06-24-2022, 03:56 PM
(06-24-2022, 02:42 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Great report as always Pat, sure is nice to see some clear water in those pics, after not fishing anywhere but Willard in over a month, I'm ready for a change. Were you using any weight to get those whirly fligs down in the water a little deeper? Not sure why anyone would harass you at the ramp like that, when the whole ramp is open but I guess not everyone raised their kids right and taught them to be polite.
Thanks. Yeah, clear water is nice for a change...after fishing only Willard and Utah Lake so far this year.
Yes, I was using about 1/8 oz. of weight. As you know, the whirly fligs are foam and they float, so it takes some weight to get them down. How much will depend on how deep you wanna go, how fast you will be moving and how much line you have out. I was going an avg. of 1 mph and was fishing about 50 feet back. That was putting the lure at about 15 - 20 feet deep...which is where I was seeing some troutlike marks on sonar.
However, I also saw a few rainbows leaping clear out of the water. Don't know what they were after but it told me they were active and that surface temps were still not too warm for them.
There were a few boats working the same areas I was working. Some were clearly bottom bouncing at low speed. Others were drifting or anchored and casting. But nobody seemed to be scoring much. Didn't see any nets dipped into the water on the boats I watched. I did see one kid bring in a dink perch and that was about it.
There were a few boats working right along the rocky shoreline below the train tracks. I suspect they were probably targeting smallmouth. Conditions are about right for them to be in on the rocks. But the boats were all too far away for me to get a clear view of what they were doing.