Mammoth Experience

[gofish435]

I decided to give Huntington Reservoir (Mammoth) my first try for the year. I know the ice has been gone for some time now but I have never done very well for the first few weeks after ice out. I got there at 7:00 and fished until 3:00 out of my tube. The water level is at 81% and I doubt it will be going up much more by the looks of the remaining snowpack. I fished the middle portion of the reservoir using a fast sinking (#7) line and size 6-8 bead head woolly buggers and leeches. I managed to pick up a few fish, all tigers, ranging from 14" to 19" long. The water temperature was 59-61 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 6'. Most of the fish were hooked near the bottom in 15' to 30' FOW. I don't know what it is about tiger trout but I cannot keep them hooked. I always miss way more than what shows up in the net.[:/]

It was a fun day on the water and at just over 9,000' elevation, very comfortable fishing.[]
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[Joe_Dizzy]

Great report and pics! []

Tigers to 19"... nothing to sneeze at.
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[Jedidiah]

My experience with tigers is that they all spin like a tornado upon hookset until you get them landed. No other trout does the crazy spin that tigers do, it's like catching a slimy wet badger on a string.
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[fish_hntr]

[quote gofish435]I decided to give Huntington Reservoir (Mammoth) my first try for the year. I know the ice has been gone for some time now but I have never done very well for the first few weeks after ice out. I got there at 7:00 and fished until 3:00 out of my tube. The water level is at 81% and I doubt it will be going up much more by the looks of the remaining snowpack. I fished the middle portion of the reservoir using a fast sinking (#7) line and size 6-8 bead head woolly buggers and leeches. I managed to pick up a few fish, all tigers, ranging from 14" to 19" long. The water temperature was 59-61 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 6'. Most of the fish were hooked near the bottom in 15' to 30' FOW. I don't know what it is about tiger trout but I cannot keep them hooked. I always miss way more than what shows up in the net.[:/]

It was a fun day on the water and at just over 9,000' elevation, very comfortable fishing.[][/quote]

Very nice day for sure! Sadly it has not filled up since 2012 if memory serves, I didn't fish it at all last year but it is certainly one of my favorite places on the Manti.
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