Just too nice of a day to put in a full day of work, Thursday. So, I took off early and hit up Utah Lake. Was nice to get back on the water (or any fishing for that matter). This was the longest steak I can ever remember not fishing (almost a month!!!). Anyways, on the water (north end) just after 5:00, and back to the dockjust after 8:00. The wife just didn’t want to hear any of “the fishing is just as good if not better a little after dark.” Well, got out to where I figured I could catch some fish, and anchored up. About 10 casts in, I had a pretty hard hit. I knew it wasn’t a white bass, so I’m thinking WALLEYE!! So, not a walleye, but a nice little LMB. A first for me on UL. About 20 minutes go by with no action, then I hooked something nice… too bad after a few seconds it breaks me off under the boat. Maybe 15-20 minutes later… another decent hook up. This time I got it to the net though. And…YES.. this one is a walleye, 22 1/2". It was very thick… so assuming it was a female, I took pics and was just about release it, when it started leaking the one thing that turned him into dinner. This was enough to make my evening. I also caught 3 white bass just as the sun was setting. All in all, a nice trip out for the first on the boat for the year.
Way to givem hell. That eye is chunky. He has…wait…had.. some shoulders on him too. Jigs?
Looks like you had a great trip. Nice fish!
Ahhhhh, this post almost brought tears to my eyes…no pun intended. Great post, Congrats!!!,
Shawn
Yep… good old jigs 2 & 3" curly tails. That’s propbably all I could afford to use with as many as I lost. But, he was worth it… YUM!!!