Reply With QuoteThis has been brutal......i'm in a late winter funk and can't seem to get over it,won't be long till we're all catchin fish and we'll forget about all these miserable weeks.
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I give up on fishing
Just to make myself feel good, hooked up the boat and ran over to Longview. Main lake is open. There's about 30 yards of ice from the ramp out, so I'm thinking, "yeah, I may go for it". Tested the ice and this is what I found. It's at least twice as thick as last sunday. This is getting very irritating. I'm over winter.
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This has been brutal......i'm in a late winter funk and can't seem to get over it,won't be long till we're all catchin fish and we'll forget about all these miserable weeks.
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Yeah this is the worst winter I can remember for fishing. I'm hoping we are turning the corner now. I can deal with cold all day long, this ice though, not cool. Maybe this means we'll have a good season, with less slabs being pulled out of the lakes this winter.
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Ice sucks, unless you can walk on it.
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I am pretty sure if it does not thaw soon my wife might be looking for a divorce lawyer. I am driving her nuts!
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It will get better soon!! But ice sure does suck.
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It seems when theres ice on the water the fish (at least on loz) get a bad case of lockjaw,we were flat out murdering fish on a regular but as soon as the ice started to form the bite went the other direction to non existant,in winters where ice doesn't form the bite will continue throughoutcan anyone explain to me why?
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Just my 2 cents
We catch fish year round on Truman and have for 30 years, but with this really long and cold weather and keeping that water temp right at freezing for such a long time the crappie have really took to lock jaw.....even here on truman hot spots are producing nothing, well maybe one caught out of 4 guys trying..... I was really ready to get after them, but think I will wait until the water temp hits 35 at least....... just my thoughts........
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with all the ice you might have a shad kill, you'll be able to kill em then
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I'm pretty sure as the water stays at freezing that it will slow down the metabolism of the fish. They won't move that much and won't eat a whole lot. Once the ice is gone and the water warms up a bit, we should be in for some good fishing.
Once the water starts warming up, I'd be looking for the warmest water, even a couple degrees can make a difference. I have read this from several sources.
But, I'll start right next to OSS in the honey hole. With water being pumped out of there, it's usually a bit warmer, and very active.
Can't wait.
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