12-25-2005, 12:50 AM
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FishingWaters invited me to join him on Bear Lake today. I had to decide between mall hopping one last time or fishing the big blue. Hummm, let me think. So we agreed on a half day up there to see what we could scare up.
FW, along with his son Tyson and his friend Trent, picked me up at 4:45 this morning and off we went. The weather report was for a good day and boy, how right that report was. No wind, no clouds, no fog, just plenty of mild warm sun.
We launched at around 7:00 and decided to go check out the new piles. Very few marks and very small at that so we headed over to the old rock pile. There we marked lots of fish suspended between 45 – 60 feet. Found a good stack and anchored up. We never left that spot all day.
Paul (Fishing Waters) boated the first fish of the day … a nice big fat white. Man, It never ceases to amaze me how big of lure those whites will go after. FW was using a 6-7 inch fat tube when he hooked that white.
I caught a 2.5 mack (which I kept and already cooked for my supper tonight). Then FW boated a small cut and then he boated this nice 7.5 lb. 30 inch mack. He looked to be pretty old.
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Son Tyson boated this very nice 3.5 lb cut. It made his new ugly stick do an awful ugly bendo too.
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So Tyson and I each boated one fish, Trent had to settle for the cold stick today, and FW had the hot stick bringing in three different species.
We weren’t the only ones on the lake this day before Christmas. There were 4-5 other boats. But I think our boat did the best as far as I could tell. We got off the lake at noon. It made for a short but fun day on ole Big Blue.
On our way home through the canyon, we seen lots of snowmobillers having fun. Many of their families had picknic tables out with food and family enjoying the great weather. Does my heart good to see folks out doors on such a nice day before Christmas.
Mery Christsmas to all you good fishing friends. [/size][/font]
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FishingWaters invited me to join him on Bear Lake today. I had to decide between mall hopping one last time or fishing the big blue. Hummm, let me think. So we agreed on a half day up there to see what we could scare up.
FW, along with his son Tyson and his friend Trent, picked me up at 4:45 this morning and off we went. The weather report was for a good day and boy, how right that report was. No wind, no clouds, no fog, just plenty of mild warm sun.
We launched at around 7:00 and decided to go check out the new piles. Very few marks and very small at that so we headed over to the old rock pile. There we marked lots of fish suspended between 45 – 60 feet. Found a good stack and anchored up. We never left that spot all day.
Paul (Fishing Waters) boated the first fish of the day … a nice big fat white. Man, It never ceases to amaze me how big of lure those whites will go after. FW was using a 6-7 inch fat tube when he hooked that white.
I caught a 2.5 mack (which I kept and already cooked for my supper tonight). Then FW boated a small cut and then he boated this nice 7.5 lb. 30 inch mack. He looked to be pretty old.
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Son Tyson boated this very nice 3.5 lb cut. It made his new ugly stick do an awful ugly bendo too.
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So Tyson and I each boated one fish, Trent had to settle for the cold stick today, and FW had the hot stick bringing in three different species.
We weren’t the only ones on the lake this day before Christmas. There were 4-5 other boats. But I think our boat did the best as far as I could tell. We got off the lake at noon. It made for a short but fun day on ole Big Blue.
On our way home through the canyon, we seen lots of snowmobillers having fun. Many of their families had picknic tables out with food and family enjoying the great weather. Does my heart good to see folks out doors on such a nice day before Christmas.
Mery Christsmas to all you good fishing friends. [/size][/font]
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