01-18-2023, 07:30 PM
Ron, I'm with ya, hoping for more sunny cold days... Good for ice and slush conditions...
Jim, Hope you get to try them this weekend... I imagine you're not as cold down your way as we are in Cache Valley, so hopefully you won't get hit with ice, unless that's what you want... I have really started to like Pat's whirly fligs for the slow troll, I'm pretty sure you have your own cold water cat gear, but that rheostat (forget what you called it) that you recommended for my toon electric motor years back, sure has come in handy to slow my troll speed down for this time of year fishing... As long as there isn't any wind altering my speed anyway... It made a ton of difference for me being able to slow it down to .3 mph. From what I've seen with the ice cats I've caught this winter, they seem to just brush my lures a couple times before they will take it into their mouths... If I was trolling very fast at all, they wouldn't be able to catch up for a second try... But I'm pretty sure you already know all that stuff since you do more cold cats than most on the forum... Good luck, I hope you're able to get on some good ones... Later Jeff
Jim, Hope you get to try them this weekend... I imagine you're not as cold down your way as we are in Cache Valley, so hopefully you won't get hit with ice, unless that's what you want... I have really started to like Pat's whirly fligs for the slow troll, I'm pretty sure you have your own cold water cat gear, but that rheostat (forget what you called it) that you recommended for my toon electric motor years back, sure has come in handy to slow my troll speed down for this time of year fishing... As long as there isn't any wind altering my speed anyway... It made a ton of difference for me being able to slow it down to .3 mph. From what I've seen with the ice cats I've caught this winter, they seem to just brush my lures a couple times before they will take it into their mouths... If I was trolling very fast at all, they wouldn't be able to catch up for a second try... But I'm pretty sure you already know all that stuff since you do more cold cats than most on the forum... Good luck, I hope you're able to get on some good ones... Later Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!