Cold Water - Slow Fishing

[Stan Wright]

After going over 3 years of carefully recorded fishing information I have come to the conclusion that the only thing that affects a peacock bass is water temperature.

I record moon phase, humidity, temperatures (air & water), time of day, wind speed, wind direction, cloud cover, barometric pressure, day, month, how many other boats on the lake, fish landed, size of fish, fish that I saw swimming around, location, lure size, color & type, live bait (type & size), gear used, (spinning, baitcasting or fly), line test, oxygen, PH levels, water depth, water clarity, structure, anything I can think of.......even the tide at Honolulu Harbor.....

Doesn't seem to matter..... When the fish get hungry they will bit anything.

However.... if the water temperature falls below 78 degrees, these "tropical" fish seem to just shut down and hide. Last few weeks the water temperature has been 73 to 75 degrees..... and the fishing has been really slow.

Aloha,
Stan

[OO7:BASSINASSASSIN]

For me, December has been a poor month the last few years. 2005 was the worst because everytime I got a chance to go it rained. 2006, on the other hand, was fair. The last time I went was on Dec. 27, I got over twenty, maybe thirty in the 1 to 2 pound range all before 9:00. I also picked up a largemouth. He looked pretty healthy. January has been good for me so I am looking foward to going. Hopefully the weather will be good.