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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Hard2handle on January 16, 2019, 10:49:57 AM

Title: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 16, 2019, 10:49:57 AM: Had to hit the water.....cold but good times, left the boat on the trailer...
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 16, 2019, 10:51:55 AM: Eyes are biting, first December largie
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: bassquatch on January 16, 2019, 06:19:02 PM: Gotta love Mardon! :tup:
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 16, 2019, 07:49:22 PM: Was it that obvious...lol.....
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: bassquatch on January 16, 2019, 08:00:48 PM: I see that dock in my sleep sometimes :chuckle:
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 16, 2019, 08:27:22 PM: It might be the only place for you to catch a green in December......watch out for bird island...lmao
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: bassquatch on January 16, 2019, 09:53:43 PM: Lol, it's not the seagulls pooping on you, it's the angry ones that try to peck your face off :yike: :chuckle:

I haven't been out since early November...dealing with two dying Jack Russells :bash:
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 17, 2019, 09:25:24 PM: Super sorry to hear that brother.....i totally know how bad that hurts...last summer our boxer died ....in front of our kids
. To see my kids face and the heartache was enough to make me not want a dog again....i know its a part of life but ...it sucks. Hang in there.....life is awesome, reality can suck it...
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 17, 2019, 09:35:32 PM: He was with us for 8 years, our other boxer went 10.....our first one was our daughters boy, our last boy was my sons dog.....im still not over them ...
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 17, 2019, 09:44:51 PM: If you're in for a road trip....roll over and ill take the skeeter out of the garage....sometimes for me, the water makes things better....you know this better than anyone
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: bassquatch on January 18, 2019, 07:52:50 AM: Appreciate it and sorry for your loss as well.

The water has been my go to counselor since age 5! Fishing, especially bass fishing, has seen me through more than a few tough times. It's the main reason I never wanted to pursue it as a career of any kind. I spent ten years in the motorcycle industry and don't even own a motorcycle now. Doing motorcycles for a living sucked the joy out of them for me.

Fishing is hallowed ground in my world, sometimes I still feel 5 years old out there!

I'm going to take you up on that offer, just give me a weekend or two :'(
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on January 22, 2019, 09:37:24 AM: Gonna head back there this weekend, been one of the better winters Ive seen on Potholes....Anyone been there as of late? We have caught them as shallow as 15 ft, deepest going 30...Plastics and swimbaits have outfished Blades so far...Good luck out there !
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: bassquatch on January 24, 2019, 09:14:13 AM: Gonna try the west side this weekend but I'm just trying to convince myself to pick up a rod again. Need to start snapping out of the doldrums.

Good luck out there :tup:
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Camo on February 06, 2019, 09:36:12 PM: Dang H2H, wish I had been paying attention here. I was there the weekend prior to your original post for 4 days and almost gave you a call. Then went back the same weekend you were thinking about going back on the 26th. Did you get out that weekend? Gotta say, outside the duck hunters, I felt like I was fishing closed waters.
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on February 08, 2019, 08:28:44 AM: Quote from: Camo on February 06, 2019, 09:36:12 PM
Dang H2H, wish I had been paying attention here. I was there the weekend prior to your original post for 4 days and almost gave you a call. Then went back the same weekend you were thinking about going back on the 26th. Did you get out that weekend? Gotta say, outside the duck hunters, I felt like I was fishing closed waters.
Hey man, how you been.....Its been pretty good out on PH, actually one of the best winters ive seen ! I did roll out there that weekend, did really good, tons of females ( all released ) . I finally put the Skeeter in the garage for the winter, I will have it back out next month, if this damn late winter allows. The last few trips, there were a few boats out there (3)...but yes, mainly duck guys ..Stay in touch, #509-899-9946,..Ill post a picture for everyone to see to my set up thats been doing damage...Im a bass guy so I dont mind sharing. Based on the amount of females, Potholes should be doing just fine on Walleye down the road. :tup: ,Best Regards, Randy
Title: Re: Winter in effect- added set pic
Post by: Hard2handle on February 08, 2019, 09:21:18 AM: This has been my 2 sets ups ...tandem drop shot and a 4.8 swimbait on a 3/4 oz jig head..
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: bassquatch on February 08, 2019, 05:06:34 PM: Great looking sculpin bait :tup:
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Camo on February 08, 2019, 08:01:45 PM: As well as anyone with two full-time, stay at home college graduates? Seriously, all is good. Using this weather to build some blades but looks like I need to change it up. Hope this doesn't drop the water temps too low? Hoping to get back over if this mess clears up before March.
Title: Re: Winter in effect
Post by: Hard2handle on February 11, 2019, 10:16:37 AM: Mike, send my your cell, cant find it in my message box...Thank you sir.