10-22-2015, 08:37 PM
[#0000FF]Weather forecrash was favorable, but nobody could or would go fishing with me. Went by my ownself. Neener neener. No boats went out the channel. Only a couple of short term rock hoppers all morning. Tranquility...except for having to keep messing with catfish.
Launched off the (slippery) rocks by First Spring, at Lincoln Beach (Utah Lake). Hit the water just after 7. Air temp 45 and water temp still a surprising 57. Thought it might drop a bit more with the low night temps we have been having. Was warming toward 59 as I got off the water about noonish...after running out of bait.
Started off fishing plastics and cranks, inshore, hoping for a tropical walleye. Nary a plink...even from a white bass. Worked shallow to deeper. Still no love.
As I moved out past the 5' depth I sailed out a small white bass on a bait rod. Took at least 17.5 nanoseconds to get bit. Hooked up to a feisty 2 footer kitty. Bendo at sunrise. Gotta love it.
Kept dragging bait on one rod and pitching plastics with t'other. Only a few micro munches on the plastics. No hookups. But got plenty of "catitude" on the bait.
I brought a half dozen baby white bass from the freezer...along with a few perch fillets from some of the dinks I kept last week from Starvation. Went through all of it. Fairly good hookup percentage. Even caught two fish on the same white bass a couple of times. Missed a couple of hooksets but both fish came back and played nice on the second visit. Most of 'em just posed for a picture and went back in the lake. I invited a few home for my last batch of smokitty for the year.
The cats were definitely actively feeding. But in the cooler water their battle was noticeably less energetic than in previous trips...in warmer water. Still, they bent my stick and zinged my string. Some pulled some line off the drag. Always fun.
Guesstimate I got somewhere between 12 to 14 cats. Smallest was a nice 21 inches. Largest about 27 inches. Most cat fans would be happy with that kinda day. I was.
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Launched off the (slippery) rocks by First Spring, at Lincoln Beach (Utah Lake). Hit the water just after 7. Air temp 45 and water temp still a surprising 57. Thought it might drop a bit more with the low night temps we have been having. Was warming toward 59 as I got off the water about noonish...after running out of bait.
Started off fishing plastics and cranks, inshore, hoping for a tropical walleye. Nary a plink...even from a white bass. Worked shallow to deeper. Still no love.
As I moved out past the 5' depth I sailed out a small white bass on a bait rod. Took at least 17.5 nanoseconds to get bit. Hooked up to a feisty 2 footer kitty. Bendo at sunrise. Gotta love it.
Kept dragging bait on one rod and pitching plastics with t'other. Only a few micro munches on the plastics. No hookups. But got plenty of "catitude" on the bait.
I brought a half dozen baby white bass from the freezer...along with a few perch fillets from some of the dinks I kept last week from Starvation. Went through all of it. Fairly good hookup percentage. Even caught two fish on the same white bass a couple of times. Missed a couple of hooksets but both fish came back and played nice on the second visit. Most of 'em just posed for a picture and went back in the lake. I invited a few home for my last batch of smokitty for the year.
The cats were definitely actively feeding. But in the cooler water their battle was noticeably less energetic than in previous trips...in warmer water. Still, they bent my stick and zinged my string. Some pulled some line off the drag. Always fun.
Guesstimate I got somewhere between 12 to 14 cats. Smallest was a nice 21 inches. Largest about 27 inches. Most cat fans would be happy with that kinda day. I was.
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