how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Workshop]

My son bagged this one tonight with his 35 Whelen.

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There’s no trees there. What’s anybody supposed to hide behind?

 

[Mastermind]

My son bagged this one tonight with his 35 Whelen.

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That's a dandy.

 

[Hinerman]

He better make some grandsons..

Or I’m gonna be pissed…

5 granddaughters coming up...

 

[Only the Tony]

Amazon had a sale with a coupon only on the 25 size. Replaced a cheaper reel with this. Magnesium body on a carbon fiber rod makes for a light combo. Merry Christmas early. 21° right now. Got to start packing a bit of food and making coffee for the thermos. Going to be cold on the water this morning.

 

[nbbt]

Good morning MW crew . Our overnite dropped just a bit, to -11f. We'll rocket to +16f a bit later, and then back to a seasonal range of teen overnights and to +30f to +40f daytimes for the next week, and that's at our place with trees, in central MN. Not to bad for the upper midwest, if I do say myself.

 

[nbbt]

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Amazon had a sale with a coupon only on the 25 size. Replaced a cheaper reel with this. Magnesium body on a carbon fiber rod makes for a light combo. Merry Christmas early. 21° right now. Got to start packing a bit of food and making coffee for the thermos. Going to be cold on the water this morning.

@Only the Tony, Do you have issues with eyelets freezing up with temps like you are expecting this morning?

 

[Sawdust Man]

Good morning guys.
it's kinda coldish.....21 now, supposed to be 42 later, hopefully the wind will be nicer to us today.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

14 here coffe sure is good.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Woke up to -4° and the coffee was very good.

 

[Mastermind]

27 here.....headed for the teens overnight.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Dropped to 12 since 6 45 definitely not t shirt weather

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.
Cold.

 

[nbbt]

Just restoked the stove and it's warmed up 16 degrees outside so far we're @ +5f, with a good breeze out of the south.

 

[Semotony]

They claim it's up to 27 from 22 earlier. May get to mid 30's

 

[nbbt]

They claim it's up to 27 from 22 earlier. May get to mid 30's

Happy belated b-day @Semotony

 

[JimBear]

There’s no trees there. What’s anybody supposed to hide behind?

Just about 20!yards north there is a tree line & about 1200 acres or more of crp/timber.
There are some grass back terraces back to the east of him in the picture that give a nice view

The deer just flock out into Dad’s row crop morning & evening.

The deer was shot by the red mark & all the yellow is crp/tmber/creek

The guy that owns most of the surrounding crpbdoesn’t allow deer hunting & the farm directly west only allows bow hunting.

 

[Only the Tony]

@Only the Tony, Do you have issues with eyelets freezing up with temps like you are expecting this morning?

Yes, but I have fished this weather so many times that dipping the rod tip in the water to get rid of the ice is old hat. Required some hand warmers today to keep my fingers working. Right now I am jig fishing over brush piles so I'm not retrieving the line constantly. I take the line up with one hand, catch it with the fingers holding the rod, grab the line above the reel and do the same motion over until I bring up the fish. This allows me to return to the same depth where I caught the last one. I'll try to get some pictures at some point to better explain.

 

[Only the Tony]

Productive day today. Only three whites with the rest blacks. Done by 12:05. Warming up in front of the fire after cleaning those. Neighbor gave me a ham from a local shop the other day so I will take him some crappie fillets for a thank you.

 

[Only the Tony]

This was a new way of fishing for Matt when I took him out with me. This will give you an idea of what I am doing. Using the trolling motor to anchor lock on brush and dropping jigs either straight down or tossing and allowing to swing toward the brush. Keeping your depth the same insures that you don't get hung up all the time and keeps repeatability.

 

[nbbt]

Good morning folks. Happy Sunday to ya.
We seem to be in a nice warming trend, just looked and the thermometer (ha) and it's showing +25f, and the guessers are claiming for above freezing a bit later.