03-19-2004, 08:34 AM
Fun stuff!!
The Sunnyside area is not my favorite place to fish, but this time of year it is. The ticket is getting off the shore.
Radio shack has a portable fish finder for $49.00 that works decent. My friend has one and it works great at finding depth. Surprisingly it's pretty accurate with the fish alarm as well.
If you want to try something different, get some chironomid/gnat larvae patterns in a size 16. Make sure they're weighted with a bead or lead wire. Tie them on your spin rig and place a small bobber so that the fly is about 2ft from the bottom. If you have to use a split shot to get the fly down, but I find a weighted fly works better. From there it's just bait fishing, whether you use a fly rod or conventional gear. That bobber...errr strike indicator moves set the hook, but do so lightly. Works on every lake I've ever fished, especially after ice off.
Southernman, I really like the photo stories you tell. I have a nice digital camera, but I usually don't carry it. I fish alone alot and mostly catch and release so I don't use it, but this weekend I could've taken some nice photos. I'm going to have to remember to bring it along.
I'm glad you had a good trip at Haymeadow. I would fish that lake a lot more, but in less than a month it'll be choked with weeds. In the summer I don't even bother with it. Soon as Comins and southern Utah opens I won't be fishing it. Last year it iced off in January for a couple of weeks at a warm spell and a couple of buddies and I fished it 3 times in that period. All were really good trips. Cold, but good. We had to break perimeter ice to get our float tubes out each time.
I was thinking of hitting Haymeadow once more this year, but that could easily turn into a Lee's Ferry Trip if I get my buddy to go. I don't get to fish as often as I used to. I'll probably get out 2 - 3 times a month for trips... a bit more locally. Being a new dad has really cut into my fishing time, but in a few years... he goes with me
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Thanks for posting the information. I'll try to post my trips as well. In less than a month Comins will open up. Hopefully this year will be good there, but it's gonna rapidly decline. A few large pike were caught ice fishing, so that bodes poorly for the trout/largemouth fisherey. It may already be too late. As the trout decline it'll offer some trophy pike fishing, but unfortunately that won't last. With the forage base gone, the pike will stunt. The lake is too small to support a pike fishery and everyone will lose.
Later guys,
Mark
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The Sunnyside area is not my favorite place to fish, but this time of year it is. The ticket is getting off the shore.
Radio shack has a portable fish finder for $49.00 that works decent. My friend has one and it works great at finding depth. Surprisingly it's pretty accurate with the fish alarm as well.
If you want to try something different, get some chironomid/gnat larvae patterns in a size 16. Make sure they're weighted with a bead or lead wire. Tie them on your spin rig and place a small bobber so that the fly is about 2ft from the bottom. If you have to use a split shot to get the fly down, but I find a weighted fly works better. From there it's just bait fishing, whether you use a fly rod or conventional gear. That bobber...errr strike indicator moves set the hook, but do so lightly. Works on every lake I've ever fished, especially after ice off.
Southernman, I really like the photo stories you tell. I have a nice digital camera, but I usually don't carry it. I fish alone alot and mostly catch and release so I don't use it, but this weekend I could've taken some nice photos. I'm going to have to remember to bring it along.
I'm glad you had a good trip at Haymeadow. I would fish that lake a lot more, but in less than a month it'll be choked with weeds. In the summer I don't even bother with it. Soon as Comins and southern Utah opens I won't be fishing it. Last year it iced off in January for a couple of weeks at a warm spell and a couple of buddies and I fished it 3 times in that period. All were really good trips. Cold, but good. We had to break perimeter ice to get our float tubes out each time.
I was thinking of hitting Haymeadow once more this year, but that could easily turn into a Lee's Ferry Trip if I get my buddy to go. I don't get to fish as often as I used to. I'll probably get out 2 - 3 times a month for trips... a bit more locally. Being a new dad has really cut into my fishing time, but in a few years... he goes with me
.Thanks for posting the information. I'll try to post my trips as well. In less than a month Comins will open up. Hopefully this year will be good there, but it's gonna rapidly decline. A few large pike were caught ice fishing, so that bodes poorly for the trout/largemouth fisherey. It may already be too late. As the trout decline it'll offer some trophy pike fishing, but unfortunately that won't last. With the forage base gone, the pike will stunt. The lake is too small to support a pike fishery and everyone will lose.
Later guys,
Mark
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