12-31-2005, 04:31 PM
I'm shure there are plenty of people out there like me, i'd rather be fishing than doing anything else. My biggest problem is when winter comes around. I know here in SC, and any other state that gets a cold chill from the winter months, the fishing slowly fades away with the water temperature until the spring. For someone like myself, this is a time of tragedy. The only problem I have in the warmer months is figuring out where i'm going to try it today. In the winter, i'm faced with "what the heck am I going to do on my days off now?" I mostly saltwater fish, and or trophy catfish in the local rivers. But I have a buddy that is an avid bass fisherman and put me on to fishing the little golf course ponds that are pretty much everywhere. Unlike most species of fish, fresh and saltwater, the bass in those little ponds seem to keep thier bite all year around. Sure you can go to the river and hook a flathead every 4 or 5 hours(if you can catch live bait this time of year), or freeze your balls off 10 miles out in the ocean and catch sheepshead on the reef. But who wants to do that? Get yourself a light bass outfit. I have a small Abu Garcia "original" rod and an Abu Garcia Max baitcaster spooled up with some 4lb test. I've found that no matter where you go, nothing beats a jointed, deep diving, suspending, shad color Rapala. I faithfully catch around 6 to 8 bass with in a couple of hours using that one single lure. With that light tackle, those 2 and 3 pound bass put up one hell of a battle. Atleast for me, it's enough to ease the fever until the weather warms back up.
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