06-24-2005, 08:46 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Whazzup wid da stupid fishies in Utah Lake this year? Guys are still catchin' walleyes and white bass with eggs and milt in them. They should both have been done spawning a long time ago.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Same with carp. There should be clouds of two to three inch baby carp all over Utah Lake right now and the adults should all have spawned. NOPE. They are still going at it around the lake. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was hoping to find one or two shallow carp for bait this morning. Brought my new bow, all tuned up and practiced up. I couldn't believe my eyes when I drove up to a favorite spot near the Benjamin Slough inlet. Carpkind were thrashing and splashing all over the place like it was late April or something.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I nailed the first three I shot at, using the line attachment. The fish were so shallow and easy to hit, I took off the fish arrow and line and just shot with my aluminum arrows with field points. I went 10 for 10...mostly head shots...before I got too cocky and took a tough shot and missed. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I added a couple more to my homemade plastic clothesline cord stringer and figured I had enough to keep me busy for awhile filleting and processing the carp for bait. I was right. I set up my garbage can with a plastic bag liner and put my heavy fillet board with the hole over the can and went to work. First I scaled, then I slabbed the fillets. I brought the reduced load home to finish slicing out rib cages and cutting into freezing size chunks. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]All the while I was hacking and slashing the ones I had kept, a jillion more kept rolling and cavorting within a few feet of me, as if to taunt me. As the "governator" says...I'll be bach. But, not for awhile. I ended up with 48 one-trip packages. Each package is usually good for an average of 6 catfish. Do the math. I ain't likely to need more carp meat for awhile.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Same with carp. There should be clouds of two to three inch baby carp all over Utah Lake right now and the adults should all have spawned. NOPE. They are still going at it around the lake. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was hoping to find one or two shallow carp for bait this morning. Brought my new bow, all tuned up and practiced up. I couldn't believe my eyes when I drove up to a favorite spot near the Benjamin Slough inlet. Carpkind were thrashing and splashing all over the place like it was late April or something.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I nailed the first three I shot at, using the line attachment. The fish were so shallow and easy to hit, I took off the fish arrow and line and just shot with my aluminum arrows with field points. I went 10 for 10...mostly head shots...before I got too cocky and took a tough shot and missed. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I added a couple more to my homemade plastic clothesline cord stringer and figured I had enough to keep me busy for awhile filleting and processing the carp for bait. I was right. I set up my garbage can with a plastic bag liner and put my heavy fillet board with the hole over the can and went to work. First I scaled, then I slabbed the fillets. I brought the reduced load home to finish slicing out rib cages and cutting into freezing size chunks. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]All the while I was hacking and slashing the ones I had kept, a jillion more kept rolling and cavorting within a few feet of me, as if to taunt me. As the "governator" says...I'll be bach. But, not for awhile. I ended up with 48 one-trip packages. Each package is usually good for an average of 6 catfish. Do the math. I ain't likely to need more carp meat for awhile.[/#0000ff]
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