The internet was down at the office this morning and it was such a nice day I thought I’d take the afternoon off and go hit Utah Lake.
I haven’t been out on my float tube for a while due to an enormous hole in my waders. I located it and got it patched up over the weekend. When I saw the water temperature reading of 46* on my sonar I sure was hoping I patched the hole up well. Brrrrr.
Spent an hour or so out in 6-7 feet of water a few hundred yards off shore dragging a worm on one pole and casting plastics with the second. No luck. Came back in where a tributary flows in and had a good bite. I thought for a second that maybe I had just snagged a carp. Nope. It was my first walleye of the season!
Measured in at 19 inches. Not too bad, I thought. At least now playing hookie from work wasn’t a total bust. I’m not much for eating fish so I let him go. Hope to get out again soon and find a few more!
lol Yeah, I guess I am. I hear they are tasty. I’ve just never liked any fish. I’ve never had walleye though. Maybe I should give it a try. I’ve always just enjoyed letting them go. Cleaning them, keeping them cool, and then having them stink up the car isn’t very fun if you don’t like to eat 'em.
I don’t think there is any harm. Those whom were planning on going already had their minds made up “fish or not” you probably just sealed their deal. That is one thing I like about this site; people share their tips and stuff. But none-the-less a person still has to get out and after them. In reality with the Waldos you could have caught a limit today and tommorrow; nothing. Every week I change my mind about three times before I finally decide where I’m going. A lot of times it just depends on how far I want to drive. It will take me quite a bit to get my boat ready by this weekend; so as much as I want to go more than likely I’ll stick to the hard pan for one more week. But this is only the second time I’ve changed my mind this week, so who knows.
Nice fish! I’ll be out on Saturday in my boat (I was already planning on it though) If it isn’t too intrusive, did you get him off the worm or jig? I plan on doing some marabou jigs and worms.
