Winter Fishing is for those who can simply bare the cold. Here's a bit of advice from someone that has some experience in the sport during the colder time of the year.

Winter fishing is a bit more difficult than fishing during other seasons. At this time of year the the fish are not all that hungry because they have been gorging themselves on all the whitebait and small bait fish. What they are probably more interested in, is probably snack food. After all, would you like to have a large roast meal and then five minutes later have another one. Personally, I would be far tempted with an after dinner mint straight after a large meal. So next time you go out for some winter fishing try the following.

It may be against the popular belief that winter fishing should be done with large pieces of bait as fish will only go after bait worth the effort. But, I only use a small piece of bait to resemble a very small bait fish or whitebait and use smallish hooks. Also try using shorter traces to give the baited hook a quicker movement in the water and add a 5cm length of lumo tubing and lumo beads to the trace. It's worked for me so It's worth a shot, right?

Dressing warm and all that winter seasonal tips I will leave to you as people have different tolerance for this type of weather. Besides, I find that what you are wearing will not really effect the winter fishing experience. Just try to put on more than you think as you can always take stuff off if you get too hot. Plus, watch what gloves you where as your hands will need as much flexibility as possible; hand warmers would be a nice touch for the trip.

I will leave you with this however, bring a friend and thermostat full of hot chocolate (or tea or coffee or whatever you prefer to warm up your insides). And, have fun as winter fishing has it's own set of beautiful scenery and serenity.

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