Met up with Lee and BLK at the ramp this morning. Air temp mid 50’s. Water temp 63 at launch…warming to almost 68 at noon. Glassy calm most of the morning…with a couple of mild sessions of light breeze.
Lee and I worked the area out off the springs…from 6’ to 9’. BLK headed east. Don’t know how he did. He got a new radio and couldn’t get it to work. Most trips he doesn’t wanna talk to me so he claims “bad batteries”. He was already gone when I came in just after noon. And Lee left early too…after dropping his wife’s camera into Utah Lake…to join all the other cameras and cell phones it has eaten over the years. At least he brought a half dozen cats to the net before suffering the possible loss of his marriage…or some of his extremities.
Fishing was not stellar after the little front that went through yesterday. Picked up one here and there, but no real concentrations. And many of the bites were tentative…except for the few that slurped the whole flig down. I think I finished up with about 10 cats. All but one were under 2 footers. The biggest was almost 27 inches…and fought more like it was 27 pounds.
**Kept getting a lot of “rattle rattle” bait molester bites. Figured they were probably white bass. When I caught one on a big flig that proved my theory. And when the kitties slowed way down after about 10:30 I put up a bait rod and began slinging tandem plastics for whities. Probably got about a dozen and kept 6 between 10" - 12". Also got a surprise crappie. Way out in the middle of nowhere…a crappie. **
Only a couple of boats out besides BLK. Not sure how anybody else did. But it was a nice day for fishing…even if the catching was not spectacular. Always is.
Thanks for another good day Pat. Couldnt have asked for a nicer day. I ended up with 7 for the day. All were caught on fligs and baby white bass. 5 on the blue /silver 1 on firetiger and 1 on purple flig. All in 8 to 9 ft of water. Finicky bites for sure and all under 24.
When I got home to face the music bout her camera she just said we best go get us each another one. Sweetie for sure. Now if I can just figure out how to import .
Lynn great to see you again. I think you said you had a 20 fish day but all were fairly small. Still a good day. And I agree we should hit the knolls soon
Hey, that was a good day yesterday. The water was calm and the kitties were active on my end of the lake. I worked the area from the springs to BS in 7 fow and had some good luck. I caught 20+ cats and the two biggest were 28"ers. They favored the bait Pat donated to me at the launch, thanks.
And my new radio… purchased just this week so I could continue to offer helpful hints to you as we fished. I bought a set of four radios (cheap ones) so i could use them on an up-coming coyote hunt. They worked fine when I tested them at home but as soon as i tried to chat with you and Lee I found out the radios I bought were not compatible with other brands of radios. Can’t win. Next time I will have a radio that will reach you as you leave your home. Count on it.
Still, a good day of fishing and I look forward to the next. I hear the Knolls beckoning…
Thanks Forrest good recommendation. I may go out of provo harbor where they dredged it is a bit deeper. I’m not going to the island with it yet. I would probably stay out in the deeper part of the lake to play it safe.
It’s that time of the year to start to worry about the channel depth at LB. I saw readings between 2.5 and 3 feet the other day. When do we need to really worry? And speaking of worrying, what’s this about the lake being closed because of algae? I had seen some scum a couple of weeks ago but the water seems good and clear now. Anybody know?
