Winter Warmwater Fishing.

[Paul_]

I fished a popular SW WA lake recently.

For reason only the fish know, I think every Crappie, Bluegill and Perch jam themselves into a 1/4 mile section of a certain canal during the winter (trust me it is no secret, just motor around until you see a fleet of boats).

Although it can be a crowded fishery, it’s still a lot of fun to get out and catch a bunch of fish.

Jig leeches under a bobber caught all the fish.


Nothing huge, but a ton of fun.

 

[Salmo_g]

Wait, isn't "winter warmwater" an oxymoron?

 

[Brute]

Wait, isn't "winter warmwater" an oxymoron?

Not in Tahiti…

 

[509]

I fished a bass lake in late winter early spring when it was still fairly cold. I believe in the 40's for water temperature.

I hook a "big log" and slowly brought it to the boat, not wanting to lose my fly. It was a 5 lb bass. I actually weighed it. It literally did not move when hooked until I got it close to the boat. I released it and it swam off looking to resume its nap.

I gave up fishing "warm water lakes" with a water temperature of 40 degree or so. Still want to fish more warm water lakes, but not very good at it. The lake did have a great hatch going on that day and all I could think was maybe DFW needs to throw a few large trout into the lake in the spring.