Cold water bass

[Eric-Maine]

Forecast for light and variable winds with air temps above freezing so Dale and I headed to Great Pond. There was 50' of 1" ice between the ramp and the lake. We found a way Started deep 25'-35'  with silver buddies, main lake over deep water was 45°. Marked fish and bait but had trouble getting them to fire. We caught 4 but at a pace that the 50 fish day we expected was not going to happen. Just 4 smallies in the first hour. Rest of day we moved shallow dragging a spider jig on a football head with boat in 25' casting to 10' dragging out around scattered boulders. Still slower than expecting. Adjusted our target to 20 lol. At 3:30 a very noticeable drop in temperature as the sun started to sink below the hills. We wimped out with 18 2-3 1/2 lbs  brown in the boat with one bonus green caught in 25' on the spider. A pretty cold water largemouth...... Truck said 30° when we headed home.

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[Bigbass201]

I tip my hat to you fishing in those conditions.  Sounds like you had a pretty good day and were rewarded for your efforts.  Thanks for sharing the report.

[Mike Cork]

Always loved the cold fishing. Bass group up and when you find them you can really catch them. Thanks for the report.

[Smallie_Stalker]

Kudos Eric for sticking it out as long as you did. When I was younger I could do it but the older I get the less I seem to be able to handle the cold. This time of year for us New Englanders could be worse though.



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[Mike the fox]

Always enjoyed fishing great pond but never in those conditions. Good job!


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[Eric-Maine]

Always enjoyed fishing great pond but never in those conditions. Good job!


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First two weeks after and before ice the best there if you can pick your days.

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[BassmanRudy]

Dang Eric having to break ice just to fish sounds crazy!! But glad y'all caught some!