05-22-2009, 05:54 PM
Well I wandered out to Lake Mead on Thursday and after giving up on the fishing jetty at boulder beach I think it was, I ended up walking to the water from some sort of overlook. Took about 15 minutes to scramble and wander down to the water, it was like walking through a geology exhibit! It's amazing how far the water has receded.
I wasn't doing too well for a start I had some gear issues with my thrice damned E-Z Cast trigger on my reel and then the insert on the last eye of my new rod fell out so all my line got frayed to buggery every time I reeled it in. Bass Pro replaced it all with no hassle though so thats ok.
I ran into a guy down there who was hugely helpful, gave me all sorts of tips. I caught a catfish that would have been edible size and a tiny striped bass. Having never seen a catfish before I am very glad that guy was there to show me how to grab them. I would have just grabbed it by the lip, and he showed me the spiky bits on the fins as well. Very cool! It was good, i like to meet good people here.
It was a good few hours, I might try that chumming thing I think, just out of interest. It seems like it has to help! What do you use? Just sort of hack up some anchovies ? I have some of those preserved shad that i'm not going to keep using so could I lob them in there?
I really like the look of that willow beach area too. I'm assuming that would be fairly crowded during weekends? I can fish during the week for the next couple of months so i'd be better of wombling down there then eh? Also what do you fish with there, are there any baits that are illegal?
My wife has been to Zion and seems keen to go back there so I think I get to fish there as well at some point!
Thank you all very much for your input, I think I'm going to like it here.
Also I saw a couple of eagles, brilliant things! Bloody huge!
-Kieran
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I wasn't doing too well for a start I had some gear issues with my thrice damned E-Z Cast trigger on my reel and then the insert on the last eye of my new rod fell out so all my line got frayed to buggery every time I reeled it in. Bass Pro replaced it all with no hassle though so thats ok.
I ran into a guy down there who was hugely helpful, gave me all sorts of tips. I caught a catfish that would have been edible size and a tiny striped bass. Having never seen a catfish before I am very glad that guy was there to show me how to grab them. I would have just grabbed it by the lip, and he showed me the spiky bits on the fins as well. Very cool! It was good, i like to meet good people here.
It was a good few hours, I might try that chumming thing I think, just out of interest. It seems like it has to help! What do you use? Just sort of hack up some anchovies ? I have some of those preserved shad that i'm not going to keep using so could I lob them in there?
I really like the look of that willow beach area too. I'm assuming that would be fairly crowded during weekends? I can fish during the week for the next couple of months so i'd be better of wombling down there then eh? Also what do you fish with there, are there any baits that are illegal?
My wife has been to Zion and seems keen to go back there so I think I get to fish there as well at some point!
Thank you all very much for your input, I think I'm going to like it here.
Also I saw a couple of eagles, brilliant things! Bloody huge!
-Kieran
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