10-17-2009, 11:51 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I just love it when somebody plays "straight man" and sets me up for some rim shot humorous responses. Poor old LloydE. He is always asking on the walkie talkies "How deep are you?" when I catch a fish. My first response is usually "I'm sitting right on top of the water." After which I always give him the REAL answer...depth I am fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]How deep do I swim? I don't...anymore. Ear problems. Used to be a diver and 150' was about my top...or bottom.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch? I have caught them 80' deep in Starvation and 60' in Deer Creek. Over 50' in Jordanelle. In the Great Lakes they are caught over 100' deep.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Everybody knows that macks go DEEEEEP. In Lake Tahoe I have fished them over 200 feet down. They regularly go over 100 feet at Da Gorge. Rainbows can go very deep too, in search of food or more desirable temps or water chemistry. Ditto for cutts and browns. There are lakes in the western states where both species have been taken between 50 and 100 feet deep. But most prefer to stay as shallow as possible when there are suitable temps and plenty to eat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Walleye in Utah definitely head for deep water in the winter. Over 100 feet in Starvation and recorded on camera in Deer Creek at about 80 feet.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Surprisingly, channel cats will also forage at great depths during the winter. We have had several taken from deeper Utah reservoirs the past couple of winters that were over 40 feet deep when hooked. Since channel cats feed even during the winter you might expect them to follow their food sources. So, if they are eating small perch, and you are fishing for small perch on the bottom of Echo or Yuba, then you have a chance to catch the occasional deep kitty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am not so naive as to believe that the "close encouters of the boating kind" are all the result of poor vision. It is actually just the opposite. Time after time I watch a boat veer from its established course to head directly for me. Then they deliberately choose a trolling path that brings them right over my trailing lines or in between me and the shoreline to which I am casting.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nope. Not bad vision. Just bad manners. Same mentality as drivers who deliberately cut you off on the road...or other aggravating actions.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You wouldn't wanna see me in a bikini...or speedo. Looks like a pair of pliers with a bandaid. Definitely not the visual that would attract onlookers...even myopic boaters.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]How deep do I swim? I don't...anymore. Ear problems. Used to be a diver and 150' was about my top...or bottom.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch? I have caught them 80' deep in Starvation and 60' in Deer Creek. Over 50' in Jordanelle. In the Great Lakes they are caught over 100' deep.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Everybody knows that macks go DEEEEEP. In Lake Tahoe I have fished them over 200 feet down. They regularly go over 100 feet at Da Gorge. Rainbows can go very deep too, in search of food or more desirable temps or water chemistry. Ditto for cutts and browns. There are lakes in the western states where both species have been taken between 50 and 100 feet deep. But most prefer to stay as shallow as possible when there are suitable temps and plenty to eat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Walleye in Utah definitely head for deep water in the winter. Over 100 feet in Starvation and recorded on camera in Deer Creek at about 80 feet.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Surprisingly, channel cats will also forage at great depths during the winter. We have had several taken from deeper Utah reservoirs the past couple of winters that were over 40 feet deep when hooked. Since channel cats feed even during the winter you might expect them to follow their food sources. So, if they are eating small perch, and you are fishing for small perch on the bottom of Echo or Yuba, then you have a chance to catch the occasional deep kitty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am not so naive as to believe that the "close encouters of the boating kind" are all the result of poor vision. It is actually just the opposite. Time after time I watch a boat veer from its established course to head directly for me. Then they deliberately choose a trolling path that brings them right over my trailing lines or in between me and the shoreline to which I am casting.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nope. Not bad vision. Just bad manners. Same mentality as drivers who deliberately cut you off on the road...or other aggravating actions.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You wouldn't wanna see me in a bikini...or speedo. Looks like a pair of pliers with a bandaid. Definitely not the visual that would attract onlookers...even myopic boaters.[/#0000ff]
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