06-17-2019, 12:22 AM
Went to East Canyon today in the yak.
It was more of an exercise in how to lose the net and a good leg workout on the pedals rather than fishing. Caught maybe 7 or 8 smallmouth, all under 12". I attribute this to the water level being insanely high (spillway had a good foot of water going over it).
Saw lots of trollers and bank tanglers, but it didn't seem like anyone was super hot on the fish. I feel the fishing *could* be good, but I'm not familiar enough with the high-water line structure to pick apart the bronzebacks (and a family beat me to the cliffs near the dam on the boatramp side by like 5 minutes. That's the only structure that was familiar to me). I don't have an exact water temp, but it was warmer than the air at about 6:20am, which puts it around 60° for sure (I wonder if a high in-flow from snowmelt will keep it low?).
All in all, a bad day on the water beats a good day at work (or sitting on the couch wishing I was fishing lol).
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It was more of an exercise in how to lose the net and a good leg workout on the pedals rather than fishing. Caught maybe 7 or 8 smallmouth, all under 12". I attribute this to the water level being insanely high (spillway had a good foot of water going over it).
Saw lots of trollers and bank tanglers, but it didn't seem like anyone was super hot on the fish. I feel the fishing *could* be good, but I'm not familiar enough with the high-water line structure to pick apart the bronzebacks (and a family beat me to the cliffs near the dam on the boatramp side by like 5 minutes. That's the only structure that was familiar to me). I don't have an exact water temp, but it was warmer than the air at about 6:20am, which puts it around 60° for sure (I wonder if a high in-flow from snowmelt will keep it low?).
All in all, a bad day on the water beats a good day at work (or sitting on the couch wishing I was fishing lol).
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