02-06-2006, 08:04 PM
Except for a brief afternoon of fly fishing on the Provo River in mid-December (where I caught a few fat and healthy slime rockets, thank you very much), I've not wetted a line since the air turned frosty and the lakes donned their hard tops. I'm going though withdrawls, I'm tellin' ya!
So it was with great anticipation that I saw open water welcoming me and my sons when we took a short drive last evening down to Provo Boat Harbor. Just last week my family and I took the same 10-minute drive from home and discovered an ice rink inside the jetties and around the boat docks, though there was open water further out past the mouth of the harbor.
It goes without saying, then, that I'm anxious to begin soaking dead minnows in hopes that a hungry walleye or two might find them appetizing. Here's hoping that as Utah Lake's toothy predators begin to wipe the sleep out of their big, glassy eyes after winter's dark night that they'll see and accept my humble offerings.
I know that winter's far from over, but I also know that warmer temps will soon turn our frigid, lethargic friends into more active feeding machines as their March-May spawning cycle approaches. In that same vein, I would appreciate any news as to Lincoln Beach's iciness inside the harbor.
Know that once I catch my first 'eye of the season, I'll post a report.
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So it was with great anticipation that I saw open water welcoming me and my sons when we took a short drive last evening down to Provo Boat Harbor. Just last week my family and I took the same 10-minute drive from home and discovered an ice rink inside the jetties and around the boat docks, though there was open water further out past the mouth of the harbor.
It goes without saying, then, that I'm anxious to begin soaking dead minnows in hopes that a hungry walleye or two might find them appetizing. Here's hoping that as Utah Lake's toothy predators begin to wipe the sleep out of their big, glassy eyes after winter's dark night that they'll see and accept my humble offerings.
I know that winter's far from over, but I also know that warmer temps will soon turn our frigid, lethargic friends into more active feeding machines as their March-May spawning cycle approaches. In that same vein, I would appreciate any news as to Lincoln Beach's iciness inside the harbor.
Know that once I catch my first 'eye of the season, I'll post a report.
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