04-06-2012, 03:22 PM
If you don't want to drive as far as Utah Lake, Cutler reservoir and the Bear river are loaded with them (Cache Valley). As said - warm days. I see them jumping all over. Drives me nuts - especially if I'm stuck playing with mudcats while hoping for channels!
They will become more active, and though the visibility in the marsh is crap (I attribute that in large part TO the danged carps!) if you can get into shallows - they're queuing up. Seen some grunts along the lower Logan river too. Had a good vantage from a bridge yesterday - if only I'd had the bow instead of spinning gear in hand! I was chasing a different kind of brown fish!
We've got lots of flooded fields now too with the runoff. I've heard on warm days they'll come up into those flood-plains and wallow around getting frisky. But when they want to be - they are fast and strong. Pretty sure I've thunked a few with the prop too. At least they don't flip through the air like them Asian carp!
There was a method someone had for tying on their arrow that allowed them to remove the string and slide the arrow on through w/o backing out. Was on youtube.
Or just bring a hatchet!
Ok - found it. I guess with this "loop" system - you can pass the arrow through the fish, then easily disconnect, reconnect, or change out arrows. The guy makes a nice looking bow too!
Not sure if this "embed video" thing is working, so [url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llcIVi3fZs"]HERE[/url]
They will become more active, and though the visibility in the marsh is crap (I attribute that in large part TO the danged carps!) if you can get into shallows - they're queuing up. Seen some grunts along the lower Logan river too. Had a good vantage from a bridge yesterday - if only I'd had the bow instead of spinning gear in hand! I was chasing a different kind of brown fish!
We've got lots of flooded fields now too with the runoff. I've heard on warm days they'll come up into those flood-plains and wallow around getting frisky. But when they want to be - they are fast and strong. Pretty sure I've thunked a few with the prop too. At least they don't flip through the air like them Asian carp!
There was a method someone had for tying on their arrow that allowed them to remove the string and slide the arrow on through w/o backing out. Was on youtube.
Or just bring a hatchet!
Ok - found it. I guess with this "loop" system - you can pass the arrow through the fish, then easily disconnect, reconnect, or change out arrows. The guy makes a nice looking bow too!
Not sure if this "embed video" thing is working, so [url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llcIVi3fZs"]HERE[/url]