# Jordanelle 08-17-16 Bassin' **URL:** \ **Category:** Utah Fishing General\ **Created:** [August 18, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119 "2016-08-18T16:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/1 "2016-08-18T16:01:33Z")
Fished Jordanelle yesterday with Barry. Started fishing around 1:30 PM. It took a little while to find the fish, especially for me, but then it was pretty steady action until we left. We caught lots of bass, many perch and one lonely rainbow. I was fortunate to take top honors with a 16 1/2 inch (my personal best) bass.🙂 As always, had a great time fishing with Barry. [inline “16.5 smallmouth.jpg”] ---
**Author:** ![N.E.T.O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@N.E.T.O](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/N.E.T.O)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/2 "2016-08-18T17:01:58Z")
That is a great bass especially for Jordanelle! ---
**Author:** ![fsh4fun05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@fsh4fun05](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fsh4fun05)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/3 "2016-08-18T17:33:34Z")
Good job Kent! ---
**Author:** ![doggonefishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@doggonefishin](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/doggonefishin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/4 "2016-08-19T03:06:24Z")
Always good to be out on the water with you. I was stoked to see you catch that personal best. What you didn’t tell them was that you caught the top 2 yesterday. Your 14 3/4 incher was also a bit bigger than my pair of 14 1/2ers. I posted a couple of additional pics of that fish along with one more of your 16 1/2er. We should have also taken a couple of pics of that jumbo perch you caught too. A few guys on here would have loved to see that one. Overall, it was a decent catching day and if I can’t get back up this year, a good way to close things on an outstanding year at Jordanelle. If we have decent water this winter, it might be incredible there next season. ---
**Author:** ![lakepowellnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@lakepowellnut](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/lakepowellnut)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/5 "2016-08-19T05:01:33Z")
Not a bad SMB for Jordanelle these days…nice job! ---
**Author:** ![WaveWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@WaveWolf](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/WaveWolf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/6 "2016-08-19T15:40:49Z")
Nice Bass … If things work the way they hope, that place will be a pretty diverse fishery. ---
**Author:** ![wagdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@wagdog](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wagdog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/7 "2016-08-19T15:41:31Z")
Good lookin’ smallmouth! Congrats on the PB. ---
**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/8 "2016-08-19T16:10:04Z")
\*\*Glad to see you are not wasting all of that precious “free time” you now have…since retirement. Nice bass. I clearly recall the first trip you took TubeBabe and I to Jordanelle…right after our return from Arizona. Since the lake had been built and filled while we were gone, that was our first exposure. I also remember how you were trying Senkos for the first time. Chortle guffaw. You quickly became an expert in “whiffing”…as you let the fish cruise up the shoreline without a hookset. And now you are teaching others that you don’t always wait for a hard strike before snapping your wrist and planting the hook. One of my favorite lines from the movie Jeremiah Johnson is “You’ve come a long way, Pilgrim.” \*\* ---
**Author:** ![doggonefishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@doggonefishin](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/doggonefishin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/9 "2016-08-20T03:30:26Z")
\*\* I also remember how you were trying Senkos for the first time. Chortle guffaw. You quickly became an expert in “whiffing”…as you let the fish cruise up the shoreline without a hookset. And now you are teaching others that you don’t always wait for a hard strike before snapping your wrist and planting the hook. One of my favorite lines from the movie Jeremiah Johnson is “You’ve come a long way, Pilgrim.” \*\* Kent has rapidly picked up the techniques we use at Jordanelle and I suspect he now can hold his own bass fishing up there anytime he wants to hit it. (He has picked up the bassin much faster than I’ve picked up driving the I-pilot[;)]) That said, I hope he still wants some company on occasion. As for his early efforts with senkos on lake X, that was when there were a gazillion perch up there and they were probably nibbling on the end, causing his hooking futility. [:)] ---
**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/jordanelle-08-17-16-bassin/271119/10 "2016-08-20T12:14:19Z")
“As for his early efforts with senkos on lake X, that was when there were a gazillion perch up there and they were probably nibbling on the end, causing his hooking futility.” \*\*Yeah verily, there was an abundance of perchkind. But the fish packing the plastic were smallmouths. I caught several and even my wife did well. But Kent was still waiting for a real “nightcrawler bite” such as he had experienced while learning to fish for trout. In recent reminiscences and discussions with him, he reflects that recognizing, detecting and reacting to subtle bites is usually the toughest part of the learning curve for many rookies. Happily, he did pick up on watching the line and using a rapid hookset to get connected. Kent has always been a student of new tactics and techniques…and he learns rapidly and well. And, like a true sportsman, he pays it forward by willingly teaching others. He is a good friend and a good example to us all. \*\*