# DC Scouting Trip 10/4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Utah Fishing General\ **Created:** [October 5, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/dc-scouting-trip-10-4/476129 "2026-10-05T21:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BURLEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@BURLEY](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/BURLEY)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/dc-scouting-trip-10-4/476129/1 "2026-10-05T21:13:47Z")
Hit DC to see conditions for a possible trip with grand kids on 10/18. Launched at 8:30 from state park. Just a few 8 trailers in lot. Water temp. 63 degrees. Powered across to the opposite side and saw numerous marks on and near the bottom. Started jigging and caught 2 smallies between 9 to 9:30. A 9 inch and a 7 inch took the skunk off the boat. Headed toward the far end slow trolling jigs for another hour. Changed over to lipless cranks for a while with no takers. Back to jigs for a while. All this time the water filled up with the power boats causing big waves that really bounce my little red boat. 11:00 changed to jointed rapalas in trout colors with scent. Had a 17 inch bow on before I got the second line out. Hooked up two more by 11:45 then nothing. Headed to the ramp about 2:00. 3 boats launching with a 5 boat waiting line to launch with more arriving(all powerboats). Water got up to about 66. All fish were released. One belly up trout ended up being lunch for a bald eagle. Air temp felt about 200\*under the clear sky. All in all not a bad trip, but I don’t know if I trust having the kids on the boat with all the big waves that can hit without notice. May end up taking them somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![ChubbyChaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ChubbyChaser](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ChubbyChaser)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/dc-scouting-trip-10-4/476129/2 "2026-10-05T22:14:32Z")
DC is still definitely getting hammered by the lake lice, I spent a wonderful day on the Berry on Saturday and no wakeboarders were out ruining it. Might be worth a trip up there.