I would say thats hardcore. And well worth it to catch stripers that big.
"Hardcore" is a relative term. To a casual fisherman, going out in this weather might be hardcore, but to a guide or you guys that could be guides if you wanted to it may just be part of the deal, a minor nuisance.
As for carp fisherman, I've always got the impression that they are all hardcore to some degree. And thats a good thing.

I went out yesterday when it was 19�. It got all the way to 40� and was back down to 31� at dark when we loaded the boat. We had a 15 mph breeze from the NW all day. The bass wouldn't cooperate so we decided to get some eaters. We wound up with 11 nice white crappie and 7 walleye. I'm gettin' the smoker ready for tonight.

Does fishing on lake michigan in a 20ft triton with 7-9ft swells while jig fishing for smallies waves are so bad that the trolling moto shaft isnt long enough to keep the prop in the water at the top of swells??

Haven't braved it this year. Last year my partner and I were out on Fork when it was 18* pre-fishing for Media Slot Teams. It was wierd not seeing any other boats out there. Will probably never have the entire Lake Fork all to myself again. To make it worse niether of us got so much as a bite all day.

how hardcore is this?

Dayne, where are you fishing to get 'eyes. I love them. I go to Norther Ontario every year to get my fill of them but somewhere in Tx would be better but I thought the only place that had them you couldn't eat them.

Please elaborate - thanks.

I was going to be hard core today, then I went outside and ran back in.

I went to Lewisville today, had 2 keepers at 4.54...

It was way to freaking cold to be on the water today. I have come to the conclusion that 25f, north winds at 15 and bass fishing have nothing in common.

I've wade fished Galveston Bay, Dollar Point, when ice was forming along the shorelines. No kidding. Is that hard core?

How about the other extreme....hot temps? Does that qualify for "hard core" status? I've fished Mexico and points south when the air temps were 110 degrees, humidity 100%, mosquitoes so thick you couldn't get a breath... and I have to say that those conditions were even more uncomfortable than ice conditions. But catching Tarpon makes whatever you have to endure worth it.

Hard core all the way!!!

Yeah my boss wade fish alot in the winter at baffin bay it just looks funny to see him in a jacket wade fishing.

Oh goodness noooo...
You boys just call me when it's nice and warm and the fish are biting really well.

My boys and I fished Conroe a few years ago when it was 112 for the three miserable days that we camped. Absolutely oppressive! Caught fish but I dang sure wouldn't do it again.

Prefished CC yesterday and today, will be there tomorrow as well.

We prefished in the snow yesterday. I will try to get a picture or two posted from yesterdays trip.

Today, this morning was brutally cold, the wind was already kicking when the the sun came up.

We'll see about Sunday.

funny you should mention that one is a writer from Denmark that found us all via the TFF and should be writing a great story for the mag's with a mention of the TFF

Looking forward to that article.
Sounds like everybody has been hardcore at one time or another.
I had some buds down in Galveston that would take a 10 ft. flatbottom with a 7.5 hp ob out several miles in the gulf to fish an oil rig. On the way back in, if the breakers were too much, one of them would hang over the side of the boat to provide drag and keep the boat from capsizing.

here in fort worth it was 24 when i went out yesterday morning . i caught alot of fish to tho , even when i was knocking the ice off the eyes after every other cast.