Warm water fish in cold weather

[theboz]

Got some last day casting in before my lake froze.

A few LMs

A good pick

A nice eye

Another LM

A nice one to end the day.
And the next day the lake froze over.

 

[Joni]

Wahoo! Nice. I hooked a nice sized Bass yesterday, but not like the last picture. Jealous.

 

[caseywise]

WOW!! that last lm is huge
nice job, especially in those conditions

casey

 

[theboz]

Wahoo! Nice. I hooked a nice sized Bass yesterday, but not like the last picture. Jealous.

That's my son sticking it to me! A rare moment , comes home for a few days and gets lucky haha! And of course that's on FB with a side by side with my smaller bass ! And of course he Quotes " the lord has blessed us all today but he's been particularly good to me!" from RRTI!

 

[gatortransplant]

That last one certainly is a killer LM. We're chasing stripers and then tarpon together next year, right??

 

[theboz]

That last one certainly is a killer LM. We're chasing stripers and then tarpon together next year, right??

Anytime you can find time with your schedule I'm there! Never have to twist my arm!

 

[itchmesir]

I was hoping the water around here hadn't froze over yet.. But it was too late

 

[Guest1]

That Largemouth your son got was a monster. Pretty cool you got a Walleye to. I also like the Chain Pickeral. I have never caught one of them.

 

[theboz]

Bigger chains give a good account of themselves! It's a shame people here don't appreciate them ,many get tossed on the bank and left for the animals . The think the pickerel hurt the Bass and Walleye populations ! Well obviously they're wrong!

 

[schiff]

Boz, very nice fish...! The Pickeral are always fun and you have a lot of them in the Poconos...lucky dog. I am only an hour from there, but just never seem to find time to get up there. I'll have to put this on my list for 2013. I used to fish Shahola Lake when I was younger and really miss that lake. It is 2 hours from me, but need to get back there.
Thanks for the pictures. They really will haunt me all winter...lol.

 

[il_wi_fishing]

any eye on the fly is a fascination for me, ive only caught a couple like that

 

[mcnerney]

Theboz: Congrats to all the great fish you two landed, especially that monster LM your son caught! I can only dream of landing one like that someday.

Larry

 

[theboz]

Boz, very nice fish...! The Pickeral are always fun and you have a lot of them in the Poconos...lucky dog. I am only an hour from there, but just never seem to find time to get up there. I'll have to put this on my list for 2013. I used to fish Shahola Lake when I was younger and really miss that lake. It is 2 hours from me, but need to get back there.
Thanks for the pictures. They really will haunt me all winter...lol.

Shohola lake is the Pickeral capital of the Poconos! That lake is so much fun in the spring ! We skitter big bucktails across the lily pads and the picks come flying up to slam them!
Used to hunt birds with the manager of your local supermarket !

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any eye on the fly is a fascination for me, ive only caught a couple like that

In this lake towards dusk the Walleye feed very close to the shoreline and a Clouser close in is probably the easiest way to hookup. We do better than the hardware guys most of the time!

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Theboz: Congrats to all the great fish you two landed, especially that monster LM your son caught! I can only dream of landing one like that someday.

Larry

Funny thing is usually get one or two LMs that size out of there every year late in the season and I guess it was my sons turn for the bigun this year!

 

[delopez]

Bigger chains give a good account of themselves! It's a shame people here don't appreciate them ,many get tossed on the bank and left for the animals . The think the pickerel hurt the Bass and Walleye populations ! Well obviously they're wrong!

I'm starting to think that Pike to some of the northern states are like Gar to the southern states. Here, people throw gar on the bank for the same reason. It's a shame...

 

[okuma]

What fishing I did, I did some with an older man who is trying to fly fish(whole differnet point). The is point is, in his words to me once..."Mike, a fish is a fish. If people aren't killing them for food, why the hell they throwing them on the bank. They all put up a fight." I see that as a good point. BTW Boz...the pics...sighs

 

[rockriver]

Nice fish, and sorry to hear you have a freeze up already:sorry:. We're still open in the U.P. around here anyway.

 

[wtl]

I often keep pickeral to cook up. They have a fair amount of bones, but have a good taste. Couldn't imagine throwing them on the bank.

 

[theboz]

I often keep pickeral to cook up. They have a fair amount of bones, but have a good taste. Couldn't imagine throwing them on the bank.

Absolutely! Once you learn to work through those Y bones when filleting those Pickeral are as good as Walleye! Couple of brews and some home fries and you have a shoreline feast!

 

[fishinkeebs]

Awesome...great pics man!

 

[woodrivertroutbum]

Very nice! I am always on to the steel, trout and salmon this time of year. Mostly focus on the bass in the summer months. Can I ask what flies work well for you in the nearly freezing water?