Tips For December Fishing?

[Old plug]

I am looking at monday also for a little back fishing for crappie. I cannot take anything much under 50 because I am on blood thinners but back in the day nithing stopped me. Coldest I can remember fishing was when it was 15 degrees on lake coffeen in IL. its a power plant lake. We caught over 100 crappie that day.

[Ham]

Go fishing every chance you get. Spend as much time as you can on the water on the days you can go. Try to learn someting from every trip.

[fishinwrench]

Go fishing every chance you get. Spend as much time as you can on the water on the days you can go. Try to learn someting from every trip.

That's solid advise. Even on days that suck. Just sitting on the bank or in a boat looking at the water makes you a better fisherman.

Some days my desire to be comfortable wins over my desire to get any better at catching fish though. I generally dislike activities that require a lot of restrictive clothing.

It is 2015 for Christ sake, why do we have position maintaining trolling motors and detailed underwater imaging systems... but still lack a quiet, portable, and easily affordable blast furnace ?

[stuartsx5]

I agree with you wrench. I dislike winter for two reasons. One is the mud that develops after snow and ice, two is the restrictive clothes. Sometimes just getting dressed to go outside wears me out. Bibs and a heavy coat are hard on a fat guy. But man, I do love the cold weather fishing. Its to the point it feels really weird to feel a warm fish in the summer.