The Team Oso Tackle Box

We all know that fishing can be a fun yet challenging experience. With the weather & water slowly cooling off, certain baits must be presented differently in order for "the big one" to bite your hook. Whether  you like to use live bait or strictly artificial lures, this page should help you out during our fall and winter months. We hope this information will help you catch more fish.

Basic Equipment for fall & winter  fishing:

We strongly recommend you purchase some NEOPRENE waders for winter fishing. If you purchase some waders with out the built in boot, you will need a good pair of wading booties or an old pair of shoes. NOTE: BE SURE THE SHOE SIZE IS 1 SIZE BIGGER THAN YOUR FOOT TO ALLOW SPACE FOR THE WADERS.

Be sure to pack an extra pair of clothes just in case you get wet. There is nothing like being able to get into some dry clothes if you get wet during a winter wade.

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After fishing with neoprene waders, be sure to hang it up and let it air dry. The Neoprene material is water resistant but over an extended period of time, moisture will eventually soak through. If you leave you're  waders folded up after a wade, the moisture will soak threw and when you put the waders on again for another trip, you will be putting on a pair of cold, damp waders and that is not a way to start out a fishing outing. If you take good care of your waders, they will last your for years.

Cost for waders and wading shoes will be approx. $100.00.

Here are some fishing lures and set up's for fall and winter fishing. The following is a consolidation of other Team Oso members. If you have a certain lure that you would like us to add to the site, please email us.

Shrimp Tails: (if the water is murked up, try throwing darker colors, red black etc. If the water is clear and calm, try throwing something with metal flake, red w/ flake, clear with flake, clear pink with flake, candy apple green with flake.
1/4oz Jig heads (yellow or lead heads)
Texas Trout Killers:  Black/Chart, Black body with gold belly & chart. tail
Silver spoon
Gold spoon
Alameda floats or Styrofoam floats.
Hooks of various sizes...both J hooks and circle hooks
Various weights from 1-3 ounces...spider weights if you'll be in the surf.
At least these three top water lures...a plain bone colored one, a chartreuse green one, and my old faithful, a chrome top with   blue bottom Top Dog.
A fillet knife
A pair of pliers for removing those pesky catfish.
Some pre-made or store bought double drop leaders.
A scale and tape measure to sort fact from fiction!! (A copy of TP&W booklet!!!)
Castnet and bait bucket


Extras would have to easily include a flashlight, something for jellyfish bites, an extra reel in the tackle box...cause you never know. Nets, gaffs, and whatever is on sale never hurts!

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Remember when fishing in cooler water, the fish slow down SO BE SURE TO SLOW DOWN YOUR RETRIEVE.