09-07-2017, 10:02 PM
[#0000FF]Had a minor gathering of BFT types at the north marina of Willard this morning. While I was waiting for my (boat) ride with WH2, kentofnsl drove up behind me and his ride...Burley...arrived with his purty red tracker a few minutes later. When Curt showed up we all hit the pond. They went south and Curt and I went north.
Air temp early 60s. Water temp 76. Full moon looked like a big orange pumpkin in the smoky haze. And the sun had a tough time lighting things up later as it made it over the hills. Looking south...towards Weber Canyon...it was hard to see very well through the smoke. And I had ordered a seat in non-smoking. Oh well.
Lots of little shadlets dimpling the surface and occasionally leaving this world in the beaks of terns and grebes. But no visible wiper feeds early. In fact, we saw a brief slurp late in the morning and that was it...even on the glassy calm water.
WH2 scored our only wiper on a planer board and crank right after he first put it out. Then a catfish on the same rig a little later. I caught only catfish. Most on fligged minnows when we were drifting after tiring of fruitless trolling.
WH2 also scored some more kitties...on some of the left-handed, blue-eyed minnows I let him use. I think he may have caught the largest of the day. He definitely caught the smallest...an underfooter.
Not sure how the red tracker team did. We saw them battling something as they went by but later learned they had lost the fish. They never got back within shouting distance the rest of the morning. And we were off the water about noonish.
Thanks for the enjoyable boat ride Captain Curt. But next time try to get us in the non-smoking section.
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Air temp early 60s. Water temp 76. Full moon looked like a big orange pumpkin in the smoky haze. And the sun had a tough time lighting things up later as it made it over the hills. Looking south...towards Weber Canyon...it was hard to see very well through the smoke. And I had ordered a seat in non-smoking. Oh well.
Lots of little shadlets dimpling the surface and occasionally leaving this world in the beaks of terns and grebes. But no visible wiper feeds early. In fact, we saw a brief slurp late in the morning and that was it...even on the glassy calm water.
WH2 scored our only wiper on a planer board and crank right after he first put it out. Then a catfish on the same rig a little later. I caught only catfish. Most on fligged minnows when we were drifting after tiring of fruitless trolling.
WH2 also scored some more kitties...on some of the left-handed, blue-eyed minnows I let him use. I think he may have caught the largest of the day. He definitely caught the smallest...an underfooter.
Not sure how the red tracker team did. We saw them battling something as they went by but later learned they had lost the fish. They never got back within shouting distance the rest of the morning. And we were off the water about noonish.
Thanks for the enjoyable boat ride Captain Curt. But next time try to get us in the non-smoking section.
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