Lindon Interlude 4-7-20

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**Figured there would be a few fellow BFTers launching at Lincoln Beach. In the interest of social distancing I decided to dunk my tube at Lindon. Launched about 7ish to scattered clouds and light breezes. Air temp 48 and water temp 50…warming to almost 52 by noon departure.

Almost got run over by a fast-moving beaver just as I was leaving the harbor. Almost too close for social distancing. But the fish were much better at it. Didn’t get a sniff for the first two hours. Worked a large area off the mouth of Battle Creek without seeing much on sonar…and even less on my line. Motored down toward the bubbleup. Could see they had the buoys in place. Hoped to find at least some white bass and maybe a walleye. Still nada, zip, zilch niente by nine am.

Started back toward the harbor slowly…allowing the building southerly breeze to move me along at just about the right speed. WHAM! The rod with a carp meat baited flig took a dive. Big whoop! A bullhead. Wow! Almost doesn’t count as skunk repellent.

But then it got better. The kitties came out to play. Ended up catching 6 or 7 before I bagged it before noon. Got one on a whole chub minnow and others on fligs with chub, carp and white bass meat. Most were in the early 20 inch range but got one that was just over 25" and another just over 26". I covered depths from about 4’ out to over 8’. almost all hits came between 5-7 feet. Didn’t see much on sonar but evidently they came in from the side to the call of the scent from my delicious bait offerings.

With all the people being out of work (or goofing off) there were quite a few folks at Lindon today. Several boats went out. Mostly larger play boats…not fishermen. Several bank tanglers on the west dike. Also saw a couple in kayaks…staying a proper distance apart for social distancing.

Wind started to pick up a couple of times but layed back down again. It was almost glass when I headed in at noon. Didn’t see much on sonar in the harbor…with 6’ of water. And did not see any of the bank tanglers score anything besides some sunshine.**

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Glad you got out and caught a few..

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Well at least those cats cant read about social distancing from you, suprised those WB wasn’t hanging around those areas, I have only cought a couple each time, not sure where they are hiding,

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Glad yo got out Pat. Im shooting for next week early. Most likely Lindon or the knolls. How you loking the ugly stick?

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Pat I wish I knew you were fishing there yesterday. I was out there yesterday too. You did much better than we did though

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will stay in touch for sure. that orange tube keeps giving me dirty looks . think it feels deserted

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Hey Pat, i was at the Knolls this a.m. but did no harm to the cats. Marked lots on the Lowancce but none that were interested in what I had to offer. Caught two there then gave up and headed for the orchards. Only picked up four more there. Slow fishiin’ for me. Good to see water temps top 55 so the Knolls cats should be ready for you when you make it down this way.

Lots of people at Lincoln… must have been at least 20 trailers in the lot. Lots of kayakers, families strolling the berms and pavallion. A few power squad types… one water skiing…brrrrrr. Ben and Craig were out again today so watch for them to be posting up some big ones. My best today was just under 27 inches.

Tomorrow is the day. :cool:

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Y’all did better then I did. I have a spot kind of past the Orchards that I pestered today. I got there late, around noon, and left around 4, but only had a couple of bump and runs. One of them, a small one, came in close but did not like my looks so he spit it out and left me skunked.

But, I was alone. Very peaceful today.

Yes, Lincoln Beach was busy today. I was going to go out there, but too many people when I got there.

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“TubeDude” pid=’ wrote:

“jbob81” pid=’ wrote:

Pat I wish I knew you were fishing there yesterday. I was out there yesterday too. You did much better than we did though

**Were you in a boat? And where were you fishing?

As I mentioned in the report, I started off fishing out off Battle Creek…where I almost always do well early in the year. But I couldn’t see anything on sonar and didn’t get a sniff in over an hour of moving around. I also did not get any action around the Bubbleup…where I almost ALWAYS catch something. And I was about halfway back to the harbor and rehearsing my excuses for a skunk when I finally started getting some action. Also, I only found fish in a relatively small zone and once I got out of it there were no more bites.

It’s still early. While I usually get some fish and have caught some of my biggest fish this early, next month (May) is when it gets wild and wooly…white bass, walleyes and catfish galore. Bring it on.**

Yes I have an older Forester boat. White with blue/green on the sides. I think I was there a little later than you though. Tried to get out again this evening but it was pretty wild out there. Ended up fishing from the boat in our Pelican Bay Marina. Marked a bunch of fish in there but nobody wanted to play. Still fun to get out

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Thanks for the report and pictures! I am really enjoying the wait until I can get on the water again. Well, at leat I’m glad your are getting out that those big FLIGs are doing the trick. One more week and I can get my first trip skunk out of the way for this year.

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