03-21-2009, 04:58 AM
So my buddy really wanted to take his boat out for some eyes and I wanted to take the family out to enjoy the nice weather.
So we met at Provo Boat Harbor at 4:30 or so. After playing with the family for a few hours, we were finally able to really concentrate on the fishing at 6:30 or so.
At about 7:30 my buddy thought he had a snag, which would be one of the thousands we had that night, but the line started coming in and the pressure remained. Sure enough it was a fish.
By the way it fought, and the fact that it was a 4 inch green curly tail, we knew it had to be an eye, and a nice one. A fat female eye broke the surface and we put her in the net. The hook was barely in the outside skin of the mouth - lucky!!!
The wives took our cameras home so we had to string her up. Thankfully my buddy lives 2 minutes away and had his wife run over with their camera. He is supposed to send me copies any second.
She measured out at 26-27 inches and my buddy could barely touch his fingers going around the fishes belly. I guess it at 7-8 lbs. By far the biggest eye I have ever seen. I'll post the picture when I get it!
That was the only fish of the evening but worth it. Most people hadn't caught anything. Saw a few cats and white bass.
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So we met at Provo Boat Harbor at 4:30 or so. After playing with the family for a few hours, we were finally able to really concentrate on the fishing at 6:30 or so.
At about 7:30 my buddy thought he had a snag, which would be one of the thousands we had that night, but the line started coming in and the pressure remained. Sure enough it was a fish.
By the way it fought, and the fact that it was a 4 inch green curly tail, we knew it had to be an eye, and a nice one. A fat female eye broke the surface and we put her in the net. The hook was barely in the outside skin of the mouth - lucky!!!
The wives took our cameras home so we had to string her up. Thankfully my buddy lives 2 minutes away and had his wife run over with their camera. He is supposed to send me copies any second.
She measured out at 26-27 inches and my buddy could barely touch his fingers going around the fishes belly. I guess it at 7-8 lbs. By far the biggest eye I have ever seen. I'll post the picture when I get it!
That was the only fish of the evening but worth it. Most people hadn't caught anything. Saw a few cats and white bass.
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