Jump to content

Do you fish in winter for large mouth and small mouth bass how often


Okie Angler

Recommended Posts

I may try some cold weather fishing.  just turned cold few days ago.  but sitting in boat on water  or kayak


igot to try it, but dang sure not going to fall in


so guess will fish swim baits a bit slower and deeper, grubs twister tail   carolina rig


may try to find a spring in this lilly pad lake in a place where water is cooler in summer than average in lake



like maybe spring will warm it a little   


what you say okie slipped a grey cell or running on half of battery?  could be


well have to see about it


may get to 20s's tonight


colder than usual


okie


Link to comment
Share on other sites

Cold here too. Low 20s at night, but it has only been that way for a few days. The water is still in the mid to upper 50s. The fishing should be pretty much the same as it has been recently. Personally, I'd kind of look for the area of the lake that gets the most morning sun and fish it in the afternoon.

 

When I say "personally", it really should be "theoretically" 'cause sitting for 3-4 hours on a kayak in 30F air temps just ain't my thang. I'm having trouble even getting motivated to sit in a deer stand in a full down coverall. When we get back to the 50s in a week or two, I might give fishing a shot.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I fish all winter long for bass and trout. I have always preferred small ponds in the winter over the summer because the fish really do hit better in 45 degree water than 85. When we get a couple of warm days in a row in February, I go looking for the largest fish of the year staging in 6-10 feet of water preparing for the spawn.

 

There are many good wintertime fisheries around the country, and we haven't had really cold weather yet.

I have become too old to drink bourbon on the rocks. I will still drink it in the parking lot. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slacker View Post

Cold here too. Low 20s at night, but it has only been that way for a few days. The water is still in the mid to upper 50s. The fishing should be pretty much the same as it has been recently. Personally, I'd kind of look for the area of the lake that gets the most morning sun and fish it in the afternoon.

When I say "personally", it really should be "theoretically" 'cause sitting for 3-4 hours on a kayak in 30F air temps just ain't my thang. I'm having trouble even getting motivated to sit in a deer stand in a full down coverall. When we get back to the 50s in a week or two, I might give fishing a shot.



yeah sitting or moving around some inthe winter temps---



I may try to rig some sort of tent (more like shape of igloo)   cover on a 14 ft semi v boat, and have front of it open.  cutting off the wind even mild wind helps.


got 30# thrust trolling motor on it  and 6hp evindrude


My wife won't be surprised at the idea    only if i get it done


okie


Link to comment
Share on other sites

yeah sitting or moving around some inthe winter temps---

I may try to rig some sort of tent (more like shape of igloo)   cover on a 14 ft semi v boat, and have front of it open.  cutting off the wind even mild wind helps.

 

got 30# thrust trolling motor on it  and 6hp evindrude

 

My wife won't be surprised at the idea    only if i get it done

 

okie

 

Yeah, if you can rig up a bow dodger (tent front part of boat) and then maybe run a small propane heater, that would do the trick. Bring a fire extinguisher. ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plug Em All View Post

 

Yes i always fish in the winter up at the river for Small & large mouth bass, walleye etc. It's the best time/season to go! 





For years bass articles about good winter fishin, bigger bass. Never been serious



about the idea until now.



Goin to giv it a try



don't have the money to rig boat like we talked but got nuf weather gear gathered



over the years



to get me there 


probably goin to focus on our two city lakes just minutes from town and i have



fished them nug to know some bass hang outs.



but the bass it is said they move in winter. couple these



places are either deep 12 to18' or close to deep.



what you think about that depth



course i'm down here in okla almost in australia  well not quite


think read about fishin with smaller lure types and slow slow in winter



your thoughts on that?


anyway thanks to everybody


okie


Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slacker View Post

Cold here too. Low 20s at night, but it has only been that way for a few days. The water is still in the mid to upper 50s. The fishing should be pretty much the same as it has been recently. Personally, I'd kind of look for the area of the lake that gets the most morning sun and fish it in the afternoon.

When I say "personally", it really should be "theoretically" 'cause sitting for 3-4 hours on a kayak in 30F air temps just ain't my thang. I'm having trouble even getting motivated to sit in a deer stand in a full down coverall. When we get back to the 50s in a week or two, I might give fishing a shot.



 don't think could do that   sit on kayak   30 degrees    it's you and the weather course



someone said fishermen are a bit   'touched in the head'   



but they don't know what they are missing


i'm goin to give it some shots this winter   try to pick



better weather   you know heat wave of 40


thanks to all


okie

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slacker View Post

Yeah, if you can rig up a bow dodger (tent front part of boat) and then maybe run a small propane heater, that would do the trick. Bring a fire extinguisher. wink.gif



this sounds good and might not be expensive



the bow probably more anchor or tie spots



maybe just shape a piece of canvas,



 make sure it does not comme off in my



face drivin along


thanks


okie


Link to comment
Share on other sites

this sounds good and might not be expensive

the bow probably more anchor or tie spots

maybe just shape a piece of canvas,

 make sure it does not comme off in my

face drivin along

 

thanks

 

okie

 

Maybe talk to a canvas shop. Tell them you are looking for something like this.

 

1827188

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

think read about fishin with smaller lure types and slow slow in winter

your thoughts on that?

 

 

 

okie

 

 

You have a shot at 50F or below. The 50-60 F range has always proved futile to me, but I hate hard jerk baits.

 

Smaller and slower AND lighter line for the baits that are attempting to get a feeding strike. 4lb when fishing hair jigs for smallies.

 

If you're fishing jigging spoons or any kind of metal that's a reaction strike so you gotta drop it down to the bottom and vigorously pop it. Swimming it along lazily is a waste of time.

 

Get on your recorder and fish the intersections of the creek channels, the deepest part of a point, submerged weeds, brush piles, rock piles and the like.

See you on the big one.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

That's not an easy question to answer.

 

If you have safe ice, you could target both species. Of course they don't tend to school together so they would be targeted in different regions of a given body of water.

If you are fishing open water you would do pretty much the thing.

The other concern might be what bait to use or which lure to choose.

Hopefully you have fished the waters you plan on hitting, so that you have a basic knowledge of the pond/lake/river/stream.

 

Good luck!!

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, if you can rig up a bow dodger (tent front part of boat) and then maybe run a small propane heater, that would do the trick. Bring a fire extinguisher. ;)

this sounds good and might not be expensive

the bow probably more anchor or tie spots

maybe just shape a piece of canvas,

 make sure it does not comme off in my

face drivin along

 

thanks

 

okie

 

 

If I was in Oklahoma now, and what I have done there in the past, is fish the warm water discharges in the lakes.

Find a lake with a power plant, sat map where the warm water comes out, and go as close as you can down river from that..

Material abundance without character is the path of destruction.
-Thomas Jefferson
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
-Soren Kierkegaard

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to register here in order to participate.

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


×
×
  • Create New...