Warmwater Fishing starting in central Iowa!
The local weather Saturday (March 5, 2016) was in low 30's. Slush formed around my rod eyelets. I caught a couple trout, and worked hard to fool a half-dozen Bluegills (different waters).
Sunday temperatures reached the mid 60's! The fish LOVED IT as much as I did.
It was still slow, methodical fishing (microjig under an indicator), but in 3 hours I managed a dozen Bluegills, 5 Crappies, and 4 Largemouth Bass. Biggest bass measured 18.75" and gave an excellent account of itself.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Some nice fish!
Isaiah 41:10
Great way to start the season! Very nice fish.
Jim Smith
21 fish in 3 hours doesn't sound like a slow day to me!
And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. Ezekiel 47:9
7 fish per hour!? I'd take that most any day...
There have never in history been so many opportunities to do so many things that aren't worth doing. - William Gaddis
Way to go David............Crappies yet!
Although Spring seems to be arriving early here in Ontario, the lakes are still ice covered and unsafe to be on, big Steelhead rivers running too high and fast to even go there and very few fishing opportunities because seasons are closed until end of April unless you targeting Steelhead in some of the big rivers having open all year fishing opportunities.
We are not quite as fortunate as our American neighbours and therefore must wait until seasons open or lakes become ice free..............then I'm going Crappie fishing!
David Parker
Guild Certified Professional Rod Builder
Originally Posted by waskeyc
Well....good point. It almost matched my 10-year average of 7.5 fish/hour.
Today's flyfishing trip during lunch was a bit faster. I fished for almost exactly 30 minutes and landed 4 Bluegills and 15 Crappies. (a rate of 38 fish/hour) Missed a fair few as well.Today was about 20 degrees colder than yesterday (50 instead of 70), but the sun came out for a bit.
Dave Parker....I hear you! Your open-water season is definitely shorter than ours. We share that deplorable time at the beginning and end of each season when the lakes are frozen over, but the ice isn't safe. The trade-off is you have a longer ice-fishing season, and probably experience lower fishing pressure overall on your waters. Lets both move to Florida where the water never freezes?
Last edited by FishnDave; 03-09-2016 at 09:01 PM.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
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