Beautiful day on Huntington North

[albinotrout]

I hit the water about 8:30 this morning to calmness. No wind, no clouds, no waves. Perfectly glass. I was trying something out new on my toon today and wham two fish right off the bat. Both did aerial maneuvers and didn't know how to hold on. Silly fish!.. Both decent sized trout. I was thinking this is going to be a great day. I was wrong. No more lovin from the fish the rest of the day. I did mark fish in all sections of the water column. The new trick I was trying--I took a couple of planer boards with me and decided to try them out trolling with my toon.

I was the only one on the lake for at least an hour when a boat showed up. They left around 11 leaving me again the only one on the lake. I finally left around 2 pm and there were two with toons going to take my place. Upon examination on how I was presenting my baits, I can see where I can improve on. I was fishing pretty deep and I noticed a lot of the fish were shallow. I didn't have a fly rod rigged with floating line, had I it would have been a different day. Left the lake with barely a breeze and still glass. Learned alot about the lake today to. As the genie from disneys aladdin says---i was here here here here here.. All over. [:p]

I should also add water temp at launch was 44, when I left it was 47.
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[babytrout]

Great!!! You better take me with you next!!! [cool] [fishon]
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[gofish435]

I'm glad you were able to get out and give HN a try. This time of year there is hardly anyone there. You couldn't ask for a nicer day, especially in March, to be on the pond. It's too bad the fish weren't more accommodating. I'm going to wait a couple more weeks, for the water to warm, and try it again.
Thanks for the report.
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[albinotrout]

I noticed how shallow the fish were and got me thinking about different rigs to try out next time I go. I figure this was a successful trip for me. I have only fishes it twice now. First time a couple years ago I was skunked. This time I had to acrobats to start off. I am curious. What other species of fish are there in that pond other than bluegills, wiper, LMB, and rainbows? One of the acrobats was really good size.
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[brookieguy1]

There are also browns and cutts.
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[albinotrout]

[quote brookieguy1]There are also browns and cutts.[/quote]

That's good to know. Thanks!
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[gofish435]

There are catfish, green sunfish, and some decent sized browns. some of the rainbows get pretty large also.

I've tried fishing shallow there with the fly rod but have always ended up back with the fast sinking line and dredging the bottom. Like I said, when the water gets up in the mid fifties things will pick up.
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[albinotrout]

Those channel cats or mudders? Knowing these other species will help me in the future. Thanks!
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[gofish435]

I think they are channel cats but I'm not 100% sure.
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[albinotrout]

Hmm I may have to try for them next time I go down. [fishon]

The sunfish would be fun too. I catch them in Colorado on a spinner all the time.
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[ColdWaterCoord]

They are channel cats. I am not quite sure where they came from because I could never find a stocking record for them.. A few years ago when I worked in Price I weighed a couple over 20 pounds from the reservoir.

Paul Birdsey
Coldwater Sportfish Coordinator
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
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[albinotrout]

Thanks for the info. Those were some big kitties.
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