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Winter isn't so bad.
The grass doesn't grow so there's no mowing.
You can work outside without having to drink gallons of Gatorade and sweating your nads off.
The Crappie will be biting for a few more weeks, then when they shut down it's time for some big blue Cats.
Then Spring will be just around the corner and it'll be time for the Crappie spawn.
Winter doesn't do much for my tan... but it isn't so bad.
All the bad stuff about Winter I blame on the Canadians, every time we get a cold snap the weatherman says " Another batch of Cold Canadian Air will be moving down from the north...".
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I think you two southern guys should spend a couple of weeks up here in -40 degree weather (heck -5), you know, just so you can really appriceate were you live
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I think you two southern guys should spend a couple of weeks up here in -40 degree weather (heck -5), you know, just so you can really appriceate were you live
Next weekend I'll be up a Lake Sonoma seeing how the land locked Steelies are doing. They should be gathering around the dam and spreading over to the marina pretty soon. This is the best time of year to go to that lake. It's definitely not crowded at 5:30am or even at 2:00pm when it's time to head home. It will be interesting to see how the steelies did on two years of a full lake and renewed habitat. This should be the year for the turn around. The bass season was excellent although drifting a flasher with a real worm was a suprising new technique for me I was nailing them every trip out. So on that note, Yeah, winter is finally here!. FYI, I still sweated my butt off diging 10 post holes this afternoon.That's why I live in California. Hopefully I'll have my motor back on Tuesday and be out fishing by 10am the same day. Either that or crabbing in Bodega Bay. My son is coming in February, so I'll be trying to get out as much as possible all winter long. I heard the striper are biting out in Napa
I actually enjoy going up to Canada for a couple of weeks in the winter. My wife is Canadian and her brother lives in Cold Lake Alberta, and her mom and sis live in Lindsay Ontario. I go up there and trudge through the tundra going ice fishin' and stuff... then come back home and scoff at our winter.
I also find it amusing to see Canadians out in the snow wearing shorts and a parka!
