I always love your reports and the great pictures. I'm glad the fish were kinder to you that when we visited Utah Lake. I am still wondering about the jinx thing though 
I had two slow trips with the grandkids a few days after our trip, but right after that things really took off. JOATMON and catchinon reported over 40 cats last Saturday. Dirtbag and I were out there the same day and had similar catch rates to them. I don't know if the fall feed up really kicked in or if the cats just moved back into that area.
As you pointed out, I can make all the guesses I want and try to fit it to the observations, but the fish are going to do what they do either way.
I had two slow trips with the grandkids a few days after our trip, but right after that things really took off. JOATMON and catchinon reported over 40 cats last Saturday. Dirtbag and I were out there the same day and had similar catch rates to them. I don't know if the fall feed up really kicked in or if the cats just moved back into that area.
As you pointed out, I can make all the guesses I want and try to fit it to the observations, but the fish are going to do what they do either way.