06-13-2011, 10:37 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Kinda slim pickin's for smaller predators right now. Last year's spawn of white bass is about 6" long...great for big walleyes and cats but too big for cookie cutters. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I didn't keep any cats today but the ones I kept from last Friday had nothing more than grey ooze...the remnants of indistinguishable invertebrates. Hey, that would be a good name for a rock band.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most smaller fish in Utah Lake are opportunists and feed on whatever is available between the abundant harvests after spawning season. Their diet includes leeches, midge larvae, crawdads and lotsa whatzits. Once the carp fry and white bass fry start swarming the reed beds all the fishies will glut until this year's crop grows too large in the fall.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will say that all of the fish I have filleted recently are healthy, with thick fillets.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Cats on cranks? You betcha. Lots on big plastics and marabou jigs too. Even on flies...especially when the water is as clean and green as it was today. That cat in the picture...on the crank...actually hit the lure within seconds of the lure hitting the water. I had not even cranked it down to it's running depth of about 7'.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I didn't keep any cats today but the ones I kept from last Friday had nothing more than grey ooze...the remnants of indistinguishable invertebrates. Hey, that would be a good name for a rock band.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most smaller fish in Utah Lake are opportunists and feed on whatever is available between the abundant harvests after spawning season. Their diet includes leeches, midge larvae, crawdads and lotsa whatzits. Once the carp fry and white bass fry start swarming the reed beds all the fishies will glut until this year's crop grows too large in the fall.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will say that all of the fish I have filleted recently are healthy, with thick fillets.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Cats on cranks? You betcha. Lots on big plastics and marabou jigs too. Even on flies...especially when the water is as clean and green as it was today. That cat in the picture...on the crank...actually hit the lure within seconds of the lure hitting the water. I had not even cranked it down to it's running depth of about 7'.[/#0000ff]
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