Brrrrrrr. Another Cold Front? Geez!

Well,  January certainly lived up to its old Minnesota reputation.  We haven't jumped above freezing (32 degrees) once this month.  We have, however, seen temps well below zero a good chunk of the month.  To blame?  Cold front after cold front.  That's made fishing a little tough, at least for me.  Not that we haven't caught fish, just that we haven't caught fish consistently.  Trip #1: Fishing buddy Jacob Gibb and I decided to chase panfish on a local lake.  The action wasn't lights out, but we found enough fish to keep us happy.  Among the best?  The sunnies.  Wow were they chunky!  We had a few that were darn near 10 inchers.  The crappies weren't as big.  Fat Boys and wax worms seemed to be the ticket.  Trip #2:  A few buddies and I zipped up to Sugar Lake, near Annandale, two weeks ago.  We fished 3-7 that evening, and just about got skunked.  We couldn't fine walleyes that would bite, only a six inch perch.  Ha!  After dark, we kept moving until we found fish.  Of course, we found the crappies, but they weren't too interested in our offerings.  Trip #2  A week ago, the big trip was up to Mille Lacs, smack dab in the midst of one of our deepest cold fronts.  Keep in mind, cold fronts aren't so much about temperature, as they are about pressure. You know how your ears pop when you're up in a plane?  A lot of fishermen think that's kind of what fish feel during severe cold fronts.  The pressure drops them off their game and the fish just tuck in and wait for fair weather.  That's what happened to us up on Mille Lacs.  Gerry and I did see a few fish on the electronics, but they simply refused to bite.  Rare that we can't get 'em to pop, but all the other folks fishing around us had the same problem.   Too bad, since Gerry makes his home in LA.   He'll be back for more fishing.  Trip #3  Buddy Brandon Murphy and I set up shop on Pelican Lake to chase pike on the tippies and hopefully jig a few panfish.  Strangely enough, we couldn't find a single pike in our regular spot, but the crappies were going full tilt.  The hot bait was Lindy's Rattlin' Flyer Spoon.  Color didn't seem to matter much.  We didn't find too many monsters, but the action was consistent, and the fish were pretty active.  Not the soft bite, but watchin' a fish zip up on the Vexliar and hammer the bait.  Minnow heads seemed to work quite a bit better than the waxies.   A few largemouth bass surprised us too. Brandon snapped off one that seemingly would have been big fish of the day.  Per the usual, the big one got away.....Doesn't that always seem to happen?  

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