Night Trollin' ... and hoping there's no ICE 12/28/13

As 2013 was coming to a close my buddy and I decided to give Beltzville Lake one last try.  Yes, we always hear the stories "you can't catch stripers in water below 40 degrees."  Hey, myths are meant to be proven wrong - right?  Anyway, our biggest concern was ice covering the launch at Beltzville.  We checked in with local forums but nobody could help us out.  It's only a half an hour ride, so we took a chance and made the trip north.  GOOD CALL on our parts.  Water temperatures ranged from 36-38.  Air temperatures hovered in the low 30's.  We trolled around the lake for a few hours and boated 3 stripers and 2 pickerel.  We also lost another 2 or 3 fish.  Those guys wanted to wait to take pictures with us in 2014.  :)

Happy Holidays everyone.  Thanks for checking out my blog!  Here's to great fishin' in 2014!

steeler