Last year I went to Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri for a couple days of guided Crappie fishing in early March. Fishing was great and a lot of fun both days. Weather though… it was 60s and 70s there leading up to the trip, 30s and absolute downpour rain the 2 days of fishing, 70 the day we left. Conversely, it got into the 50s here in Minnesota for the 2 days we left. So we left for a mid winter fishing trip, to fish out of a boat in our ice fishing suits, while it was warmer 10 hours north.