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I have never fished in January, but I took the time and made myself go out today for an hour or so. Air temps in the high 50’s, rain, and 20mph winds. Wasnt expecting much but I was pleased to catch two…....and surprisingly they both hit fairly hard despite the cold cold water. I was a little shocked to see some gills up shallow (less then 6” of water). The water cant be over 42 degrees.

One over 14” and the other about 17” @ 2.5lbs.

Numero Uno

Nice. I can’t wait to get out this year, got an MGX-SHS & a couple rods to break in when the soft water finally returns.

Congrats Twitch! Did you catch it on your trusty red craw lipless crank???

Yea, both came on a red craw Rat-L-Trap. Three foot of water or less.

AWESOME!!!!!!

Weather here (St. Louis area) has been weird this winter - last two days have been in the 60s but I haven’t got home in time to go out - may try tomorrow night.

way to go twitch! gills that shallow, water must be a little warmer than you think. if the gills are shallow the bass are not far behind. still got hard water here.

way to go twitch. the first one of the year always feels good!

twitch - 01 February 2012 12:59 AM

Yea, both came on a red craw Rat-L-Trap. Three foot of water or less.[/quote\]

Fishing off the bank?

Congrats twitch.  May have to make it over to the pond Friday after work and try my luck now.  lol

The Outdoorsman - 01 February 2012 03:34 PM

Congrats twitch.  May have to make it over to the pond Friday after work and try my luck now.  lol

Yea, i’m so stoked to go fishing i might fish the 3” of water on top of the ice.

I might go out tomorrow and try it for a bit. Water is 34º still though.

BBK - 01 February 2012 05:15 PM

I might go out tomorrow and try it for a bit. Water is 34º still though.

man that is cold, pray for steady sunshine and light winds.

65 degrees today and no wind. Fished for about 3 hours…...well I was at the lake for 3 hours…...about 6 other guys showed up today. So there was a lot of talking so that cut down on the fishing. All the other guys was throwing lipless also, so I switched to a lizard. No bites on the lizard but I did manage one on a gold lipless after the other guys left.
A friend on mine showed up in his boat. Said that water was 46. I may take the jon boat out tomorrow.

Good January bass Twitch…...my lakes are soft up here and I’m thinking hard about getting out myself…..And people say global warming is a bad thing…lol.

Pax - 01 February 2012 11:50 PM

Good January bass Twitch…...my lakes are soft up here and I’m thinking hard about getting out myself…..And people say global warming is a bad thing…lol.

lol, I agree. Bad thing is, its going to suck big time if the temps fall later this month. Once I get to break these winter doldrums, its real hard to slip back into them.

twitch - 02 February 2012 03:59 AM

Pax - 01 February 2012 11:50 PM

Good January bass Twitch…...my lakes are soft up here and I’m thinking hard about getting out myself…..And people say global warming is a bad thing…lol.

lol, I agree. Bad thing is, its going to suck big time if the temps fall later this month. Once I get to break these winter doldrums, its real hard to slip back into them.

Sell your boats twitch and be a bank fisherman, tougher to catch fish consistently from the bank but more rewarding IMHO.