Originally Posted by
Bonefish
I would like to fill in with some thoughts of why it is so great to be on the water during the winter. It is easy to enjoy a day on the water when the weather is warm or in spring when the cold winter months are behind us and everything is coming back to life. It is not easy to meet the outside weather conditions in winter in order to spend the day on the water. One must find the necessary layers to keep warm and make sure the winter checklist has been completed before launch time. Some may think the guys and ladies who fish the jig, bladebaits and the FNF on the coldest days of the year are a little crazy. But it has been my experience after you take off across the lake with the cold wind in your face and sit the boat down in your favorite spot, the silence and view of snow covered trees and shore is what we need for the peace of our souls. What can compare to the fight and the boating of a great smallmouth as the golden sun rises to a scarlet sky across mirrored glass water. This is what warms the heart.