Went and hit hyrum today. Ice was about 2.5"-3" around the boat ramp. Fished out and around the dock. Marked a couple fish but nothing ever bit. By the time I left a group had set up off swim beach.
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I was in the brown Chevy with the matching shell and pulled down the ramp, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt
](hyrumfirstice — Postimages) Yup that’s me haha — [quote=“2knots”] [/quote] I was in the brown Chevy with the matching shell and pulled down the ramp, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt Gotcha ya I knew I had seen that truck before but couldn’t remember where [/quote]
](hyrumfirstice — Postimages) Yup that’s me haha — [quote=“2knots”] [/quote] I was in the brown Chevy with the matching shell and pulled down the ramp, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt Gotcha ya I knew I had seen that truck before but couldn’t remember where Up at the Pig last year we chatted. Bummer the fish never went for you today [/quote]
You would think with new ice, the catching would be on fire, how deep were you fishing?
I hate to pee on the fire, but the last two years the division has only been planting like 5000 fish, so it’s probably a result of what the division is doing… They put twice as many fish into Wellsville pond as they did into Hyrum… Not very happy with their management practices at Hyrum… Kind of crazy how popular Hyrum is and they aren’t doing anything to keep it going… I think they figured the perch would stay a main focus at Hyrum, but with low water perch always cycle up and down… We’re in the down side of things and they should have seen that last winter and planted some trout to keep the large numbers of ice anglers happy this year, they didn’t so I expect Hyrum to be on a downer this year… Newton is about fished out as well, not sure why they didn’t try a little harder to do something at Hyrum… I mean they planted as many fish in Tony Grove as they did Hyrum and it has a very short season to fish it before the winter kills it out… Maybe it’s time to fish Idaho this year… Later J
I’m not sure what the ‘answer’ is for Hyrum, or many other state parks. I’ve lived near the lake for near 4 decades and the changes to the park have mirrored growth in the valley (and beyond) and corresponding demands for outdoor recreation. Loved to death is correct. Indeed, the sizes and numbers of power boats on the lake from Memorial to Labor Day is amazing. One good thing about COVID is that they started (an now continue) to limit numbers somewhat as years prior they would just jam them in and park them in the group camp overflow. The beach is also full all summer with many walkins from street after parking lot fills. Amazing the wash from the boats on the beach and entire shore - young grandson won’t even go in its so dirty. Amongst this there are us who prefer to fish and the changes there have been lamented in this thread.
Curt is correct it’s pretty small. I used to fish it on opening day when I was a teenager, but haven’t been back in years. Maybe I should check it out. Better read the community pond rules first. It must have a lot of pressure if they plant 9-10k fish in it.
Other than the amount of fish this thread reminds me alot of how Pineview has went for me over the last 10 years. The power squadron is so bad that I haven’t had my boat on there in so long I can’t remember my last outing there. And to make it worse access for winter fishing went away for us that haul machines in trailers to get out there. We’ll see what happens this year