It's over

[laker67]

If you are planning on fishing any of the trout parks this coming weekend, you might want to re=schedule.

[fishinwrench]

I was thinking that we still had one more weekend of it.  Guess not.

I'm really looking forward to Spring. 😊

[snagged in outlet 3]

With single digit high temps I’d pass anyway.  Sigh.  

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

With single digit high temps I’d pass anyway.  Sigh.  

Me too.  I have to psych myself up for 30 minutes just to go get the mail.  

I haven't peeked over the hill to verify it yet, but I'd say that the upper Gravois iced over solid last night.   And now we have yet another full week of polar activity in the forecast.

This sucks! 😢

[jdmidwest]

Cold not make up its mind yesterday. Started spitting snow at 30.  Temps dropped to 25 then freezing rain.  Could not keep it off windshield unless I squirted de icer. Looks like another coat of sleet last nite after dark.

Brrr.  But have to get out an work in it all day again.

[laker67]

9 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

With single digit high temps I’d pass anyway.  Sigh.  

Yep I'm with you and fw on this one. Forty years ago I would not  even blink an eye about the temps. Harv and I fished the high bank hole one day back in the 80's. It was 4* when we started, and 6* about four hours later. A few trips back to the truck to warm up and we fished most of the day. High bank had several good fish back  then. If you could keep ice out of the guides you could land them that day.

[snagged in outlet 3]

32 minutes ago, laker67 said:

Yep I'm with you and fw on this one. Forty years ago I would not  even blink an eye about the temps. Harv and I fished the high bank hole one day back in the 80's. It was 4* when we started, and 6* about four hours later. A few trips back to the truck to warm up and we fished most of the day. High bank had several good fish back  then. If you could keep ice out of the guides you could land them that day.

I have some pictures of me and my buddy at Taney and in the background the dam is iced over.  We whacked em swinging soft hackles.  One of the best big fish days on small flies ever.  Took us 10 hours to get back home due to ice on the roads.  Anymore I pick my battles.😀

[Quillback]

Nope, not going.  February is one of the best months for a shot at a big bass here in the Bella Vista lakes, maybe it will warm up by the last week in Feb.  May have to wait for the ice to go out too.  

[Foghorn]

All those years working on the railroad made it easier to handle the extreme cold when fishing . My best 2 fishing buddies died ,one in 1997 and he other in 1999 and found then that most of the other boys didn't want to go when the temps dropped. Have found now that I don't enjoy it as much and rarely go when they're calling for really cold temps. Think coldest opening day we fished was maybe 1979 with minus 10 degrees and snow at Montauk.  Fished Taney with the wind chill at minus 40 with Mr. Fuji( kids thought he looked like the wrestler). You could still use bait below the dam and he constantly spilled/dropped the old pellet bait in the water. He had schools of fish within 2 feet of him making it difficult for me to fly fish unless I got away from him. I quit when I started having trouble feeling my little fingers. He died in 1997

[snagged in outlet 3]

18 minutes ago, Foghorn said:

All those years working on the railroad made it easier to handle the extreme cold when fishing . My best 2 fishing buddies died ,one in 1997 and he other in 1999 and found then that most of the other boys didn't want to go when the temps dropped. Have found now that I don't enjoy it as much and rarely go when they're calling for really cold temps. Think coldest opening day we fished was maybe 1979 with minus 10 degrees and snow at Montauk.  Fished Taney with the wind chill at minus 40 with Mr. Fuji( kids thought he looked like the wrestler). You could still use bait below the dam and he constantly spilled/dropped the old pellet bait in the water. He had schools of fish within 2 feet of him making it difficult for me to fly fish unless I got away from him. I quit when I started having trouble feeling my little fingers. He died in 1997

Temps in the 40's is my lower limit now.  I have more time off and less family obligations than when I was younger so I just wait for better weather.