06-18-2010, 05:56 PM
My wife and kids bought me a new double action hand pump for my float tube last night. I decided to get up this morning and try it out at my favorite Utah lake...Utah Lake. I slept in a little and didn't launch until 7 am. Those of you that know me know that I mainly fish for crappie and brim. I love just about every species in Utah Lake except for the carp so I went out armed with an assortment of small (hair/tube/curly tail) jigs. I caught a couple of nice crappie right off the bat. I wasn't too worried about keeping anything today so I didn't take a picture of these. I decided to use a slip bobber with a 1/64 oz. tube jig (red/black/chart. surprising I know) under it. Typically I can find the depth the crappie are holding, set my depth with the slip bobber, and put them hurt on them. All of the sudden my bobber sank like a rock. I set the hook and I thought I was hung up on something under the docks I was fishing.
Nope. Docks don't tear line off your reel so it is singing like a scalded dog. Thirty minutes later, I pulled in a huge channel cat. I didn't think my 4 lb. test would hold but it did! I was using a total ultra-light setup and I got quite possibly the biggest catfish I have ever caught. This was the first time I caught a channel cat on an ultralight (first number one) AND the first channel cat from my float tube (first numero dos). It was great fun but I was worn out! I let the kitty go back because he looked like he had some parasites (leeches?) attached to his face and down his body. You can kind of see them in one of the attached pics. I kicked back into the shallows and caught about 5 more
bluegill who were ticked about getting pulled off their beds. I put em all back so you can take a shot at them. Can't wait to catch another kitty on 4 lb test!
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Nope. Docks don't tear line off your reel so it is singing like a scalded dog. Thirty minutes later, I pulled in a huge channel cat. I didn't think my 4 lb. test would hold but it did! I was using a total ultra-light setup and I got quite possibly the biggest catfish I have ever caught. This was the first time I caught a channel cat on an ultralight (first number one) AND the first channel cat from my float tube (first numero dos). It was great fun but I was worn out! I let the kitty go back because he looked like he had some parasites (leeches?) attached to his face and down his body. You can kind of see them in one of the attached pics. I kicked back into the shallows and caught about 5 more
bluegill who were ticked about getting pulled off their beds. I put em all back so you can take a shot at them. Can't wait to catch another kitty on 4 lb test![signature]
