New Years Post

[Wannabe]

Gosh...the warmwater page has died for the New Years. I've been hearing some good reports of smallies and largemouth from those who have braved the outdoors. Largemouth on the upper willy along with some smallies and on the upper columbia some great smallie reports. But these are from a few isolated individuals who are braving the conditions. They even go on to say how lonely they are out there. (what a horrible thing!!)
Anyway I too am locked at home for awhile but I did read the latest bassmaster magazine and am tying some of those fly's to give a try along with some other baits you can't buy off shelves. Come spring after I try em it'll probably be back to basics using the old tried and trues.
I've gone through all my crankbaits...plastics...hooks etc so now it's just a couple reels left to service plus some tying of baits and then...then I really will get cabin fever.
Happy New Year and Tight Lines
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[dragon67]

It is funny what you are saying. I wouldn't mind and trying some fishing for bass this time of year to see what happens. I usually start around April, but what the heck. I think as soon as I get myself a cold weather suit, or something like that I might try it. Hope you will be able to go out soon.

[shalom]

I too have been cleaning and organizing my gear . I am going to put new line on all of my reels . I am going to try something new this winter . I am going to fill my bathtub to the max , and work on my crankbaits and suspending baits . It will not give me very much depth , but i will be able to see if they are running off to one side or the other . I will be able to add some suspend strips that i have and make some new suspending ones .
:angel: :jester: :yay: :dance: :dance: :angel1:

[bucketmouth]

Wannabe, So glad to see someone break the silence.

I too have organized my tackle system. I went so far as to obtain enough plano type boxes to allow for 1 or 2 cranks to each compartment. Now when I go to fish one out I won't end up picking up a bundle of cranks that takes 5 minutes to untangle.

Usually I also change treble hooks and remove split rings on certian types of cranks and replace the rings with cross block snaps. Last year however, I used my crank baits less than ever before, as a result I did not have to change as many hooks this year.

Shalom, I could use some advice from you on line replacement. I have been very happy with the same kind of monofiliment, (changed annualy, or more often), that I have used over the last five years. But for certian situations, I would like to switch to a different line system. I hope to fill some spare spools with new lines that I have not tested. Need to share some ideas with you. Hope I can catch you with some time on your hands soon.

Made an appointment to take the boat into cascade marine in Feb for some lower end work. Water in the oil. Won't be getting out to do any serious fishing until after that problem has been corrected.

Good fishing in 2005 to all.

[rebell]

As bucketmouth said, thanks for breaking the silence wannabe.

After a fantastic fall chinook season, and a less than spectacluar start to winter steelhead, I started going thru some of my bass gear. Why is it I don't seem to have enough?

With the bad weather forcasted, I am replacing some hooks, pouring up some new dropshot baits, retying some jigs, and just generally wasting some time out in the old fishing shack.

I plan on my first bass trip in about 4 weeks. I just don't feel comfortable towing my bass rig thru the snow.

[Striper Club]

I am working on my "what I need to buy for bass" list right now....need new tackle bag, a couple reels and a couple new rods to replace very old gear.

It is good to see some activity here. There are certainly fish to be had in the winter! Just ask anybody in the southern US. :smile:

[rob allen]

Speaking for myself i'm not interested in being out on the columbia when it's 35 degrees and the wind is howling i don't care how good the fishing is..

on the other hand i am waiting till i find a good truck and then some insurance for my boat.. then i'll be hitting silver hard but probably not till after march 15th.. unless ofcourse we get a pineapple express that dumps a bunch of warm water in the lake and blows out the winter steelheading...

[BuKuBass]

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[Wannabe]

Good to see everyone is alive and well and thinking of our little green/brown fish. Had the privilage at work (FM) the other day to work with Tim R. and the buyer and hopefully within a month will have a bunch of new baits and some old ones they should of had.
Won't be putting on any line yet as I don't want it to take a set and besides I'm horrible....unless I'm putting on Flurocarbon I change pretty often. Especially if using the lighter lb tests such as 8 and 10. My wife got me a new crankbait for Christmas ($15.00)(just one) and you can bet that will only be thrown on fresh line. It's a Junior D and it looks awesome but due to having only one and the price I may just throw it on 20# and in only a foot of water. (Supposed to go 11 ft. on 12lb)
My last weekness this year was ordering a Horsehead mold like what Aaron Martin talked about in the Classic and doing some experimenting here too. (I'm weak)
Tight Lines All
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[londo]

Come to the coast and fish Tenmile. Depends on the day but the fishing can be quite good at times if you fish slooow and can figure out where the fish are

[DonD]

I don't know much about choosing the right crankbait; but, I can say that about 90% of the smallies I caught last year while cranking were caught on a Rapala DT (dives to) bait or an Excalibur Fat Free Shad. Of course, you should understand that 95% of my cranking was done with these two baits.


Oops! Thought I was on the previous topic, "One of my favorite crankbaits is". Oh, Well! My only excuse is it's almost 2:00 A.M.