I either tie flys and inline spinners and sell them at the shows or even freeze my butt off to go and fish the rivers around my house for the winter runs of the carp. Or you can just learn to ice fish...

I give most of those flys away or sell them Joe, same with the spinners, its just something to do with my time to make a buck.
Plus with being 14 and all throwing away alot of gear to use all my money to get new stuff and not be able to go on dates or get nice stuff or stuff I run out of in the middle of the season sounds, well... Smart. You have to realize that if i can make a muskie spinner for 3 dollars and sell it for a profit of 15 and to do that all winter and then sell them at the summer shows is a good way for me to make some cash for whatever. Not trying to be a jerk, but im not working for field and stream, yet (You'll have to talk to Deeter for that explanation.) so I cant quite afford to buy a whole stores worth of gear, and own an amazing boat too.

All of the catalogs from Cabelas, Bass Pro Shops, etc. all show up the first week of January. They are usually dog- eared, wrinkled and abused by March. My boss loves ice fishing, so I tag along with him (he's bought all the gear so I don't have to). I spend time making spinners, spinner rigs and lathing crank baits.
By the end of March the ice is coming off the Lakes here in northern Utah, so we get the boat out to start trolling for trout. Only a two and a half months away.
Luckily the trout trolling stays great here until late December.
By the way, on January 1st a local fisherman pulled a 20" large mouth through the ice.

Geez I was only kidding around fellas. I'll tone it down.

So three bucks and you turn spinners around for $15? You hiring Alex?

Maybe. That's a hell of a turnaround. They must be good flies and spinners. I'll tell you what, you send me your best trout streamer, I'll fish ASAP, shoot it, and blog about it if it catches. If you're only 14 and fetch those kinds of prices, I need to fish some of your work. Drop me an email. joe.cermele@bonniercorp.com

Hi, I'm Shane and brand new to the world of F&S. I love the Magazine (got a subscription for Christmas) and love the website!! I got the mag for the fishing articles, and absolutely love Bass fishing! I got my first bass boat this past fall, but haven't been able to run it yet because as it turns out, the damn thing needed a motor, so now its re-powered with an Evinrude 90 hp, and as you can all imagine, this winter is KILLING me! So, I'm reading all the articles, watching all the tips and techniques videos, and of course, feeding the tackle monkey slowly.

Unfortunately, I tend to spend too much time either buying gear, or researching buying gear. Ex: I'm going to get a new pair of waders for spring ~ the buying process has become a 4 month long epic journey. I also seem to be able to easily burn and hour or two just surfing around the internet looking at what all the small mom & pop tackle manufacturers/retailers are selling. Nothing against the big guys, I just like to support the little ones when I can. There's a lot of good stuff out there.

you guys all need to pick up ice fishing. it's really very, very horrible. obviously you are freezing your arse off from the get go, drilling tons of holes, only jigging up and down, up and down, up and down...watching your flasher until your eyes glaze over and to top it off the total amount of fish you catch is like 1% of what you could muster during the warm months. it really is just an awful experience. i've been ice fishing for the last 5-6 years and it really has made me appreciated the hot sultry days of summer so much more.

Bnorth...patience is a virtue.

You could always move somewhere warmer....

I am lucky to live in Texas, mild winters in my part of the state so I stay busy fishing for catfish.

In the downtime or really bad weather days I take the time to do maintenance and cleanup on all of my reels and to update and clear out some old tackle.

I put together tackle boxes for my nephew and let him pick out some lures from my boxes that he wants.

I lived in MI for 21 years. When ice covered the lakes I would find a good sized river that didn't freeze over and hit it! When I visit family during the Christmas season, I usually bring a rod or two and still go to a couple of those rivers!

Tidewater VA we can chase stripers clear up till march one then i go out with the old can pole and impress the kiddos that i can use a rod without a reel

i hunt during the winter months but when im not hunting im fishing. ive caught my biggest bass' during the late and middle winter