NEWTON TIGER REPORT

[ssabshif]

I decided to give the Tigers a rest up at Pineview this weekend. Packed up my gear and headed north on 5/26 not sure where I was going to fish. I made it to Willard and decided to try for some Walleye. After about and hour of fishing and the only thing I caught was a snagged carp I decided to get out of there. Them damn blood sucking flys where driving me nutts. I remembered very quickly why I never fish there in the summer, to many damn bugs[mad]

I packed up my stuck and decided to head up to Newton. I had been hearing rumors the Tigers are around 3 feet since the draw down a few years back. I have not fished Newton in about 6 years but thought it would be a change to visit the lake again. I started fishing around 5pm and fished until dark. The water was right around 65 degrees and the lake is plum full. I ended up catching 6 Tigers before dark. No monsters but some of them are around the 36" mark. Did not measure any but a few were right around there. Sunday morning I started fishing at first light until 2pm and ended up catching 8 Tigers for the day[] I missed or lost more than I caught. It was fairly fast action both days.

I will say this the Tigers up there fight twice as hard as the ones in Pineview!!! I am not sure why but they are a blast to fight up there. On 3 occassions over the last two days I had them jump a good clean 3 feet out of the water slamming my lure. Its a hoot to see those guys launch out of the water like a rocket. Many of the others would taildance during the fight. Its much more of a specticle than Pineview Tigers.

I do have a few complaints about the trip!!! Why on Gods green earth do they allow water skiing on that narrow little lake??? If there was ever a lake that needs to be completely no wake or have horse power restrictions it would be this lake. All it takes is one boat flying down the lake only to hit the other end in 30 seconds to cause a ruckass and your boat rocking in waves!!! Or they just sit there and go in circles making it miserable for anybody trying to fish!!! It sucks but if you can deal with it the fishing is great at Newton.

Second gripe! What is the deal with the Sportsmans Wharehouse in Ogden? Every time I go there it is clean out of Rapalas!!! You would think they would order more and always have them in stock. It looks like people are buying them would it not be in there best interest to keep the shelves stocked??? Last time I ever go there to get lures. It happens every time. I have the logic if I am heading north I will just stop in there to restock. Nope, every time they are out and I am screwed[mad] Ok I will stop now just had to vent!!!
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[Hellsangler69]

Dam , Nice report . Love to hook as many tigers you get . I been meaning to try for them this year . And what bugs at Willard ? I never notice them . [] I do have 4 eyes ready for the pan .
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[Saberfish]

[black][size 3]Great report and very good pictures. You really had a great couple of days. Everyone on the site is green with envy. That's the most productive report that has been posted in some time.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]Too bad about the water skiers, and pleasure boaters. Sometimes I think that the "pleasure" that they get is driving fishermen crazy.[/size]
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[fsh4fun05]

You sure know what you're doing out there. Thanks for showing me the ropes last weekend. I'm headed up to Pineview in the early morning to give it a shot. I tried finding some of those Rapalas online, ya right! I'm not paying that much!!! You weren't joking about them being antiques.
I noticed in your pics there are no other boats in the background, did you leave before they hit it too hard.
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[ssabshif]

Good luck on your hunt tomorrow John. When I was up there last week the fish were still in all the spots I showed you. I would stick with those areas and you should get some action. As far as those lures go you are not going to find them anywhere. Its a shame because they are one of my all time favorite lures for just about any kind of fish you want to catch!!!!! Oh yes and keep it a seceret as to just what lure you are talking about. Thats one of my tricks and have only showed them to a select few!!!!

There was not many boats up there at Newton but it only take 2 or 3 boats on that lake making waves to frustrate you. You should hit Newton. Amoung the musky its a great place to fish Largemouths. The Bass guys were doing pretty good flipping in the cover up there this weekend.
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[Theekillerbee]

Nice work on nailing a bunch of tigers. Nice to see Newton fill again. Too bad the DWR is no longer getting any new tigers for planting.
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[ssabshif]

Lets hope the DWR can find another source for them or just get smart and grow their own!!! Oh wait Utah DWR wont raise any of there own fish except trout[] I may just have to move to Minnesota so I can fish for Pike and Muskie in a few years!!!!
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[waldocod]

I know what you mean about the skiers. I was up there a while back and they were holding a water skiing competition!!!When I tried to launch, they said the lake was closed to all but the skiers. They even had a permit posted.Seemed fishy to me but I was well outnumbered.
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[Hellsangler69]

I wonder what a permit would cost to throw a fishing competition with no water skiers .[]
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[ssabshif]

Would it not be nice if us fisherman could just have one no wake lake!!! Like I said Newton would be perfect for no wake. Not like all the skiers dont have Bear lake and Culter marsh to go make waves near Cache Valley!!!!!! I wish it was like Colorado that has restrictions on smaller lakes like Newton.
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