I remember you posting that. Which one did you get again?

Ben, the suit that I got is an Arctic Armor. The one that I got for my son is a Stryker. His suit weighs twice as much as mine but it’s more flexible, temp wise. The coat and bibs on his has a liner so it’s more of a 3 season suit that mine. Mine is comfortable most all winter, regardless of air temp. You know how it is on the water. Once the water gets cold, it’s colder on the lake that it is anywhere else because of the water temps.

Anyway, both suits are good quality. Both are machine washable, just don’t dry them in the dryer. I’ve washed mine twice and will again soon. If I could remember to take towels in the boat, I wouldn't have to wash it again. I wipe my hands off on the bib legs. The Stryker suit has snap on/off patches of towel material on the legs for that purpose

I went to the dam yesterday. We were lucky to have survived it and there were only three small fish caught. It was similar to riding a slow bucking bull the whole time we were there. We took on a wave trying to get to our fishing spot as soon as we got there, Joseph pretty much got soaked. There was more chopped up eel grass than ive ever seen. The two gates closest to the turbines were spilling more water than ive ever seen, the waves had to be 8-10 ft high. The place was just about void of fish. Worst fishing trip i been on in a while. Im just really glad we survived it.

Good gosh man. That sounds terrible

Got a buddy that probably will. His crazy ass will fish in anything. There’s no way I could take it.

Negative

I've fished with temps in the teens before, only a couple of years ago. I'd go Saturday if not for the wind predictions. If I get up and it's not windy, I'm a threat to be on the water.

So far, the wind has us held up at home. I hear it blowing as I type. Id hit the bridges but I'm sure it's packed. I try not to fish anywhere where people can crowd you so that's definitely out.

In case any of you are wondering. The answer to the question is..... NO

I was out earlier………driving.
There was no one at the causeways at least parked.

A couple of boats at the Jaycees boat launch.

I wanna go so bad I can barely stand it. I am not handling this sitting in the house crap too good.

When we came home from the mountains yesterday, the water in the TN river looked awful. Whitecaps as far as we could see and what looked like about three ft waves. No way i would even think about putting my boat in that and it 10°. Constant water splashing in your face, not to mention the good chance of turning ot over. No thank you. I like fishing this tome of year bit not that much.

Me either Joey. I'm fixing to go try to catch a fish from the bank. Guess I'll go to a bridge. I may stay 5 minutes and come home, but I'm going. I've ridden this recliner as long as I can.

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I been on water when its this cold..matter o fact last time..i walked on it….noooo way id be on it for a dang fish of no kind right now…last i seen..captain D’s was still takin coupons

Idk how hard that winds tunnelin under one right now..but if its whoopin like i seent it yesterday..you aint gonna be gone long🤠🇺🇸

My son and I did go this afternoon. We fished at Town Creek bridge. I haven't fished from the bank in a long, long time. I had no idea exactly where the better spots were, but there were 3 guys scattered under the bridge. I started talking to the one closest to us and after we fished the bluff without getting a bite, he invited us to come stand close to him. He was catching them. We caught some too, once we got over there. Gave him all the fish. His name is Tim. Maybe he's a member here. Super nice guy. It was cold, but not miserable. It was aggravating getting ice out of the rod tip every couple of casts and the ice in that tip twisted the line up terribly, but it beat sitting in the house by a long shot.

The wind wasn't horrible.

We waited to hit the water til around 8 this morning. My nephew wanted to know what the shovel was for in the back of truck Well when we took out at 11:30 he found out. The ramp was good when we put in as it was dry and we were first in. When we got back to the ramp enough of the water from the trailer had iced over and made backing down to load up a little tricky when i hit the brakes, We threw a little of the river sand on the ramp and got back up with a little help from the 4wheel drive. Only caught 8 sucker and just got them cleaned and canned after our family Christmas party. He heads back Thursday so i guess we will try again Monday or Tuesday.