What's your winter fishing program?

[PhilR]

in New Zealand all winter.

That sounds amazing

 

[RCF]

I keep an eye out for nicer weather and dimples on the lake. It may be shorter fishing windows but when the dimples appear fish are easy to catch... Much like @Northern discssed in an earlier post.

 

[clarkman]

some winter steelhead, some winter tiger musky (I still need to get one in December and February to complete all months there) and some winter trout gear I mean, bobbercating & euro fishing.

 

[DoesItFloat]

Steelhead. Might try ice fishing for trout this winter.

 

[Billy]

I've got some winter trout options I will hit up after the new year...

 

[SculpinSwinger]

I keep swinging for summer steelhead locally until December 1st, then I start pounding the coast for winter fish. Gives me an opportunity to see what’s changed, how the different runs fish again, what new obstacles have been added, and which have been removed. I’ve found December fish, and some coho, plus many of the yahoos haven’t shown up yet…I go hard through March. More fish, and people from February on out.


Love winter fishing!

 

[SculpinSwinger]

That’s of course the OHS 10’4” #8 in action above.

OHS plus mushrooms and a fire newt

 

[SculpinSwinger]

One more

Stoked for winter!

 

[Stonedfish]

I’ll fish cutts probably through December or until it hits it’s usual mid winter / small game doldrums, then figure out what to do after that. One thing for sure, it won’t be winter steelhead fishing.
SF

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

I get pretty jacked when it snows in the lowlands. I Love fishing when it snows or is snowing. Everything gets so quiet. The river is so peaceful.

 

[HOG]

#winter
#castingpractice
#heckahotspotevenwiththefog

 

[Matt B]

If the river is open, and there are any salmon still hanging around, it can be fun to fish for any trout or char that are hanging out below them.

 

[Mossback]

I’ll fish cutts probably through December or until it hits it’s usual mid winter / small game doldrums, then forgive out what to do after that. One thing for sure, it won’t be winter steelhead fishing.
SF

More fish for me...

 

[swimmy]

I'm going skiing.

Damn straight

 

[Rob Allen]

I find myself putting away my fall season supplies and looking to what's next. For a while I got in to doing the Rogue in Oct/Nov, but that 4hr trip down there is proving more difficult when life gets busy. But the fall steelhead there are some of the most willing to take a swung fly that I've ever experienced.

I have a few other Nov/Dec programs I may explore this year for the first time if I can make it happen, but otherwise, Nov/Dec and most of Jan tend to kind of be my off-season before pulling out the winter steelhead gear for Feb/Mar, hitting some North Coast Oregon coastal rivers and my local ditch (the Sandy).

Do you fish in the winter? What you tend to gravitate towards?

SW WA winter hatchery steelhead on gear, transitioning into flies as wild fish appear in bigger numbers... if I can get moved that is..

 

[ifsteve]

Heading down to my gulf home a week from tomorrow to chase redfish for 6 months. That's my "winter" fishing!

 

[Dustin Chromers]

2 more months of Coho before I think about winter Steelhead!

I'm jealous. I used to fish for coho into December before switching to hatchet steelhead. I was always more after the late coho than the hatchery steelhead though. Partly I live close to a river with epic late coho, or had I should say. I would only get interested in steelhead about mid February. But alas coho is still closed and steelhead on my home waters is too crowded to be fulfilling.

 

[Stonedfish]

More fish for me...

This year will be 10 years since I caught my last or even fished for them. Good luck this winter!
SF

 

[Josh]

Chum and bulls for a while. Maybe a few days swinging for steel.

But mostly I transition to taking the boys up to the mountains for snow sliding.

 

[Tom Butler]

I get pretty jacked when it snows...... I Love fishing when it snows or is snowing. Everything gets so quiet. The river is so peaceful.

I'm of the same mindset, and enjoy being at the river or lake in the winter weather. The quiet peacefulness and solitude is spiritually refreshing for me. I just don't enjoy the summer heat as much.