in this cold weather. Look forward to seeing a report on the cold suit.

[SteveJ]

How about this jacket, anyone used it?
Guide Gear Ice Parka, Blue / Black, Men's Clothing, Guide Gear at Sportsman's Guide

[Jerry Blake]

The Ice Suit did very well. It was 6-degrees when we left the dock and warmed all the way up to 30 for a little while mid-afternoon. I wore long-johns, jeans, a long sleeve shirt and hooded sweatshirt under it and I didn't get a bit cold, even while motoring down the lake.

We caught some fish too! The same crew is going tomorrow so we decided to take a picture of the fish after we're done tomorrow. We kept about 30 crappie, a pretty good spotted bass and an 8-pound striper and caught and released a 3-pound, 13-ounce largemouth.

I did get a picture of the largemouth before we released it:

[ledouxmike]

The Ice Suit did very well. It was 6-degrees when we left the dock and warmed all the way up to 30 for a little while mid-afternoon. I wore long-johns, jeans, a long sleeve shirt and hooded sweatshirt under it and I didn't get a bit cold, even while motoring down the lake.

We caught some fish too! The same crew is going tomorrow so we decided to take a picture of the fish after we're done tomorrow. We kept about 30 crappie, a pretty good spotted bass and an 8-pound striper and caught and released a 3-pound, 13-ounce largemouth.

I did get a picture of the largemouth before we released it:

How were you fishing? Jigging deep? spider rigging?

[Jerry Blake]

We fished with rosy red minnows and shiners under slip-floats from 20 to 28-feet deep on bamboo crappie condos and brushpiles on main channel points in 25 to 35-feet of water with much deep water close by.

I was also trying different depths with a 1/16-ounce orange/silver/chartreuse hair jig tipped with either a small rosy or shiner. It hung the striper, largemouth, spotted bass and a few crappie.

[Jerry Blake]

It was 6-degrees again this morning when we pulled out of the dock but warmed way up into the 30s!

Everything was covered with frozen fog so it was real purdy:

The barometer was crazy high and rising - got up to 30.68 at 10:00am - higher than I've seen in a long time. We never did get any good-ole-biguns to join us but plenty of eaters and a few decent fish:

We saw several Bald Eagles and a few flocks of ducks both days but other than that we pretty much had the lake to ourselves for some reason.

[Fishawk]

Nice catch guys. It's been in the 20s here for the last day or three. May get out in the next day or two.

[GRIZZ]

Proud of ya Jerry. Way to fish no matter what. Too bad it didn't snow on ya a little. Snow makes em bite like crazy. I bet there wasn't much pressure from the yahoos. Nice pics.