After dinner this afternoon, my uncle Jake, ronda and I all decided to try out the cottonwood. We started out all chucking #3 blue fox lures. At 500 west, notta. I finally switched to a brown trout pattern and had a bite. We moved up stream, and fished by the old oceans restarunt. Jake finally caught a little brown, about 7 inches. Ronda hooked up with something big up by the bridge. It turned out to be a nice 16" brown. After that, we moved to a nice little secret spot of mine. I finally caught 3, all in 4 casts. Ronda caught another 2, jake 4. We moved once more, and I managed 1 tiny brown. Most of the fish they caught were on #3 blue fox's in a silver or copper color. I caught mine on a #3 in brown trout. The river was up and perfect lure color. It was the best I've seen it in many moons.
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Drove up Big Cottonwood Canyon last night... couldn't see too much and I've never fished up there. Is there good fishing in the canyons or would it just be a waste of time and maybe lures??
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I have a feeling your secret spot is close to my honey hole HA,HA. Fished BCC in the canyon on Sun afternoon, got 2 to the net, my partner got 4 when I left,lost at least 3-5,all browns, had a brook or a cut on but he got off right before the net.Not any with any size. Not like the biggens in the honey hole. ? Ever caught anything else in Cotton creek,besides trout an carp down low?
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Not so RR77, I've had a ball fishing up the canyon, with both lures and a flyrod. Just look for beaver ponds just past the switchbacks and patience will reward you.
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Some really good sized rainbows, one big brookie and a large mouth bass. I'm thinkin anywhere in those stretches I fished may be your honey hole. I gotta say you have good taste!
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My other uncle fishes up there alot. He nails em. And lots of em. He uses pretty much all panther martins and blue fox's.
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Thanks a bunch fellows..... I need to run up there during the daytime. Went up just on a fun drive with the girlfriend aka scouting trip.....[
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WENT UP BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON ON FRIDAY...WENT UP ABOUT 2 MILES OVER THE "S" CURVE, FOUND A CALM STRETCH WITH A NICE POND ON THE END OF IT BEFORE IT WENT DOWN THE HILL...GOT SET UP CASTED 2 SALMON EGGS ON A TINY HOOK THREE TIMES AND DRIFTED EM THROUGH THE POOLS....THEN THE SNOW HIT. I LEFT, THE WIND AND DRIVING SNOW/SLEET BEAT ME, I WALKED THE 100 YARDS BACK TO MY CAR AND MY HANDS WERE NUMB. THE TEMP DROPPED 20 DEGREES I BET IN 20 MINUTES!! I JUST HAD A FLEECE PULLOVER ON AND A T SHIRT...GOT ANGRY AT THE BOTTOM, IT WAS ALL SUNNY AND WARM. ARGGH...SAW A TON OF TROUT IN THE POOLS, BROOKIES IN TEH HALF TO ONE POUND RANGE...DIDNT CATCH ANY I THINK THE WEATHER MOVING IN SHUT EM DOWN.
LATERS,
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