05-04-2006, 05:26 PM
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[#505000]Ok ok my english teacher told me never to start anything like that with "it" so I'll start over. I started out the day fishing just a we bit south of the first spring. I saw a lot of carp sucking goo off the surface so I tried really hard to catch one. I was making good progress until the wind came up. I decided to abandon my anti-social ways and head south into the protected area of the jetty and to where everyone else was.[/#505000]
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[#505000]When I got "south" I realized much to my delight that everyone was doing as poorly as I was and hadn't caught anything yet. ( I always hate being the one to get skunked while everyone else is cleaning house). Curious to see what kind of news story a mass skunking would make for the Tribune I began to fish.[/#505000]
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[#505000]I fished high, I fished low. I finally decided to try for a shallow section that looked like it might have some warmer water. I went to the area and began soaking bait. After a few minutes I felt the stirrings of a nap and streched out and closed my eyes. I hooked some line with my finger to warn me if I had any takers. Not more than a minute or two after closing my eyes I felt pressure on the line. I released the line, opened my eyes and saw line stripping off my reel. I reeled in to set my circle hook, and brought in a nice cat. Wahoo!! Points to me for first fish of the day (I think. Not sure when Tugboat scored his mud cats).[/#505000]
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[#505000]Utah Lake has treated me badly this year so I was elated to get the Utah Lake skunk off. Shortly after catching my fish Yper caught a mud cat, and Tubedude got his channel cat. Somewhere in there Tugboat caught a few mudcats too. [/#505000]
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[#505000]We decided to get off the water and eat. I rowed to the boat launch channel, fighting some serious wind and riding some really sweet swells. I can say those are some of the choppiest rolliest waters I have ever tooned. I made it to the shelter of the channel when I saw Princefisher, and Tugboat come around the corner. I had a front row seat as I watched them get picked up by a large swell and smashed on the rocks on the end of the south Jetty. I then watched as they next swell filled their boat (and possessions) with water. They were able to get out of the boat and they were ok. I paddled to a spot where I could get out and help and they motioned to me that they were wet but ok.[/#505000]
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[#505000]All in all it wasn't a fast furious fishing trip (unless you are talking about the water and wind) but it was a lot of fun. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I kinda feel for the Trib Photographer who spent all morning zipping around taking pictures but never really getting to wet some line. How would it be to be on the lake and not fishing. Just thinking about it scares the hell out of me!! [
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[#505000]Ok ok my english teacher told me never to start anything like that with "it" so I'll start over. I started out the day fishing just a we bit south of the first spring. I saw a lot of carp sucking goo off the surface so I tried really hard to catch one. I was making good progress until the wind came up. I decided to abandon my anti-social ways and head south into the protected area of the jetty and to where everyone else was.[/#505000]
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[#505000]When I got "south" I realized much to my delight that everyone was doing as poorly as I was and hadn't caught anything yet. ( I always hate being the one to get skunked while everyone else is cleaning house). Curious to see what kind of news story a mass skunking would make for the Tribune I began to fish.[/#505000]
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[#505000]I fished high, I fished low. I finally decided to try for a shallow section that looked like it might have some warmer water. I went to the area and began soaking bait. After a few minutes I felt the stirrings of a nap and streched out and closed my eyes. I hooked some line with my finger to warn me if I had any takers. Not more than a minute or two after closing my eyes I felt pressure on the line. I released the line, opened my eyes and saw line stripping off my reel. I reeled in to set my circle hook, and brought in a nice cat. Wahoo!! Points to me for first fish of the day (I think. Not sure when Tugboat scored his mud cats).[/#505000]
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[#505000]Utah Lake has treated me badly this year so I was elated to get the Utah Lake skunk off. Shortly after catching my fish Yper caught a mud cat, and Tubedude got his channel cat. Somewhere in there Tugboat caught a few mudcats too. [/#505000]
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[#505000]We decided to get off the water and eat. I rowed to the boat launch channel, fighting some serious wind and riding some really sweet swells. I can say those are some of the choppiest rolliest waters I have ever tooned. I made it to the shelter of the channel when I saw Princefisher, and Tugboat come around the corner. I had a front row seat as I watched them get picked up by a large swell and smashed on the rocks on the end of the south Jetty. I then watched as they next swell filled their boat (and possessions) with water. They were able to get out of the boat and they were ok. I paddled to a spot where I could get out and help and they motioned to me that they were wet but ok.[/#505000]
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[#505000]All in all it wasn't a fast furious fishing trip (unless you are talking about the water and wind) but it was a lot of fun. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I kinda feel for the Trib Photographer who spent all morning zipping around taking pictures but never really getting to wet some line. How would it be to be on the lake and not fishing. Just thinking about it scares the hell out of me!! [
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