Who says you can't rush Spring?

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Comment by carl hendrix on February 22, 2015 at 7:58pm

nice to break out the fishing tackle and give it a try!!

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on February 22, 2015 at 7:21pm

Not in that lake. It wasn't as close to other habitat as the other one (from Saturday pictures). On Saturday, I could see a "maybe" on the far bank of the canal down in the bend; that's what I mean by "other habitat". The canals are full of them and a lot of that lake was within 100' of the canal. So they are in it a lot. We have a few in NC where they are left alone and they are easy to find.

Comment by Slip Sinker on February 22, 2015 at 7:03pm

see any reptiles? :>0

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on February 22, 2015 at 6:52pm

My son just posted that it was officially 76 in Savannah, so I think my estimate on air is pretty accurate and possibly even a couple of degrees low. The ocean keeps the coast warm but when they get a really nice day it spikes higher slightly inland.

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on February 22, 2015 at 6:45pm

That was caught on a twisty tail grub. The reason for barefoot wading was that the lake was up a little and the tall grass normally on the bank was in the water. And it was actually warm enough (I am guessing air ~77, water ~60 in the weeds) to do it. If you didn't wade to mid calf, it was hard to find spots where you could bring it in clean without a really long rod. I felt pretty certain I could have caught more there if we stayed longer, but since I took kids that have to be in school tomorrow with me, I had to get on the road. I was fortunate a local pointed me to the right spot; I had fished fruitlessly a little while before a guy asked me if I had fished there before and then told me he always did much better above the footbridge (barbell shaped lake with footbridge across narrow middle).

Comment by Slip Sinker on February 22, 2015 at 6:36pm

id give just about anything to practice casting on a snowless lawn... lol

Comment by Slip Sinker on February 22, 2015 at 6:35pm

there we go!

what were they hitting?