Lincoln Beach 05/26/05 It's almost too depressing to post!!

[svpdgcar]

[#505000]I took the Mrs's down to Lincoln Beach this morning to see if we could catch some fishies. We got there about 6:30am and threw out some sucker meat. Next to us was a group of four or five guys in their late teens/very early twenties. They were clearly trout fishermen as they were rigged for slime rockets. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I asked them how they were doing and they told me they had been there a few hours and hadn't even gotten a bite. Within the space of about 20 minutes we hand gotten 4 good bites but no hook-ups (First bite, my wife tries to set the hook with the bail open, and as for the others I am working with the Mrs's on not jerking the pole as hard as she can in a 5 foot arc for a hookset). I told group the best way to rig their tackle for the warm water species, then the Mrs's got a great hit. She set the hook and started reeling, the fight was on!! [] As the fish got closer it looked as if it might be a decent sized channel cat, but as it got closer I could see it was "bait on the fin", aka carp. [/#505000]
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[#505000]The Mrs's was having a tough time fighting it so she swapped me her pole and took over net duty. I brought in the still living cut bait and we finally landed about a 10lb carp. Examining the carp I was amazed that some how my sweet wife had done the impossible and lasso'd (literally lasso'd) the sucker. I pulled in the remaining 30 feet of line by hand!! [] Yup you got it, the hook was nowhere near the fish!!!! [/#505000]
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[#505000]I could tell the trout guys were really flustered so I took them a hunk of carp to use for bait (but I'm not telling how, [] well ok maybe I will [] ). Within about 10 mintues one of the guys landed a 21" walleye on fresh carp meat. He was excited and told me it was the first fish he had ever caught. That group promptly left with their one fish in hand.[/#505000]
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[#505000]I got a few more PRD's (Pick-up Run and Drops), then decided I wanted to play with a circle hook (They have been getting the better of me [pirate]). I threw out my pole with the circle hook, and about 15 minutes later that pole was darn, near pulled into the water. I let the fish pull for a second, starting reeling and....... nothing!! [] #&!@*@&! Circle hooks (They still are getting the better of me)!!!!! I promptly switched back to a normal hook.[/#505000]
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[#505000]By this time the fishing had dropped off to almost nothing [crazy]. We had an hour left before the babysitter would call search and rescue to come find us so we decided to move over to the boat launch area to try something new. Talking with everyone along the way (and I do talk to EVERYONE it drives my wife nuts) I felt better that we weren't the only ones NOT catching fish and we seemed to be the only ones really getting any bites. [/#505000]
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[#505000]We tossed our poles in and soaked some bait. I decided I wanted to move one of my poles, and started to reel it in. SNAG $%!@# [mad]!!!! I slowly pulled my line to see if I could get the better of the snag, and it finally gave, however once it gave it started to fight?!?!?!?[crazy] What the!?!?! I reeled in a decent size mudcat. Where he came from I don't know but bless his slimy little heart he saved me from an official, and potentially embarassing, skunking. [sly] [/#505000]
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[#505000]The fishing was horribly slow for everyone I spoke to (including us), and I had to put split shot in my pockets to keep from being carried off by the bugs. We got a lot of PRD's but no serious contenders for the dinner table. It wasn't one of my best fishing trips. Utah Lake has kicked my butt a time or two and today was one of those. [/#505000]
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[#505000]On the plus side, it felt great to help that guy catch his first fish. I'm no expert and I'm sure I could learn tons and tons from most everyone on this board, but to pass on information I had then to have the guy tell me he caught his first fish and was glad he had bought his fishing license did make my day, whether I caught any fish or not. [] I hope you guys fishing in the evening do better. We wrapped it up around 2pm.[/#505000]
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[#505000]There was no wind, the water was glass, and I was saying naughty words under my breath because I didn't bring my float tube with me. Maybe it was for the best. I may have saved a fellow fisherman from losing an eye with my wife's wild hooksets!!! [pirate] [/#505000]
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[#505000]Hey Ocean, when are you getting back from Florida so you can show me how to turn those darn Lincoln Beach PRD's into PRBD's (Pick-up, run, become Dinner)???? [][/#505000]
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[hlmn]

Sounds like you had a good time PRDs and all.
thanks for the report
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[svpdgcar]

[#505000]I have yet to go on a fishing trip that I can't find some sort of entertainment in, be it me making an..... well a horse's rear end out of myself somehow or some other form of amusment. If I typed up my report short sweet and to the point it's not near as fun to read!! [][/#505000]
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[#505000]If you can hide your own easter eggs it has to be hell trying to fish. If it were me I'd never make it out of the house. I'd spent a lively afternoon looking for the car keys!! [/#505000]
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[Out4Trout]

[cool]Very entertaining report, Gary. Were you at the first springs area when you first started out? I can't wait to get back over to kittie-spawn haven (er, uh, I mean Lincoln Beach) soon to do some serious battles with the K's! Caught an 8 pounder there last June, and had one on that fought harder than that one, but alas, he spit the hook before I got to get a good look at him, but this summer I'm gonna catch one bigger than that.
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[PrinceFisher]

Gary, you've proven that you don't have to catch a lot of big fish to write a report that is very enjoyable for us to read. Thanks for taking the time to produce such a lengthy and humorous account.

It's nice to hear that you made a fellow fisher's day. Hopefully your kindness will cause the "Fishing Powers That Be" to grant you a great future day on the water.[cool]
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[Out4Trout]

[cool]That's actually great news, since I have a tube, and am more comfortable with it this year. We should be able to get closer to the springs then without all of the shorecasters (unless they all went out and bought waders). There sure are some monster K's that congregate there in June.
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[fishluvr]

Glad you had a fun, slow, trip Gary. It's too bad you couldn't come and help the kids with the Special Olympics. We sure could have used a better turn out. At least some of us care[].

How's that for a quick guilt trip.
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[svpdgcar]

[#505000]Since you're twice the man (and half the fisherman [cool]) I am I figured you'd hold up my end!! [] I've done that torch run umteen million times I figured a year off and nobody would miss me. I told you I may or may not make it depending on the fishing. [/#505000]
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[#505000]Since I didn't catch a bunch right away I had to stay until I did, or until I could no longer afford the babysitter. Had all gone well, I would have caught so many I would be tired of catching fish by 10am and my casting arm would have been so worn out, and my left hand would be a twisted wreck from all that reeling that I would have no choice but to quit. Sadly as you can see by my report it never worked out the way I planned it and I had to stay longer!! [cool][/#505000]
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[ocean]

Hey i am back! I am anxious to see what lincoln looks like and the conditions that the high water will have in store for us! I had a quite a few nasty circle hook moment in the keys this past weekend too!Darn cudas! Cicle hooks were not meant for them.Thing with circle hooks you have to let the fish run a bit then wind as fast as you can then the hook sets itself.If you jerk the fish actually makes you one![laugh] There are several different types of circle hooks for different kinds of fish .I am gonna hit lincoln wednesday after work and see if i can get into some fish.
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