Posted By: skeetmaster
early spring conundrum... - 03/16/23 11:42 AM
Early spring or late winter, whatever you want to call it. It's a tough time to consistently get on good fish. At least for me it is. I know there's plenty of guys out there that don't have a problem with it, but I'm not one of them!
I haven't been able to do as much fishing as I would like since the beginning of the year. Actually, I haven't been able to go hardly at all this year but I was able to get out for a few hours earlier in the week. I figured with the warmer water and a little bit of rain lately that I would find fish in shallow water. Wrong! Started off in 3 feet, not even a nibble. went out to about 10 feet, same result. Went to 20 and started marking pretty good fish. Nothing. Made my way out to my standard winter depth (35-40') and didn't mark a single fish. No bait. My graph looked like a lunar landscape but I only had about an hour of light left and decided to just drift in towards the ramp and bam! Rod goes down, 5 pounder. A few minutes later, rod goes down, 11 pounder. About ten minutes more, Another takedown, 20 pounder. After some head scratching, I decided to remove my graph and toss it in the lake. Well, you know, I didn't actually do it but, I did think about it! I guess I still have a lot to learn.
I only got one pic of the twenty.....
I'm eventually going to get these slimy, happiness-inducing, bulldozers of the deep figured out! I guess that's where all the fun lies. With all the stress life has been handing me this year, I'll take whatever I can get on the water. It's worth every minute, regardless of the results!
If you're struggling to get on fish, just keep in mind that just being able to get out and soak some baits is the real blessing!
Here are a some brutes from one of the few times I've been able to get on the water this year. I may have already posted these, I can't remember lol!
I haven't been able to do as much fishing as I would like since the beginning of the year. Actually, I haven't been able to go hardly at all this year but I was able to get out for a few hours earlier in the week. I figured with the warmer water and a little bit of rain lately that I would find fish in shallow water. Wrong! Started off in 3 feet, not even a nibble. went out to about 10 feet, same result. Went to 20 and started marking pretty good fish. Nothing. Made my way out to my standard winter depth (35-40') and didn't mark a single fish. No bait. My graph looked like a lunar landscape but I only had about an hour of light left and decided to just drift in towards the ramp and bam! Rod goes down, 5 pounder. A few minutes later, rod goes down, 11 pounder. About ten minutes more, Another takedown, 20 pounder. After some head scratching, I decided to remove my graph and toss it in the lake. Well, you know, I didn't actually do it but, I did think about it! I guess I still have a lot to learn.
I only got one pic of the twenty.....
I'm eventually going to get these slimy, happiness-inducing, bulldozers of the deep figured out! I guess that's where all the fun lies. With all the stress life has been handing me this year, I'll take whatever I can get on the water. It's worth every minute, regardless of the results!
If you're struggling to get on fish, just keep in mind that just being able to get out and soak some baits is the real blessing!
Here are a some brutes from one of the few times I've been able to get on the water this year. I may have already posted these, I can't remember lol!