Still Cold

Since ice fishing isn't really my cup of tea, we've reached the 3rd month of the year and I hadn't been fishing yet, until yesterday, when I made a half-hearted attempt at nabbing a holdover trout on the Cape. Well really, it was more of a scouting mission; however, I did manage about a solid half hour of casting in 20 degree temps to catch a 10" holdover brown. Man was it SWEET! The 2011 fishing season has officially begun for me.

As some anglers get in their last ice trips of the season, others are pursuing opportunities on the open water for trout, bass, pickerel, and panfish. Some are even harassing holdover stripers, anxiously awaiting the return of the fresh striped bass in about a month's time. Until then, I have some more plugs to build and jigs to tie, but hopefully as it gets warmer, I'll find some time to hit the sweetwater. Here's to our dreaming of stripers nearing reality.