Last Sunday Chilly Digits & I Made an evening Catfish run on Utah Lake. We Went to one of his little honey holes near lindon Boat Harbor. We arrived at the fishing spot At about 5:30 & left the area at about 9:45. after catching 16 channel Cats & realeasing 8 & placing 8 in jail!! (to be used for smoking & or Baking Mmmmmm )Bait used, chub minnows, carp meat, shiners & crawlers.
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Did you catch anything else or just the channels. I always seem to catch about 10 mudcats, whitebass, bluegills etc to one channel. Thanks for the report.
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[#505000]I can't speak for MeMeMe, but I have never caught a bluegill out of Utah Lake. I also catch very few mudcats and whitebass. My "secret" is I fish with big bait. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I prefer carp strips about1 1/2 inches wide and 3-4 inches long, or anchovies. I catch a few mudders, no white bass or bluegill (I fish with plastics for white bass) but mostly channel cats. I very very rarely take worms out to Utah Lake they seem to attract the other fish you menioned especially mudcats like flies to cow pies.[/#505000] [
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[size 1][#0000ff]"Those 4/0 circle hooks are so big that even a small channel cat has to pretend it is a snake and unhinge its jaws to get it in his mouth."[/#0000ff][/size]
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[#0000ff][size 1]Those are the exact same hooks that I like to use for the cats at Utah Lake. I typically fish one rod on the bottom and one under a bobber. Many times I see the bobber be bounced down and right back up repeatedly, and I figure it is a white bass or mudder trying to steal the bait. I have caught two or three white bass and a few mudders on those large hooks.[/size][/#0000ff]
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Bigfishrule,
Yes we did catch 4 Muddies & A Whitie. And yes I have caught several bluegill at Utah Lake But, only while Ice Fishing
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[#505000]I'm just about finished with the circle hook section, but yes please send me what you have and I will edit it to fit better. Also since this will be included in your wrtie up feel free to edit delete, toss, or do whatever works to help your write up.[/#505000]
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Looks to be time to break out the lemon pepper shake and/or heat up the smoker. That will surely teach em not to play it so tough when its time early release or parole, huh? lol.
Whats more I hear theres still a few old fella's out there not "towin' the line" properly and in need of a lession in correct usage of 3/0's[
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Yeah, I'm thinkin the smoker should get another workout. LOL No Parole for these guys! Those 3/0's will be having a talk with the " Old Fellas " real soon I hope! & I'M going to talk to em real good too!! LOL [sly][
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