09-08-2007, 10:27 PM
[cool][#0000ff]TubeBabe and Road's wife both had things to do today and we both had "kitchen passes". We had planned to hit an "out of the way" spot on Utah Lake. But, when we showed up just before daybreak, the flashlight showed that the water had dropped since road's last visit. Launching and water depth for fishing were "iffy". [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]So, we went for plan B...Lincoln Beach. Despite the delay, we made it to LB before 7, and it was just getting bright in the east. Tlspyder13 was already there so we chit chatted a bit and then got down to the business of airing up tubes and getting afloat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Air temp was low 60's. A few midges to munch on while getting ready, but no mosquitoes to donate blood to. Water temps were 69.4 at launch and 72 when we quit about 1 PM. Fair clarity, with some light green skim of algae bloom at times. It will get worse before it gets better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I announced over the walkie talkies that my primary goal was to bag about 4 nice catfish...to make up a load for the smoker. I will be taking it to Idaho, as insurance that I will have a room at my uncle's place in Moore (near arco). We took some last time and now it is added to the list of things we MUST bring to secure hospitality. One of the others is my fresh pico de gallo salsa. My old Aunt Elaine eats that stuff on her cereal. (not really)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all three split up and went different directions, trying to find the fish and a pattern. Early on the best we could do was molest some bitty whities. They were all over the place and bit on almost any jig we tossed. They also stole some of the minnows we were dragging to entice kitties or walleyes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I got launched about 7:30 and started in deeper water, gradually working toward the 4-5 foot zone where I typically find a few cats early this time of year. At 8:40, I had a pick up, a good run and set the hook into something with "shoulders". Turned out to be the biggest kitty of the day...a 27" mama cat that weighed right at 8 pounds. 25% of the way to a full smoker.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I lost one other good cat in the 5 foot zone and then nothing. After about two hours of nothing but small white bass and a couple of missed runners, I kicked out into deeper water. As I passed from 6 feet into the 6.5 foot zone, ZING...another runner. This was my smallest fish of the day...a nice 22 inch 4 pounder. Halfway to smokerville.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The second fish had taken the hook deep, so I had to cut the line and retie. As I was tieing on a new hook, my second rod had an inquiry...and line streamed off the open-bailed reel. This turned out to the first of three consecutive 24 inchers...which weighed from 5 to 5.2 pounds. I caught my last four fish all in the same general area, within less than an hour. The last one was a feisty female that really kicked me around...literally. I always reel in my second line while I am letting the line run on a "busy" rod. It was good I did with that last fish because she spun me around in my tube several times before getting an insane desire to crawl into my net.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Spiderman was "snakebit" on the kitties. He had to leave early and was only able to score a few of the pesky white bass. But, I think he enjoyed fishing more than staying at home. At least he said he did. But, we all know how fishermen lie.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Road usually acquits himself well on the kitties at Lincoln Beach, but he had a slow day today. As soon as I "found" some fish in deeper water I hollered him up on the walkie talkie and suggested he move out to the deeper water where I was. That got him into his first kitty...a quadruplet to the three 24"ers I caught out there. A nice fish that put a whuppin' on him with the ultralight rod he was using.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We had a beautiful day weatherwise. Untypical for a "road trip". There were only light breezes, but they kept changing around and before the day was over (for us) we had breezes from every point of the compass. As is usual for Lincoln Beach, fishing dies whenever the north winds blow. And that is what happened about 11:30...just after I had caught my fifth and final kitty. The north wind factor was "helped" by the sudden onset of power squadron nonsense. Ski boats, wakeboarders and PWCs all figured that since the tubers were in our part of the lake it must be a good place to have fun. Yeah right, fun for them...not for us[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We shoulda, coulda, woulda got off the water before noon. But, us diehards had to try to prove that all of our previous experience and observations were wrong. Well, road did catch one more dink kittyfish...about 15". He checked with me by walkie talkie to make sure we were really fishing Utah Lake and not Willard Bay.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nice trip guys. Let's do it again some more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]So, we went for plan B...Lincoln Beach. Despite the delay, we made it to LB before 7, and it was just getting bright in the east. Tlspyder13 was already there so we chit chatted a bit and then got down to the business of airing up tubes and getting afloat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Air temp was low 60's. A few midges to munch on while getting ready, but no mosquitoes to donate blood to. Water temps were 69.4 at launch and 72 when we quit about 1 PM. Fair clarity, with some light green skim of algae bloom at times. It will get worse before it gets better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I announced over the walkie talkies that my primary goal was to bag about 4 nice catfish...to make up a load for the smoker. I will be taking it to Idaho, as insurance that I will have a room at my uncle's place in Moore (near arco). We took some last time and now it is added to the list of things we MUST bring to secure hospitality. One of the others is my fresh pico de gallo salsa. My old Aunt Elaine eats that stuff on her cereal. (not really)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all three split up and went different directions, trying to find the fish and a pattern. Early on the best we could do was molest some bitty whities. They were all over the place and bit on almost any jig we tossed. They also stole some of the minnows we were dragging to entice kitties or walleyes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I got launched about 7:30 and started in deeper water, gradually working toward the 4-5 foot zone where I typically find a few cats early this time of year. At 8:40, I had a pick up, a good run and set the hook into something with "shoulders". Turned out to be the biggest kitty of the day...a 27" mama cat that weighed right at 8 pounds. 25% of the way to a full smoker.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I lost one other good cat in the 5 foot zone and then nothing. After about two hours of nothing but small white bass and a couple of missed runners, I kicked out into deeper water. As I passed from 6 feet into the 6.5 foot zone, ZING...another runner. This was my smallest fish of the day...a nice 22 inch 4 pounder. Halfway to smokerville.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The second fish had taken the hook deep, so I had to cut the line and retie. As I was tieing on a new hook, my second rod had an inquiry...and line streamed off the open-bailed reel. This turned out to the first of three consecutive 24 inchers...which weighed from 5 to 5.2 pounds. I caught my last four fish all in the same general area, within less than an hour. The last one was a feisty female that really kicked me around...literally. I always reel in my second line while I am letting the line run on a "busy" rod. It was good I did with that last fish because she spun me around in my tube several times before getting an insane desire to crawl into my net.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Spiderman was "snakebit" on the kitties. He had to leave early and was only able to score a few of the pesky white bass. But, I think he enjoyed fishing more than staying at home. At least he said he did. But, we all know how fishermen lie.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Road usually acquits himself well on the kitties at Lincoln Beach, but he had a slow day today. As soon as I "found" some fish in deeper water I hollered him up on the walkie talkie and suggested he move out to the deeper water where I was. That got him into his first kitty...a quadruplet to the three 24"ers I caught out there. A nice fish that put a whuppin' on him with the ultralight rod he was using.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We had a beautiful day weatherwise. Untypical for a "road trip". There were only light breezes, but they kept changing around and before the day was over (for us) we had breezes from every point of the compass. As is usual for Lincoln Beach, fishing dies whenever the north winds blow. And that is what happened about 11:30...just after I had caught my fifth and final kitty. The north wind factor was "helped" by the sudden onset of power squadron nonsense. Ski boats, wakeboarders and PWCs all figured that since the tubers were in our part of the lake it must be a good place to have fun. Yeah right, fun for them...not for us[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We shoulda, coulda, woulda got off the water before noon. But, us diehards had to try to prove that all of our previous experience and observations were wrong. Well, road did catch one more dink kittyfish...about 15". He checked with me by walkie talkie to make sure we were really fishing Utah Lake and not Willard Bay.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nice trip guys. Let's do it again some more.[/#0000ff]
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]Guess it is a little confusing. Tubeson (our son) is in reality TubeN2 ... other monikers you may see are Tubemom and Tubedad. Sorry about that. 
myself. But, at my age everything confuses me. I gotta go "codgertate" on being a grand-something. That ain't right. I'm still too young for that...I think.[/#0000ff]
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