finslinger Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Who of you Punker aficionados can divulge Winter fishing with a Punker...I am headed North for Christmas. I will be fishing for bass....Specifically I will be going to 2 Lakes, Shasta and Whiskeytown. I just got a wood Punker trout and want to try it out but don't know all the uses. Is Winter a good time to throw the Punker or should I leave it home and fish something else? I did a search on fishing a Punker in the Winter but didn't come up with much. I really want to learn this bait and catch a fish on it especially a big spot. I read one guy never leaves home without his Punker. I just think the action would be good in the Winter. Am I on the right track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Up north in Rhode island I fished the punker when the water turned between 42-45 degrees. Down here I also have a rod with one tied on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finslinger Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Thanks....did you catch many in 42-45 degrees? Was the cadence slow? intermittent? I am guessing the water temp will be somewhere in the mid 40's low 50s but won't know till I get there. I just love the movement of the Punker and I am hoping the Winter bass will too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeshark Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I wouldn't be too confident in it, but throw it and let the fish be the judge. BigSlant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's all about what the fish want...top water is hard in the winter...Shasta will be cold...that's why those guys killing the spots are on the drop shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finslinger Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I know it will not be easy...but the heart of my question is has anyone of you caught fish on a Punker in the winter? I know the fish will ultimately decide, I just don't want to spend my time fishing a bait that the fish are not likely to smack. I'm willing to put in the effort but I don't know enough about the Punker especially in the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finslinger Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 drop shot......I'll go ahead and throw the Punker. Bass nutz, flaswimbaiter and marc626 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yes got fish in the water temperature, but mid 40's to low 50's is good considering it was below freezing. Dead stick and slow glides. If not try something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austen Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Are punker fish caught in the winter? Yes. Should you throw it? Sure. Would i? No. M4TT, JTSwimbaitMan, willsochill and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Ramen Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'll use them in winter on sunny days on flats or near boulders/rocky bluffs. They warm up in the sun and the fish will move up near them and get more active. BigBaitThirty, M4TT, flaswimbaiter and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 drop shot......I'll go ahead and throw the Punker. For the record...I said the GUYS killing the spots are using drop shot...I myself am not killing the spots...I'm throwing the punker BigBaitThirty and biggfeast 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finslinger Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 thanks to you all....it helps I will be fishing my new Punker over Christmas...I am only taking 2 rods..Hud 68 and Punker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Ramen Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Kind of relevent - I got eight or nine fish on a Whopper Plopper yesterday. Mid-afternoon, bright sun, fishing over a big weed flat. scoopdaloop and swimbaitman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynem Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Kind of relevent - I got eight or nine fish on a Whopper Plopper yesterday. Mid-afternoon, bright sun, fishing over a big weed flat.190 size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckin-swimb8's Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 whiskeytown is like fight club... shasta guys will use hudds, ospreys, triple trouts, romans, punkers, a-rigs, you name it. all will work, time and place permitting... some big spots out there BigBaitThirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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