ColD Weather’s
‘OLD
ReLIaBLe’
words by // Mike Pehanich
T
he finesse jig with pork trailer is one
of the most consistent producers
of bass when water temperatures
tumble into the low 40s and below.
I was half way to the lake when the text
message from Ron Urick buzzed. “Hope you
brought a spud or axe,” it read. “We’ve got ice!”
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and ice there was! The 42-degree high for the
day was a weatherman’s promise and hours
away when I arrived. Still, we had the critical
tools we needed for our cold weather bass
fishing: jigs, “pigs” and a man-sized ice pick.
easy pickings were gone.
We slowed our presentations to half-,