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I took some friends fishing with me at lindon saturday morning. the fishing was really slow and we only ended up with three white bass. Then headed out home to visit my parents in the uintah basin and stopped off at sandwash reservior to try for some rainbows, but got a big surprise when I reeled in a bass that was 19" long and 14" in girth. I don't have a scale right now so I don't know the weight. As I was looking at the fish I was wondering if it was a small mouth or large mouth because it has characteristics of both. Very red eyes like a smallmouth, but a little larger mouth and a smaller mouth than most largemouth I have caught. I think it looks like a smallie, but I am not sure,
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You're right....it's a smallie
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Nice Smallie. Largemouth would be more green and no gold and it has vertical stripes where a largemouth would have a black horizontal stripe running the length of its body. Nice fish regardless..... Nice pics too Jimmy Houston......[  ]
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Hey Jedburton,
Thanks for the report. Yah thats a smallie but who cares. It's still a great looking fish. Did it live to swim another day.
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it would have, but they are poisoning sandwash in october with retinol to get rid of all the bass so I think it would be a waste to put it back in only to have it poisoned this fall, so this one goes to the table,
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I don't know if you were trying to be funny or what not but that is a small mouth. I take it this is your biggest smallie and I'd guess around 3 pounds, give or take a half.
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Poisoning with retinol? That's another name for vitamin A, which comes from fish oils and other sources.
You mean rotenone, which is the naturally occurring chemical used to kill fish in a lake.
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So is the smallies in there illegally introduced??? I have fished Sandwash for years and only caught nice bows and browns. But nice smallies though.
How was the water level at Sandwash?? I spend Memorial day out there and just want to make sure you can get a boat on it!!!
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It is being treated to get rid of the illegally intoduced largemouth. That smallie is the first I've seen there and I've spent quite a bit of time at Sandwash. Guess the bucket bios have been working overtime. Now the lake will be treated and those huge browns will have to die too. What a shame.
Good Fishing, Kayote.
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It  dens me they are doing that!!! Does that stuff also kill the crawdads??? If that happens then it will be a long time before we see big fish in that lake!!!
Kayote- how is the water level right now at sand wash???
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Hey Polo, how you doing?. Actually, most of the crayfish seem to survive rotenone treatments. Either way, Sandwash will always produce big fish. It is a very productive reservoir with all the nutrients coming in the inflow. All those ponds in the Bluebell/Altamont area produce big trout. The water level is very high right now.
Good Fishing, Kayote
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I will be out there for memorial weekend, actually staying at the property in Altonah. If you are going to be around let me know. I would love to hit some water with ya.
My biggest fish (except macks) have been caught in Sandwash and smaller canals off of Lake Fork and caught nice browns in other areas.
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Polo,
I would like to take you up on your angling offer. However, I'm leaving on Memorial weekend to fish the yaks in the kelp beds in San Diego. I have a full three weeks off and am going to try to fish the ocean every day in the plastic boat. I'm even entered in a yak fishing tournament with the 'Plastic Navy' on June 5th. I will be leaving the yaks on the beach for two days to go on a long range charter chasing albacore and yellowfin tuna. I have a goal to land a thresher shark over 100 pounds from the yak. I will be heading out daily through the surf in the dark to chase sharks, seabass, halibut, yellowtail etc. I can hardly stand the excitement. If by chance a Santa Ana wind comes up and I get blown out to sea, tell Tincanfsh he can have my yak. I will post so many digital pics of my trip I will likely be banned from BFT. LMAO. We'll have to hook up some other time to fish. If you can make it to Vernal in July, I'll take you out on a buzzbait trip for largemouth. Ask Tincan, it's an insane adrenaline rush on top. Later
Good Fishing, Kayote
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i dont get it. if the trout are large and the bass or growing well why in the world do they have to kill it just because bass are in there now. yes it is totally wrong for people to dump fish into waters but what gives. about every northern utah fishery has a illegally introduced species in it. perhaps you can give me a bit more info on that. i just dont understand the reasoning of always killing something right when it appears it in its prime because something isnt how they like it.
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The bass have been in there for a while. It is being treated this year because the reservoir is being drawn down to enlarge the dam. This makes the treatment very low cost. It's taking advantage of a window of opportunity to remove an unwanted species that is not a part of the management scenario. Maybe if the bucket bios know their favorite water will be killed off if they illegally stock it, they'll think twice about their low life endeavors. If someone illegally introduces fish and then they become part of the management, that just encourages the vermin. I personally feel if a fish is illegally introduced, there should be no limit on them in that water. Heck, let people snag them for that matter. It would be very easy to snag out illegal spawner walleye in an inflow stream wouldn't it. Problem solved. Wait until some nimrod introduces say grass carp into your favorite water and wipes it out. Just my dos centavos.
Good Fishing, Kayote
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Unfortunately, the bucket biologists will probably be replanting immediately after the bass are removed.
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woops your right I guess I have taken too much physiology,
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I would be willing to bet you are right. I love to fish for bass and part of me wants them to stay in there, but all of the biggest rainbows I have caught, but two came out of that lake and now they are going to have to poison it and we will only be able to catch little planters for the next couple of years. I really hate that. Also when I filleted out the fish I found those little white parasites that they have in pelican. Lets hope our friendly bucket biologists haven't ruined that water too. I don't know if they can grow well in sand wash, but if those are the same parasites that cause the itch in pelican I can guarantee that within a few years the bucket biologists will have ruined another body of water,
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I have only been to Sandwash a couple of times with Polokid but I hate to hear it is being killed. Polokid when are you heading up for Memorial Day? I would like to go if there is room.
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Jed,
I love to fish for bass too, they're my number one piscatorial pursuit. I think Kent is right also, they'll be put right back in. This is why it's so bad when this type of behavoir is condoned on BFT. Too many people think it's ok to let joe blow make all your management decisions for you. Bass Anglers Sportsman Society tends to catch the blame whenever bass are moved around by some yahoo. In the end, the bucket bios actually hurt bass fishing because there is a bias against bass anglers in general for this illegal activity. It has been my experience that the B.A.S.S. members are some of the most admirable conservationists I have met and I don't think they're to blame for this behavoir. It's simply your average run of the mill small brain.
Good Bass Fishing, Kayote
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