Spring almost came in February this year. We had a strong warming trend, all the ice went away and the river waters were warming up. Temps even got into the 60's around here.
Then it rained a cold rain, got colder and snowed again, a wet icy snow. That was Friday and now on Sunday most the snow is gone again. The river came up to flood stage and is starting to recede. Needless to say there was no sense in trying to fish earlier last week. However, the sun showed it face today and the temp climbed to 40 degrees so off I went. The water had cooled down a bit and was reading 38degrees on the sonar unit and running heavy. I found a few out of the current spots and tried my luck.
Third spot I tried, I hit pay dirt. These measured right in the 15-16 inch range, nice eaters for the pan. Caught the three of them on a pink jig head tipped with a white Berkely Gulp minnow.
Then it rained a cold rain, got colder and snowed again, a wet icy snow. That was Friday and now on Sunday most the snow is gone again. The river came up to flood stage and is starting to recede. Needless to say there was no sense in trying to fish earlier last week. However, the sun showed it face today and the temp climbed to 40 degrees so off I went. The water had cooled down a bit and was reading 38degrees on the sonar unit and running heavy. I found a few out of the current spots and tried my luck.
Third spot I tried, I hit pay dirt. These measured right in the 15-16 inch range, nice eaters for the pan. Caught the three of them on a pink jig head tipped with a white Berkely Gulp minnow.