I came back for BETTER FISH!

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Thanks for stopping by and do you have a favorite winter tactic?

[@rexgaming_501st3]

Nice trip man. And you are right, rock is absolutely killer through the winter. If you can find some on a drop off it can be a money spot. Bluff walls are great when you can find em too, just step your bait down the side and they’ll smash it.

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

I have a couple of good bluff walls I know of that might visit soon. Yup to the go small too. It's about that time.

[@alexthrift9224]

That was me the hollered and blew the horn going down brown road the other day 😂

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

@@alexthrift9224 Hey I waved back! I remember the horn and holler!!

[@BrandonHughes-g7m]

Does hartwell have a lot of boat docks? What A rig do you throw? Happy new years too Travis! I have a good feeling for you 2025

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Oh yeah. Floating docks galore. Hartwell for me is best summed up by fishing points, rocks, laydowns and brush, and the floating docks. If it's a super clear day out I will spend a lot of time on the docks. Almost all use the black floating pontoons so the fish will hold under them. They act like rock in terms of holding heat and baitfish so if that sun is blaring out docks are hard to beat. LOTS of dock lights for night fishing too.

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Oh and it's Shane's Baits for the a-rig. I am about to start experimenting with a few more though.

[@BigBaitPosse]

some good looking fish big guy.

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

@@BigBaitPosse Yeah not a lot but the quality is good for me.

[@Bennett_Nall]

Nice trip man, time to get out on Jocassee now!

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

I am watching the weather to prefish it. I know where I think I can get a handful of 16+ spots and where some good dropshot areas are. Signing up probably Thursday myself either way.

[@johnnymac26]

nice fishing have a great 2025 buddy

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Thanks Johnny and happy 2025 to you as well.

[@pmm422]

Curious what are your water temps? Most of the lakes I fish are very clear and really deep (over 100 feet) those types of lakes have a very deep thermocline. So around July the fish start to move out to deeper water. (small mouth for sure) the largemouths less deep. As the season progresses towards winter they will move deeper. We'll see fish at 20 feet in July all the way out to 70 or 80 feet deep in December-February. Pulling fish out of water that deep is not at all good for them so I stop fishing for about three months. I have watched people catch fish using a drop shot that deep though so it can be done. Once the days start getting longer again and the water temps hit the mid 40's you'll start to see them in that 15 to 30 foot range again and for those fish I really love a ned rig. The fish are still cold and they want to eat easy things. Neds move slow and have no pinchers or stingers or appendages for locomotion so the bass will often eat those when they ignore everything else.

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

@@pmm422 Low 50's. If I were running sonar I would be pulling offshore but I havé found a good chunk of our bass stay shallow and hold to cover.

[@pmm422]

@@TravisDoesKayakFishing I doubt it is the same but I find that I catch a lot of smaller fish shallow later in the season but you caught some decent fish there so it clearly was working for ya.

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

@@pmm422 Oh some big ones stay shallow but the bulk of the good fish are out 20+.

[@pmm422]

@@TravisDoesKayakFishing So you need to win a couple of tournaments so you can invest in some electronics 🙂

[@slgpph]

Spinnerbait, Jackhammer, senko choppo 365 days a year

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Choppo in the winter? I can give it a go. I have been tossing the spook a little bit and it's been working so why not.