04-08-2019, 08:58 PM
[#0000ff]I make a big deal out of waiting two or three days after a storm to go fishing. But if I did that this spring I wouldn't get to hit the water until maybe July. Saw another weather window and jumped through it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Launched at Lindon about 7:15 am. Air temp 44 and water temp 57...warming to 59 at late am departure. Water clarity not bad...greenish with some visibility. But water depth in the harbor has dropped a few inches. They must be dumping water at the gates. But I'm sure the runoff will fix that once it gets started.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Made a few unmolested casts with plastics around the rocks at the mouth of the harbor on the way out. Gave up quickly and headed north to an area off the mouth of Battle Creek...instead of my usual route south to the Bubbleup. Afraid Pisco ruined that on his recent trip.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good choice. First cast...first fish...by 7:35. A feisty 20 something catfish. And then it got better. Never moved very far between the next few fish. Had counted 7 fish by 9 am...1 1/2 hours after I started fishing. And then it got better. Just about doubled that in the next hour and a half and ran out of bait.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started out with a dozen large chub minnows...5" to 7"...fished whole. And I brought two six-packs of carp strips...total of 12 pieces. Only missed two strikes and lost one of two fish while fighting a double. Otherwise, every bait caught a fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No contest bumper fish today. Biggest was another 27 incher. Got several 24 to 25 inchers. Smallest was a puny 23 incher with "catitude". In the slightly warmer water the kitties are getting rowdier. Fun, fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Didn't use fligs too much today. I did get a couple on them, but ran out of bait before I made the ride back in dragging fligs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw two boats go out of the harbor. One went south toward Provo and the other motored over to the reed line...a couple of guys with bobber rigs. Acted like they knew what they were doing. I suspect there are some shallow fish moving toward the reeds. But I'll bet the coming cool spell will delay that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On the way back in I cruised over to the mouth of Battle Creek to try for some whities. Nada, zip, zilch. Water depth was only about 2 feet and the water coming in was a few degrees colder than the main lake. But did see some carp rolling around in that area earlier. Also saw quite a few carp clumps on the surface while it was still glassy. Probably doing some speed dating for later in the month.
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[#0000ff]Launched at Lindon about 7:15 am. Air temp 44 and water temp 57...warming to 59 at late am departure. Water clarity not bad...greenish with some visibility. But water depth in the harbor has dropped a few inches. They must be dumping water at the gates. But I'm sure the runoff will fix that once it gets started.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Made a few unmolested casts with plastics around the rocks at the mouth of the harbor on the way out. Gave up quickly and headed north to an area off the mouth of Battle Creek...instead of my usual route south to the Bubbleup. Afraid Pisco ruined that on his recent trip.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good choice. First cast...first fish...by 7:35. A feisty 20 something catfish. And then it got better. Never moved very far between the next few fish. Had counted 7 fish by 9 am...1 1/2 hours after I started fishing. And then it got better. Just about doubled that in the next hour and a half and ran out of bait.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started out with a dozen large chub minnows...5" to 7"...fished whole. And I brought two six-packs of carp strips...total of 12 pieces. Only missed two strikes and lost one of two fish while fighting a double. Otherwise, every bait caught a fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No contest bumper fish today. Biggest was another 27 incher. Got several 24 to 25 inchers. Smallest was a puny 23 incher with "catitude". In the slightly warmer water the kitties are getting rowdier. Fun, fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Didn't use fligs too much today. I did get a couple on them, but ran out of bait before I made the ride back in dragging fligs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw two boats go out of the harbor. One went south toward Provo and the other motored over to the reed line...a couple of guys with bobber rigs. Acted like they knew what they were doing. I suspect there are some shallow fish moving toward the reeds. But I'll bet the coming cool spell will delay that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On the way back in I cruised over to the mouth of Battle Creek to try for some whities. Nada, zip, zilch. Water depth was only about 2 feet and the water coming in was a few degrees colder than the main lake. But did see some carp rolling around in that area earlier. Also saw quite a few carp clumps on the surface while it was still glassy. Probably doing some speed dating for later in the month.
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