12-07-2023, 04:08 PM
I hit Bear Lake yesterday with the new batteries for the boat and a new to me truck... Temp at the sinks on the way through 6 degrees, perfect clear skies at the overlook, no wind, but an ominous presence lied below... fog...
Well, took me awhile to get the batteries hooked up and get launched and I hadn't put enough clothes on, so I started out cold and it went down hill from there comfort wise...
While I was messing around with my trolling motor and trying to figure out what the commands did on the remote, Mike and his crew joined me just outside of the marina... I figured out spot lock and started casting, Mikes crew ended up pulling in two while I was there... I hooked one and as Pat would say the silly thing wasn't smart enough to hold on so I let it go...
About 11:00 I headed towards the pile and wow let me tell you GPS is a lifesaver... You can't believe how often I thought my GPS was wrong and I needed to be turning a different direction, well it was me that was screwed up... I can't believe how disoriented that fog on the water made me... I knew my boat was going straight south only to find I was headed east and then north, funny my steering wheel didn't seem to move from going straight ahead, but my bearings sure did. Anyway my point is don't go out on big water without a compass or GPS to guide you, it blew my mind how disoriented the fog made me...
Well I won't prolong your pain with this post, but I fished Gus's and the rock pile and never had another hit... The boat fishing on my saved spot on the rock pile pulled in a nice 32" trout while I was there, but those 3 fish mentioned were the only ones I heard or seen caught yesterday... It was a chilly day and I found a third thing that needs to be in place for a good Bear Lake trip... No wind, no fog and the fish biting... I got one of the three yesterday... Oh the batteries did perform really well for me, so thumbs up on that part of the story..
PS.. I do love the new truck, the diesel is incredible pulling Logan canyon, with the boat on heading up the grade out of Bear Lake, there was no traffic, so I thought I'd see what it would do... On the steepest part I opened it up and it hit speeds higher than may be legal and it would have keep going and didn't even act like I was on a hill or pulling a trailer... My previous truck struggled to hit 50 in those areas... So happy with this one... 13 mpg on the trip, so not the best, but better than the 7 or 8 from the pervious truck... Sorry I don't have a rosy report for the Whitefish spawn, but I'm a 50%er on my whitefish trips, so I'm used to failing.. they'll probably have a lights out day today... Later Jeff
Well, took me awhile to get the batteries hooked up and get launched and I hadn't put enough clothes on, so I started out cold and it went down hill from there comfort wise...
While I was messing around with my trolling motor and trying to figure out what the commands did on the remote, Mike and his crew joined me just outside of the marina... I figured out spot lock and started casting, Mikes crew ended up pulling in two while I was there... I hooked one and as Pat would say the silly thing wasn't smart enough to hold on so I let it go...
About 11:00 I headed towards the pile and wow let me tell you GPS is a lifesaver... You can't believe how often I thought my GPS was wrong and I needed to be turning a different direction, well it was me that was screwed up... I can't believe how disoriented that fog on the water made me... I knew my boat was going straight south only to find I was headed east and then north, funny my steering wheel didn't seem to move from going straight ahead, but my bearings sure did. Anyway my point is don't go out on big water without a compass or GPS to guide you, it blew my mind how disoriented the fog made me...
Well I won't prolong your pain with this post, but I fished Gus's and the rock pile and never had another hit... The boat fishing on my saved spot on the rock pile pulled in a nice 32" trout while I was there, but those 3 fish mentioned were the only ones I heard or seen caught yesterday... It was a chilly day and I found a third thing that needs to be in place for a good Bear Lake trip... No wind, no fog and the fish biting... I got one of the three yesterday... Oh the batteries did perform really well for me, so thumbs up on that part of the story..
PS.. I do love the new truck, the diesel is incredible pulling Logan canyon, with the boat on heading up the grade out of Bear Lake, there was no traffic, so I thought I'd see what it would do... On the steepest part I opened it up and it hit speeds higher than may be legal and it would have keep going and didn't even act like I was on a hill or pulling a trailer... My previous truck struggled to hit 50 in those areas... So happy with this one... 13 mpg on the trip, so not the best, but better than the 7 or 8 from the pervious truck... Sorry I don't have a rosy report for the Whitefish spawn, but I'm a 50%er on my whitefish trips, so I'm used to failing.. they'll probably have a lights out day today... Later Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!