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Doom and Gloom on the horizon. We're screwed. If Ice Fishing is your cup of tea you're in luck, odds are there will be safe ice by next weekend in parts of of the Northern and Western waters, There have already been some cracked out ice fishermen getting out on Lake Ontelaunee when we got that flash freeze earlier this week. Ontelaunee has absolutely the most insane Ice Fishing scene out of anywhere I've ever been, those guy risk their lives, year in and year out, for a shot at the first or last Crappie of ice season.

Props to Kenny Raines for jigging up a 13lb Tog and a 9lb tog earlier this week on the Osprey out of AC. He jigged these on light spinning gear with super light line/leader, Ill keep the specifics on the DL because Kenny probably wouldn't want the whole world to know his secrets, but he walked off the boat that day 220$ richer, taking everyones pool money. There have been a lot of nice tog caught the past week, but now with increasing wave heights, rain, and a serious cold front coming through, who knows when the next hot tog bite will be. I'd like to think there will still be opportunity to get out there and get on a nice tog bite but the reality is that Tog are already super depleted and a big drop in water temps will make it tough to justify paying 100$ or more to get out on a boat for a shot at a big Tog.

We all knew it was coming, we just weren't sure when, but now its just about here. Winter time, its the worst time. Shout out to anyone who has no intention of stopping as old man winter blows his cold breath of death for the next 2 months.

Yearning for the sounds of tree frogs on a warm night in early April, the sound of drag zipping off my reel with a big cow Striper in the wee hours of the morning. Looking forward to making a trip to VA for Cobia in early June, for the sound of Big Black Drum under the kayak, for adult bunker spraying out of the water with Bass and Blues filling their stomachs, and even just the run of a Schuylkill Flathead as he swims off with a big chunk of trout or live Sucker. It is the worst time of year. See you on the ice.

Kenny's 13lb Tog-