Topic: A little crispy (Read 2607 times)

Jig Man · « **on:** December 11, 2010, 09:59:41 AM »

Friday's forcast was for a really good day so I hooked up and headed down to the lake. I noticed the temp change from 36° at my house down to 31° on the way there. I knew I was in trouble because the parking lot was half full on rigs.

As I headed around the corner to the ledgy area I planned to fish, I got to seeing boats on every bank. My chosen area had 5 boat on it. So I decided to head up the river and try some bluff ends. As I headed up I ran into fog. It was really pretty so I stopped the boat and took some pics.

I wound up fishing 5 hours and finally got onto the bank I had originally chosen. I picked up some nice keepers off it to finish out the day.

I only caught 24 but 20 of them were nice keepers.

Buzzbait · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2010, 10:25:49 AM »

Good going Jig Man, Nice group of fish!

What were they bitting?

Jig Man · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2010, 11:24:08 AM »

Quote from: Buzzbait on December 11, 2010, 10:25:49 AM

What were they bitting?

Buzz I was using 1/4 oz weedless heads that I make. I was also using my do'nothins, 2" white tubes and Bobby Garland baby shads cut off on both ends.

Carter · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2010, 11:35:26 AM »

Nice pic and catch! Glad you got to fish your spot before the day was over.

GETFISHED · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2010, 04:59:47 PM »

Great Pics! Time to break out the skillet.It's way beyond crispy here. 18 for the temp and the north wind must be 25. Brr. It was pretty close to 60 here yesterday for the high.

I made me some 1/2 oz jigs in the barn today.

Jig Man · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2010, 05:27:41 PM »

Quote from: GETFISHED on December 11, 2010, 04:59:47 PM

Great Pics! Time to break out the skillet.It's way beyond crispy here. 18 for the temp and the north wind must be 25. Brr. It was pretty close to 60 here yesterday for the high.

I made me some 1/2 oz jigs in the barn today.

It got up to 61° yesterday and is now down to 32° heading for single digits with a strong wind. The Wman says we will have gust over 45 mph tonight. Bad nasty wind chills.

All I did today is clean up the boat and trailer and rerig my 6 crappie setups for the next trip which I hope will be Thursday if the have the forcast anywhere near right.

And I broke out the fry daddy last night. We were kid sitting with 7, 9, and 11 year old neighor kids while their folks had an even out. I fed them crappie, scalloped potatoes, cold slaw and corn bread. They ate like field hands so we went to Dairy Queen for dessert.

Bankbeater · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2010, 06:53:16 PM »

Glad to hear you got out. If the weather reports are correct, we may have hard water the rest of the week.

GETFISHED · « **Reply #7 on:** December 11, 2010, 09:21:12 PM »

17 degrees and snowing. NASTY !!!!

Buzzbait · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2010, 07:23:49 AM »

Wind is blowing like a hurricane outside this morning

. Gonna be dropping temps all day and the overnight monday should get down to the low teens (maybe single digits!?) and not go above freezing for two days, with wind chills way down in the single digits. Thursday it's suppose to be near 60 for the high with less wind...come on Thursday!

I have to work out in it Monday morning for 3-4 hours. That's gonna hurt!

Jig Man · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2010, 10:08:17 AM »

Quote from: Buzzbait on December 12, 2010, 07:23:49 AM

Wind is blowing like a hurricane outside this morning . Gonna be dropping temps all day and the overnight monday should get down to the low teens (maybe single digits!?) and not go above freezing for two days, with wind chills way down in the single digits. Thursday it's suppose to be near 60 for the high with less wind...come on Thursday!

I have to work out in it Monday morning for 3-4 hours. That's gonna hurt!

And I am debating going to the mailbox for the Sunday paper.

We are supposed to get to 4° tonight. The winds are gusting near 45 mph with snow today. Near 60° we won't see that until late March unless Al Gore's global warming comes by.

I'm looking at Thursday for fishing depending on the wind. Temps are supposed to be from 25° to near 40°. By taking 6 setups I should be able to keep one ice free.

I'm sure glad Todo and I don't live in Kansas. They only have one short tree between them and the north pole.

pondhopper · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2010, 04:07:30 AM »

I got out yesterday.

Wife spent all day making Christmas goodies (none of which I like) and around 2pm she tells me that the trash needs to go out. Like a good husband I dutifully obliged. When I got back in I told her not to make anymore trash!

GETFISHED · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2010, 08:11:52 AM »

You sir are a brave man......... with the weather that is.

Jig Man · « **Reply #12 on:** December 13, 2010, 08:34:38 AM »

hoppy I knew you were tough. I watched the dumpster blow out from behind the camper shed yesterday and it still is there. I can't get Red to go set it up and take out the trash.

Maybe in a day or so when the sun starts to shine again.

GMAN · « **Reply #13 on:** December 13, 2010, 10:13:27 AM »

LOL, Jigman. I bet I can imagine what she told you.

Icy, snowy and 4 deg here. Might be 6 now.

Waterwings · « **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2010, 02:15:24 PM »

I didn't think the wind would ever quit blowing yesterday, or last night. Lows tonight supposed to be 5*, and that's before th wind chill I believe. It was -1 last night

. Out of school today due to slick back roads the school buses travel.

islandbass · « **Reply #15 on:** December 14, 2010, 03:42:16 AM »

Hats off to you and a fine salute for fishing such conditions. We had our first winter blast the week of Thanksgiving. Sometimes it's hard to acknowledge that winter still isn't here yet although it feels like it!

pondhopper · « **Reply #16 on:** December 14, 2010, 04:50:44 AM »

You know were in trouble when the weather guesser say’s that this is a “January Like” cold front!

Jig Man · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2010, 07:28:37 AM »

This whole week is supposed to be below normal temps. I'm wanting to get back and pick some more specs off those ledges before they move. We have freezing rain and snow predicted of and on till next week. I sure hope it doesn't accumulate and that the water keeps soft.

GETFISHED · « **Reply #18 on:** December 14, 2010, 07:40:36 AM »

I swear Jig Man, that new Lowrance has just made you impossible. Poor little fishy. LOL !

Jig Man · « **Reply #19 on:** December 14, 2010, 11:18:16 AM »

Quote from: GETFISHED on December 14, 2010, 07:40:36 AM

I swear Jig Man, that new Lowrance has just made you impossible. Poor little fishy. LOL !

It really has helped to be able to tell more about what is actually down there. I just hope I can learn to use it for those green and brown fish next spring.

GMAN · « **Reply #20 on:** December 14, 2010, 12:17:00 PM »

so far sounds like your learning. Can you loan it to me and teach me?

Jig Man · « **Reply #21 on:** December 14, 2010, 12:57:49 PM »

Quote from: GMAN on December 14, 2010, 12:17:00 PM

so far sounds like your learning. Can you loan it to me and teach me?

I don't see a problem with that at all.

pondhopper · « **Reply #22 on:** December 15, 2010, 04:12:52 AM »

G it might be a bit inconvenient for Jig Man to take all that equipment off his boat. Why don’t we just borrow the boat and leave the stuff as is? (We can get his waypoints!)

rex_hughes · « **Reply #23 on:** December 15, 2010, 09:39:01 AM »

nice nice

looked like an alright day ay!

Jig Man · « **Reply #24 on:** December 15, 2010, 02:02:57 PM »

Quote from: pondhopper on December 15, 2010, 04:12:52 AM

G it might be a bit inconvenient for Jig Man to take all that equipment off his boat. Why don’t we just borrow the boat and leave the stuff as is? (We can get his waypoints!)

Why don't you 2 honyonkers get away from the powers that be and come on over. I'll bet I can get getfished to chauffer one of you duders while I do the other one then we can switch and you can see bird and low first hand. Your sig others can go to Branson or LOZ and put you in hock for at least 20 years, (not counting our guide fees).

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