Cold Fishing

I hate the fall, I hate the fall, I hate the fall, now before everyone goes
nuts with the "are you crazy, it's the best time of year"...it isn't...at
least not for me. Once the water cools down up here in the mountains fish
get lockjaw and stay deep. Now granted I don't have a depth finder/fish
finder etc, so marking those deeper area's and structure on those deeper
area's makes it a bit more difficult. Maybe next year. But every year I have
been up here(6)after August/September fishing has been downright lousy.. I
need Rich Z or Warren to come on up and show me where I'm going wrong
...(((((((Hint Hint Hint)))))))))). I did manage two pickerel on a drop shot
rig using a 4 inch berkely gulp worm fishing from shore this morning, the
air temp was 39 degrees, I threw cranks,spinners,worms,jigs and jerkbaits,
even went to my rattle traps but nothing.. So anyone that wants to show me
how to get some of these mountain bass to bite in the fall come on up
:-)...hurry theres not much fall left here.......

Still haven't taken that water temp yet hugh Randy? You said you'd do that
weeks ago. The fish don't care about the air temp, why should they? My
guess is your water is in the 50's still, and your fish are biting like
crazy right now bud. Like you said, you just need to figure out where they
are & what they'll bite. Wish I could come on up, but with the new house, 3
more tourneys & the Xmas rush at the mall, I'm pretty much booked till the
spring thaw. Keep at it my boy,you'll figure it out.

Warren

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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I hate the fall, I hate the fall, I hate the fall, now before everyone
goes
nuts with the "are you crazy, it's the best time of year"...it isn't...at
least not for me. Once the water cools down up here in the mountains fish
get lockjaw and stay deep. Now granted I don't have a depth finder/fish
finder etc, so marking those deeper area's and structure on those deeper
area's makes it a bit more difficult. Maybe next year. But every year I
have
been up here(6)after August/September fishing has been downright lousy.. I
need Rich Z or Warren to come on up and show me where I'm going wrong
..(((((((Hint Hint Hint)))))))))). I did manage two pickerel on a drop
shot
rig using a 4 inch berkely gulp worm fishing from shore this morning, the
air temp was 39 degrees, I threw cranks,spinners,worms,jigs and jerkbaits,
even went to my rattle traps but nothing.. So anyone that wants to show me
how to get some of these mountain bass to bite in the fall come on up
:-)...hurry theres not much fall left here.......

Temp near the shoreline was 44, I know they have moved but even when I take
the boat out now all the fish are deep and almost all have been caught on
rattle traps, I think a good depth finder would help me a great deal. I'll
figure it out someday. I'm just missing those t-shirt and shorts mornings,
man the summer really flew by :-)


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Still haven't taken that water temp yet hugh Randy? You said you'd do
that
weeks ago. The fish don't care about the air temp, why should they? My
guess is your water is in the 50's still, and your fish are biting like
crazy right now bud. Like you said, you just need to figure out where
they
are & what they'll bite. Wish I could come on up, but with the new house,
3
more tourneys & the Xmas rush at the mall, I'm pretty much booked till the
spring thaw. Keep at it my boy,you'll figure it out.

Warren

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...

I hate the fall, I hate the fall, I hate the fall, now before everyone
goes
nuts with the "are you crazy, it's the best time of year"...it isn't...at
least not for me. Once the water cools down up here in the mountains fish
get lockjaw and stay deep. Now granted I don't have a depth finder/fish
finder etc, so marking those deeper area's and structure on those deeper
area's makes it a bit more difficult. Maybe next year. But every year I
have
been up here(6)after August/September fishing has been downright lousy..
I
need Rich Z or Warren to come on up and show me where I'm going wrong
..(((((((Hint Hint Hint)))))))))). I did manage two pickerel on a drop
shot
rig using a 4 inch berkely gulp worm fishing from shore this morning, the
air temp was 39 degrees, I threw cranks,spinners,worms,jigs and
jerkbaits,
even went to my rattle traps but nothing.. So anyone that wants to show
me
how to get some of these mountain bass to bite in the fall come on up
:-)...hurry theres not much fall left here.......

IMO winters only redeeming quality is collage basketball -"-Go Cats Go"
Ken
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
news
Temp near the shoreline was 44, I know they have moved but even when I
take the boat out now all the fish are deep and almost all have been
caught on rattle traps, I think a good depth finder would help me a great
deal. I'll figure it out someday. I'm just missing those t-shirt and
shorts mornings, man the summer really flew by :-)


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Still haven't taken that water temp yet hugh Randy? You said you'd do
that
weeks ago. The fish don't care about the air temp, why should they? My
guess is your water is in the 50's still, and your fish are biting like
crazy right now bud. Like you said, you just need to figure out where
they
are & what they'll bite. Wish I could come on up, but with the new
house, 3
more tourneys & the Xmas rush at the mall, I'm pretty much booked till
the
spring thaw. Keep at it my boy,you'll figure it out.

Warren

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...

I hate the fall, I hate the fall, I hate the fall, now before everyone
goes
nuts with the "are you crazy, it's the best time of year"...it
isn't...at
least not for me. Once the water cools down up here in the mountains
fish
get lockjaw and stay deep. Now granted I don't have a depth finder/fish
finder etc, so marking those deeper area's and structure on those deeper
area's makes it a bit more difficult. Maybe next year. But every year I
have
been up here(6)after August/September fishing has been downright lousy..
I
need Rich Z or Warren to come on up and show me where I'm going wrong
..(((((((Hint Hint Hint)))))))))). I did manage two pickerel on a drop
shot
rig using a 4 inch berkely gulp worm fishing from shore this morning,
the
air temp was 39 degrees, I threw cranks,spinners,worms,jigs and
jerkbaits,
even went to my rattle traps but nothing.. So anyone that wants to show
me
how to get some of these mountain bass to bite in the fall come on up
:-)...hurry theres not much fall left here.......

Ken Blevins wrote:
IMO winters only redeeming quality is collage basketball -"-Go Cats Go"
Ken
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
news

I absolutely love the late fall/early winter because the fishing is
incredible AND college B-ball is tarting. My problem though, is that
'we' play into the beginning of next fishing season so often these days.
Nice problem to have though, from a b-ball POV.G

Go DOGS!

"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
IMO winters only redeeming quality is collage basketball -"-Go Cats
Go"

"Go Cats Go"--that reduces the possibilities down to 30 teams or so.

Ken Blevins wrote:
IMO winters only redeeming quality is collage basketball -"-Go Cats Go"
Ken
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
news

I absolutely love the late fall/early winter because the fishing is
incredible AND college B-ball is tarting. My problem though, is that
'we' play into the beginning of next fishing season so often these days.
Nice problem to have though, from a b-ball POV.G

Go DOGS!

"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
IMO winters only redeeming quality is collage basketball -"-Go Cats
Go"

"Go Cats Go"--that reduces the possibilities down to 30 teams or so.

t-shirts & shorts? I think one or two of my tourneys this year were fitting
for that apparel lol...

Maybe that dress wasn't a joke lol...

;-)
--
Warren

http://www.warrenwolk.com
Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
news
Temp near the shoreline was 44, I know they have moved but even when I
take the boat out now all the fish are deep and almost all have been
caught on rattle traps, I think a good depth finder would help me a great
deal. I'll figure it out someday. I'm just missing those t-shirt and
shorts mornings, man the summer really flew by :-)


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Still haven't taken that water temp yet hugh Randy? You said you'd do
that
weeks ago. The fish don't care about the air temp, why should they? My
guess is your water is in the 50's still, and your fish are biting like
crazy right now bud. Like you said, you just need to figure out where
they
are & what they'll bite. Wish I could come on up, but with the new
house, 3
more tourneys & the Xmas rush at the mall, I'm pretty much booked till
the
spring thaw. Keep at it my boy,you'll figure it out.

Warren

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...

I hate the fall, I hate the fall, I hate the fall, now before everyone
goes
nuts with the "are you crazy, it's the best time of year"...it
isn't...at
least not for me. Once the water cools down up here in the mountains
fish
get lockjaw and stay deep. Now granted I don't have a depth finder/fish
finder etc, so marking those deeper area's and structure on those deeper
area's makes it a bit more difficult. Maybe next year. But every year I
have
been up here(6)after August/September fishing has been downright lousy..
I
need Rich Z or Warren to come on up and show me where I'm going wrong
..(((((((Hint Hint Hint)))))))))). I did manage two pickerel on a drop
shot
rig using a 4 inch berkely gulp worm fishing from shore this morning,
the
air temp was 39 degrees, I threw cranks,spinners,worms,jigs and
jerkbaits,
even went to my rattle traps but nothing.. So anyone that wants to show
me
how to get some of these mountain bass to bite in the fall come on up
:-)...hurry theres not much fall left here.......

Randy,
A couple small lakes I used to fish in Minnesota sound somewhat like what
you have described and humbled us with pictures from. ;-). My best Fall
pattern was to drop the electric down and circle the lake throwing and slow
cranking baits like the Norman DD-22. I would fan cast out deep, parallel to
shore, and right at shore until I connected a few times. The big bill on the
DD-22 bounces off wood nicely. Then I would concentrate on similar areas to
where the bites came from, maybe switching to a Jig and Pig if it was a
specific structure or cover. On one private lake that I had access to my
biggest bass there (5-13 I will post a pic on ABPF) came when I fired a cast
straight out towards the middle of the lake to get rid of some loops on the
spool. 42 degree water temp that day. It hit a few feet down over 25 ft of
water.
I am off to Lake Sharpe on the Missouri tomorrow for smallies. They tell me
the big ones have moved off the deep points and are chasing smelt on the
flats. Joe Z.

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
news Temp near the shoreline was 44, I know they have moved but even when I take
the boat out now all the fish are deep and almost all have been caught on
rattle traps, I think a good depth finder would help me a great deal. I'll
figure it out someday. I'm just missing those t-shirt and shorts mornings,
man the summer really flew by :-)


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