1/13/09   We arrived at the lodge Friday January 8^th.  The temperature was hovering around the 50 degree mark with north wind.  We fished for 4 hours and caught one 8lb, one 7lb, and around 25 other some 3-4lbs, so not bad.  The next morning we woke up to a low temperature in the mid-high 30’s, so we delayed going fishing until 8am.  It was still very cold, but with the sun it felt a little better.  We still caught 25-30 fish, with an other 8lb, and a 7lb.  Sunday morning it was brutal, the low was around 26 and with a light north wind the wind chill was in the teens.  We did delay the fishing until 8:30am, it was still well below freezing, but the sun was out, so we decided to give it a go.  We ended up with a 7lb, 6lb, 5lb and around 15-20 others. What a cold day!!  Monday morning the low was 45, it felt like shorts weather, the sun did not come out all day, and it ended up in the mid 50’s.  We caught 2 seven pounders, and 10-15 others.  Tuesday the low was 50, and we thought today is the day, then the rains came.  The temperature did not move all day.  We caught 1 five pounder and 25-30 others.  All the fish were caught on Watermelon/Red brush hog’s, except the last day, when we only threw spinner baits in the river.   All in all, I felt we did very good considering we hit the strongest cold front to hit the lake in 8-10 years.  The fish are very close to beginning the spawn, the better fish we caught were all staging to spawn.

Tom N., Oklahoma