I am obsessive compulsive abut keeping my gear clean and looking nice. Things like cleaning my reels, rods, and utility boxes organized and clean are half the fun of fishing for me, especially now that cold weather is here. Its just something to keep me busy. I already made 500 leaders, fixed and cleaned all my rod, and reels, sharpened all my hooks, and am in the process of designing a 1000 gallon bait tank. I find it much easier to a lot of scouting now that trees and under brush is thinning out. I also have about 363 fishing pic's from this summer to organize, but there is still 5 months until the cats become active again around here. There is a warm water dicharge nere me but the fishing there is not real good but it dose help to keep my fever down. I was hoping people can share what they do to pass the time so we all can stay busy doing things that we maybe never would have thought of.
eh... what off season? I may take a few hours off on Saturdays to watch the game... but that is not an entire season. Fish still eat... water is still wet... lets go fishing.
Cattin is pretty much over up here till spring. In about two weeks ill start checking out all my ice fishing gear. Our ice fishing season usually starts in late December, and lasts through March.
I don't have an off season for fishing. When the temps get down low enough (in a couple weeks) I'll be ice fishing of the hard deck and fly fishing the water that is still soft or moving.
I normally will fish for trout during the "off" season. Of course, that's when I'm not up to my neck in yardwork or other things that need to be done around the house. Then again, out here, the surest sign of winter is that all the bicyclists wear long pants :wink:.
eh... what off season? I may take a few hours off on Saturdays to watch the game... but that is not an entire season. Fish still eat... water is still wet... lets go fishing.
Hey Brother I did not know there was a off Season???Here in Oklahoma the catfish eat all year long and us OKIE'S catfish all year long,(THANK GOD)..To bad to here Yall got's season's there in Pa,Yall come on down here to OkLAHOMA and we will Hook em up.......Okie catfishpat........
OFF SEASON?????? What is that???
It get's cold enough to freeze the b*lls off of a brass monkey and I never quit fishing!!!
So I ask again, What is an off season???
i dont know what im going to do lol since this is my first real year getting back into fishing i really never had to think about it lol. i think im going to try and find some holes where the fish are hiding and see if i can get anything. ill prolly do some scouting for some new spots. read lots of catfishing books trying to learn everything there is about them. ill have school work to do. and movies. oh yeah and the BOC haha!
keep fishing.... go somewhere else. bait up the warm water discharge, but keep fishling.... sounds like your doing all the important stuff..... work on the photos.....I have a computer in the RV and arrange pics when I am not fishing or doing camp site stuff..
eh... what off season? I may take a few hours off on Saturdays to watch the game... but that is not an entire season. Fish still eat... water is still wet... lets go fishing.
I fish all year and I guess in my off time I am buildin stuff in the garage. But if you got ice I'd be fishin, I used to live in mn and I fished every night after work.
as others have suggested...i don't have an off season. The colder weather presents more fishin opportunities for me.
I do not fish exclusively to catch, i fish to "be there", to enjoy God's creation without so many freakin other people screwin it up...lol The colder months are the months to enjoy the solitude of nature and the experience of the chase.
EDIT: i should prolly post some cold weather pic, or at least change my icon to a cold weather pic for the season
There is not an off season out my way in Cali. There a time for channels, flats, and blues in Cali. And basically they can be caught year round with the exception of flatheads during the winter when their bite takes a dive. If I am targeting certain species of cats that tends to be down at a certain time of year than I go for for the other cat ( channels, blues, or flats.)
I don't really have an off season. The only time I don't fish as much is during hunting season...which is going on now. But with my luck at deer hunting so far this year I will probably get back in the boat soon.LOL
I fish year round! I loose some fishin buddies due to huntin season and cold weather but thats ok i will just keep on fishin. You should give it a try. :smile2:
off season, What off season. There are still fish just waiting to be fed on the Ohio.LOL
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