10-04-2014, 07:01 PM
Went to Bountiful Pond this morning with my son from about 6:45 to 9:30. Caught three SM between the two of us; each would have been great size for an easy-bake oven. There's gotta be bigger ones there, but I've not figured out how to get into them.
Fish were rising like crazy during that time between first light and sunrise; but I couldn't entice them to hit anything. Some of the fish would do this lazy roll (that's what I call it) on the top of the water. Slow and bulky, and I suspected they were cat fish, maybe. Didn't seem like the same type of surface action you see from a trout.
Then, all of a sudden I see this fish rise out of the water, just like Shamu: straight up until his entire body was out of the water. I'm not that great at fish identification, but I do know it had a huge girth, and was probably about 20-24 inches. Didn't see any striping, and it looked light gray to me. Do catfish jump like that? And stupid me, they must have been hungry, I just couldn't figure out what was on the menu!
Perhaps I'm not patient enough. If the fish don't hit on what I'm throwing after about 5-10 casts, I switch it up. Tried some spinners, jigs with twisters, jigs with worms from my backyard, fly and bubble with various types of flies, a roadrunner jig with a chartreuse twister, and a wacky rigged senko on a drop shot. Also tried a bunch of stuff below a bobber. We only fished in two areas, and I noticed it was rather shallow--north side about a hundred yards west of the parking area.
It was a beautiful morning for fishing. Wanted to stay longer, but also wanted to get home to conference. I love the destination--only about 20 minutes form the house and big enough to not feel crowded. Maybe next time.
Next trip will be to Silver Flat Res (and perhaps a hike to Silver Lake) next weekend with the scouts. Never been to either; and hoping the weather will treat us well. Gotta reel in something big enough to eat; actually lot of somethings big enough to eat!
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Fish were rising like crazy during that time between first light and sunrise; but I couldn't entice them to hit anything. Some of the fish would do this lazy roll (that's what I call it) on the top of the water. Slow and bulky, and I suspected they were cat fish, maybe. Didn't seem like the same type of surface action you see from a trout.
Then, all of a sudden I see this fish rise out of the water, just like Shamu: straight up until his entire body was out of the water. I'm not that great at fish identification, but I do know it had a huge girth, and was probably about 20-24 inches. Didn't see any striping, and it looked light gray to me. Do catfish jump like that? And stupid me, they must have been hungry, I just couldn't figure out what was on the menu!
Perhaps I'm not patient enough. If the fish don't hit on what I'm throwing after about 5-10 casts, I switch it up. Tried some spinners, jigs with twisters, jigs with worms from my backyard, fly and bubble with various types of flies, a roadrunner jig with a chartreuse twister, and a wacky rigged senko on a drop shot. Also tried a bunch of stuff below a bobber. We only fished in two areas, and I noticed it was rather shallow--north side about a hundred yards west of the parking area.
It was a beautiful morning for fishing. Wanted to stay longer, but also wanted to get home to conference. I love the destination--only about 20 minutes form the house and big enough to not feel crowded. Maybe next time.
Next trip will be to Silver Flat Res (and perhaps a hike to Silver Lake) next weekend with the scouts. Never been to either; and hoping the weather will treat us well. Gotta reel in something big enough to eat; actually lot of somethings big enough to eat!
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