The days and nights are getting cooler by the day and if this trend continues the lakes and ponds may see ice in the fore seeable future. The lowlands and swamp areas are skimming over with ice and a dusting of snow has graced the New England area. We were able to get out on Sunday afternoon to see what the crappies and sunfish are up to. The sun was shining bright and a light wind blowing, and it was a beautiful day to be on the water. Temps were a little cool but as long as you dress for the conditions, an angler can enjoy time on the water. We started trying for some largemouth bass and searched through the lily pads and the deeper weed lines, but we were not able to find any fish in these areas. Time to search for panfish and they were a little tricky to find as well but after searching around with the Vexilar we were able to find the first school of crappies. These fish were very tight lipped and finicky and made for an interesting time trying to catch them. What we were able to finally put together was that we had to really downsize our baits and that is when the bites started coming in better. We were using our Austin Custom Rod in the UL version as the limberness that this rod offers us a better hookup percentage for these light biting fish. The bait that shined on this outing was a 1/64 ounce T.H.E. Jig and this bait produced crappies, sunfish and bass. The combination between the Austin Rod and T.H.E. Jig was a very good match and made for a good day on the water. The schools don’t seem to be very big yet and not sure if they have moved to their wintering areas quite yet as it is taking time to find them and then when the fish start biting they are not hanging around very long. As time goes on these conditions will change and numbers of fish will be caught right up to ice in and that means that we are getting ready and the season is only beginning....
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