04-26-2006, 09:13 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Got away for a quick shot at Lindon this morning. Two things were different than the last time I went there. First, there was no wind. Beautiful all morning. Second, they have installed at least 4 new toilets. These are chemical tank (not flush) but much improved over the Porta-Potties they have had in the past.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Water temp inside the marina at 7 AM was 57, turning to 58 as I kicked out between the two jetties. Landed and released a white bass off the end of the dike on the way by. Thought I could probably come back and whack a few later, after hanging a couple of cats.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Threw plastics and spinners around the mouth of Battle Creek. Saw lots of fish on sonar but nothing was munching. Probably a lot of the marks were carp. As the sun came over Timpanogos, the calm water of the lake was rippled everywhere I looked by clumps of carp up smooching the surface. They only stayed up for a little while and then disappeared. They never did start thrashing and splashing in the shoreline weeds, so I guess the big frolic is still a few days away.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was throwing plastics and spinners and hooked several carp by accident. I could have had non-stop action if I had tried to snag them when they were on top. I brought several to the tube, performed the standard gillectomy and released them unharmed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started dragging bait just before 9 AM. The water temp had warmed to over 59 in the warm morning sun. Using my two rod permit, I had one baited with a carp strip and the other with a large chub minnow. I caught three cats within about a half hour, all on minnows and then I couldn't buy another bite from catfish. Fished shallow and deep. No mas.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The three cats I landed were all scrappy. The largest was 24" and 5.8#. The other two were 2.5 and 3 pounds. Kittie krispies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Headed back to the mouth of the marina to pick up on the whities. Yeah, right. Zippo. Nothing in my plastics boxes lit them up.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Worked down the west side of the inside of the marina, throwing a little roadrunner. Scored a big walleye...about nine ([blue][size 1]inches[/size][/blue]). Actually, as you can see in the pic, he is 14. Smallest walleye I have caught in a long time. Spanked him and sent him back to grow a bit.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw lots of fish on sonar, but again, I am sure lots of them were carp. They kept bumping into my black fins as I moved slowly back toward the ramp. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just as I got to the ramp I got another whack on the roadrunner and battled in a fat female white bass, full of eggs. Sent her off to find a male to make some more whities.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Off the water about noon. Water temp up to 63 at the ramp. Look out folks. The water is clearing and warming. Better times ahead.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temp inside the marina at 7 AM was 57, turning to 58 as I kicked out between the two jetties. Landed and released a white bass off the end of the dike on the way by. Thought I could probably come back and whack a few later, after hanging a couple of cats.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Threw plastics and spinners around the mouth of Battle Creek. Saw lots of fish on sonar but nothing was munching. Probably a lot of the marks were carp. As the sun came over Timpanogos, the calm water of the lake was rippled everywhere I looked by clumps of carp up smooching the surface. They only stayed up for a little while and then disappeared. They never did start thrashing and splashing in the shoreline weeds, so I guess the big frolic is still a few days away.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was throwing plastics and spinners and hooked several carp by accident. I could have had non-stop action if I had tried to snag them when they were on top. I brought several to the tube, performed the standard gillectomy and released them unharmed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started dragging bait just before 9 AM. The water temp had warmed to over 59 in the warm morning sun. Using my two rod permit, I had one baited with a carp strip and the other with a large chub minnow. I caught three cats within about a half hour, all on minnows and then I couldn't buy another bite from catfish. Fished shallow and deep. No mas.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The three cats I landed were all scrappy. The largest was 24" and 5.8#. The other two were 2.5 and 3 pounds. Kittie krispies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Headed back to the mouth of the marina to pick up on the whities. Yeah, right. Zippo. Nothing in my plastics boxes lit them up.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Worked down the west side of the inside of the marina, throwing a little roadrunner. Scored a big walleye...about nine ([blue][size 1]inches[/size][/blue]). Actually, as you can see in the pic, he is 14. Smallest walleye I have caught in a long time. Spanked him and sent him back to grow a bit.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw lots of fish on sonar, but again, I am sure lots of them were carp. They kept bumping into my black fins as I moved slowly back toward the ramp. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just as I got to the ramp I got another whack on the roadrunner and battled in a fat female white bass, full of eggs. Sent her off to find a male to make some more whities.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Off the water about noon. Water temp up to 63 at the ramp. Look out folks. The water is clearing and warming. Better times ahead.[/#0000ff]
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