Weberific 4/2

[actionj]

Fished the Weber River today. Weather was beautiful and I got totally sunburned. I fished with mostly spinners and caught 10 nice browns. 2 of them were around 14 inches. The Weber is a nice change from the hustle and bustle of the provo. I have two questions from today:

1) I also caught a big 18 inch white fish. Do people eat whitefish? I let it go but should I have kept it or given it away to somebody so the poor browns have more to eat?

2) there have been posts recently of people catching 18" browns on the weber. Are you people just exaggerating or did you really measure out 18" fish? If it's true I'm really jealous. What makes me doubt even more is that people claim they catch huge fish on the provo all the time when they are actually pretty rare. That tribune article that somebody just posted said there are only 8 out of 4000 fish 18" or greater on the provo now.
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[Hellsangler69]

I have caught few trout over 20" on the Weber River . I haven't tried much in the past years but they use to be in there . I credit it to the bait fishing allowed back then . Sure hated seeing it turn to fly and lure only in the one section but it should give you more fish to catch . My biggest brown was 26" and cutt was 22" from the Weber . I even found a 20" bow there . I'm sure there are still some monsters(30+") in there which I hope to catch some day .
Whitefish are very common on the Weber and alot of people eat them . I wouldn't worry about the trout not having enough to eat there . I sure the big boys dine on some whitefish . Try the Mothers day caddis hatch and you will see some bugs on the water then .
If you want a bigger brown keep trying . They don't eat all the time but when they do it is easy to hook them . Try some tube jigs and drag them on the bottom or thru the snags . You will lose a few but can be very rewarding . Rapalas work quite well also but are more spendy .
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[actionj]

Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll have to try a whitefish for dinner some time. And I guess with this year's excellent snowfall things should start looking up. And i'm not complaining about the size of fish in the Weber, it's just that any fisherman always gets jealous when he hears about buddies catching the "big ones"
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[katghoti]

My take on the weber since January has been at least one brown over 18". In fact the saturday after presidents day I horsed out a 21" brown and let him swim free. I took a 19" out two weeks ago along with 20+ whites. I flyfish so I don't know if that is better or not, but most bait fishermen around me were not catching them as big. If you really want to catch a nice fish, get one of the sculpin imatations from walmart. They work wonders on the ogden, weber, and provo. If a snobby flyfishermen gives you bad looks, just laugh and fish one.

Katghoti
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[tuber]

Hey actionj,

what part of the weber were you fishing? I hit a few different spots about 3 weeks ago and caught a ton of moss. I was using a rapala though. Did you run into very many snags?

tuber
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[leaky]

Wow,
This is going to be fun!!!! This is the first, I repeat, the first time I've disagreed with my old Bud, Tube.[shocked] [] Everything he's said is accurate except keeping in the freezer. They keep better than trout!!!! Deeeeeep freeze em and they will keep just fine for over a year!!! Hey Tube, trust me, I know this one, please forgive me. I bow and bow to you're superior knowlege in everything except the Whitie. Well--------maybe I'm wrong here too??? Personally I fry em just like any other fillet after skinning and properly filleting of course and have never been bothered by any remaining small bones. I have now converted 75% of all my friends that the whitie is better than the trout!!![shocked][shocked][shocked]
As far as size of trout (browns and rainbows) I've caught lots from 19 23" in the river and have lost bigger. Of course lots is a relative term, I fish the river a lot in the winter and know some holes. I would guess about 1 out of 15-20 in that class? There are some big fish in the Web., alot bigger than I've caught, I generally fish for the whities in the winter and consider them better table far then trout. Yeah, you heard me right.[shocked]
Take a look at this guy caught by a kid, this year, bait fishing below Echo!!!!!!
[crazy]Leaky

[leaky]

Hey Pat,
Where's the fun if two old futzes(me being far older) can't disagree? Don't be nice, I still stand by what I said. Whities freeze better than any trout, so there!!![sly] I have to admitt that a lot has to do with how you take care of em and freeze em.
What's this buisness about waking up? No flaming now, heh, heh.[] Full contact fishing????? What the heck does that mean? A little wading wouldn't hurt yuh, especially at low water. You regained a lot of experience at Pelican, right? If this old guy can do it you can too. Take a wading stick! There are lots of big whities where I go too.
What do you guys think of the trout the kid caught?
Leaky
P.S. Forgot to add - am going to Blue Lake with Sparky tomorrow.

[actionj]

tuber: I was fishing in the stretch between wanship and coalville. It was my first time fishing the stretch and I only covered a mile or two. If anybody knows any good spots along this stretch, I am all ears. As for the moss beds, I was using mostly spinners and reeling pretty fast to avoid snags. The spinners would bounce on the moss beds a lot but did not snag too much. I usually look over the area I am going to fish to see if there are rocks, sticks or other junk to try and avoid snags as well.

As for the picture of the Brown trout, that is what I am talking about that makes me jealous [] Would have been more impressive catching that fish on a fly or lure though.
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[Caddfly]

Tube: I used to look up to you because of your vast knowledge, now I only frown upon your existence. Why?!? Size 28 Woolly Buggers?!? WAAAAAY too big. The serious fishers fish BWO, that is BWO eggs. Size 38 baby!

CADDFLY
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[d-mack]

I tried to tie some of those BWO egg patterns up but my spider web thread kept breaking when I'd attempt to whip finish it. Very discouraging....[cool]
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[HFT]

shhhh! the Weber does not have any big browns they are all on the Provo []
d-mack try 14/0 griffith I like to tie with it better then spider web for small flies.
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[leaky]

HFT,
Oh yea? Well-------- shhhh is probably good. I blew it, right?
Somehow this pic got left off my post of what the "kid" caught!
Leaky[]

[road]

Hey Pat I met that Orvis gentelmen I posted about the other day on the lower Provo. If you would like the details drop me a PM. He aint a bad sort after all LOL.
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