10-13-2006, 12:00 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Got out tubing on Willard Bay (Utah) twice this week...first with Flycasting and second trip with TubeBabe. Here are the two reports I posted on the Utah board.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff](10-10-06) [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][b][#0000ff]Hooked up with Flycasting about 6:30 at the North Marina. Geared up and on the water inside the marina by 7:15. Water temp just under 57 at launch. Warmed to 60 by the time we took out at 2:00 PM. Light SE breezes at daybreak, changing around all day to different directions, with periods of flat calm. Nice day to be on the water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We both started off throwing plastics, but couldn't get bit on anything we tried. Flycasting scored first, on a minnow. After some whoopin' and hollerin' he netted the biggest wiper of the day...21" and 4.5#. I hooked up too, just as he was putting his fish in the basket. Mine was 18" and 3#, my only wiper of the day and the smallest of the three we got. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We covered the whole marina a couple of times, looking for fish. Saw only a few fish, but did find a couple of small schools. But, they didn't want anything we offered. The kitties were cooperative though. We both caught at least 10, keeping a few for the fillet board. Most were on minnows, but I caught one on a small tube jig being fished for wipers or walleyes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We were just about ready to leave, around 1 PM, when Flycasting hooked up on another wiper. He had seen some fish on sonar and dropped down a Kastmaster to vertical jig them. Scored a nice 19" 3.5# wiper to leave him with a
for the day. Of course, that kept us around and jigging for a while longer but no more takers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was really surprised that we did not catch either a walleye or a crappie. They are usually in the north marina and cooperative by this time each year. Maybe too soon after the storms and the full moon. At least those make good excuses when you don't catch fish. Next trip I will be "dipsticking" around the docks with some small stuff.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff](10-12-06) [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][b][#0000ff]TubeBabe and I launched our tubes off the campground gravel beach about 7 AM. Air was definitely cool to the touch...about 40, but felt colder. I'm spoiled and wimpy. Water temp was 58 at launch and warmed to 60 by the time we exited at 1:30.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Light breezes to absolutely glass. Pretty morning. Just before the sun came up the mist starting rising off the lake and made some neat effects. Several flights of ducks whizzed by, right on the deck, hiding in the mist. Gunshots had started in the marshes by about 7:15. Heard several airboats crank up and TubeBabe was nervous about getting run over. No worries.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The gunshots also spooked a big flight of pelicans over Willard (big beaked ducks). Glad they didn't fly directly overhead. My tube don't need no whitewash, thank you. Been there, done that, don't care to go back.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We threw just about every kind of hard and soft lure that has ever caught a wiper but nary a boink. Started dragging minnows and caught the isolated and occasional kitty, but no concentrations of active fish as in the warmer times. We both had hard pops on the minnows that we reckoned might be wipers. But, as we remind each other, unless you get the fish in for verification, you can make it whatever species and whatever size you want. No real fisherman is going to challenge you...if they want the same courtesy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Beautiful day, but slow fishing. We had to work hard to drag in about a half dozen kitties each. Kept a total of 7 for the fillet board.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I worked a long ways out on the north dike, in and out, from 5 feet to 20 feet. Saw very few fish on sonar and no shad schools. I suspect that the big concentrations of shad have headed for deeper water with the cooler temps.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Watched several trollers working within sight of where we were. Nobody seemed to stay long at any one place and there was a lot of moving around. Didn't see anyone bring in a fish from any of the boats. Also, when we hit the cleaning station there was no evidence of recent fish cleaning. Just some old dried out scales...probably from the trip Flycasting and I made on Tuesday.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sorry, no naked fish pictures in this post. We did keep a few bitty kitties but who wants to see more pics of those. Here are some scenery pics anyway.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff](10-10-06) [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][b][#0000ff]Hooked up with Flycasting about 6:30 at the North Marina. Geared up and on the water inside the marina by 7:15. Water temp just under 57 at launch. Warmed to 60 by the time we took out at 2:00 PM. Light SE breezes at daybreak, changing around all day to different directions, with periods of flat calm. Nice day to be on the water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We both started off throwing plastics, but couldn't get bit on anything we tried. Flycasting scored first, on a minnow. After some whoopin' and hollerin' he netted the biggest wiper of the day...21" and 4.5#. I hooked up too, just as he was putting his fish in the basket. Mine was 18" and 3#, my only wiper of the day and the smallest of the three we got. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We covered the whole marina a couple of times, looking for fish. Saw only a few fish, but did find a couple of small schools. But, they didn't want anything we offered. The kitties were cooperative though. We both caught at least 10, keeping a few for the fillet board. Most were on minnows, but I caught one on a small tube jig being fished for wipers or walleyes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We were just about ready to leave, around 1 PM, when Flycasting hooked up on another wiper. He had seen some fish on sonar and dropped down a Kastmaster to vertical jig them. Scored a nice 19" 3.5# wiper to leave him with a
for the day. Of course, that kept us around and jigging for a while longer but no more takers.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]I was really surprised that we did not catch either a walleye or a crappie. They are usually in the north marina and cooperative by this time each year. Maybe too soon after the storms and the full moon. At least those make good excuses when you don't catch fish. Next trip I will be "dipsticking" around the docks with some small stuff.[/#0000ff]
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[#333366] PERFECT MORNING.JPG [/#333366][/url](238 KB) [/size][/black][/font] [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=19042;"][#333366] GLASS OUT THE PASS.JPG [/#333366][/url](149 KB) [/size][/black][/font] [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=19043;"][#333366] FLYCASTING FLOGGING.JPG [/#333366][/url](164 KB) [/size][/black][/font] [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=19044;"][#333366] CANYON & CLOUDS.JPG [/#333366][/url](151 KB) [/size][/black][/font] [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=19045;"][#333366] TYLER'S TWO.JPG [/#333366][/url](143 KB) [/size][/black][/font][/#0000ff][/b] [#0000ff](10-12-06) [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][b][#0000ff]TubeBabe and I launched our tubes off the campground gravel beach about 7 AM. Air was definitely cool to the touch...about 40, but felt colder. I'm spoiled and wimpy. Water temp was 58 at launch and warmed to 60 by the time we exited at 1:30.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Light breezes to absolutely glass. Pretty morning. Just before the sun came up the mist starting rising off the lake and made some neat effects. Several flights of ducks whizzed by, right on the deck, hiding in the mist. Gunshots had started in the marshes by about 7:15. Heard several airboats crank up and TubeBabe was nervous about getting run over. No worries.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The gunshots also spooked a big flight of pelicans over Willard (big beaked ducks). Glad they didn't fly directly overhead. My tube don't need no whitewash, thank you. Been there, done that, don't care to go back.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We threw just about every kind of hard and soft lure that has ever caught a wiper but nary a boink. Started dragging minnows and caught the isolated and occasional kitty, but no concentrations of active fish as in the warmer times. We both had hard pops on the minnows that we reckoned might be wipers. But, as we remind each other, unless you get the fish in for verification, you can make it whatever species and whatever size you want. No real fisherman is going to challenge you...if they want the same courtesy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Beautiful day, but slow fishing. We had to work hard to drag in about a half dozen kitties each. Kept a total of 7 for the fillet board.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I worked a long ways out on the north dike, in and out, from 5 feet to 20 feet. Saw very few fish on sonar and no shad schools. I suspect that the big concentrations of shad have headed for deeper water with the cooler temps.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Watched several trollers working within sight of where we were. Nobody seemed to stay long at any one place and there was a lot of moving around. Didn't see anyone bring in a fish from any of the boats. Also, when we hit the cleaning station there was no evidence of recent fish cleaning. Just some old dried out scales...probably from the trip Flycasting and I made on Tuesday.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sorry, no naked fish pictures in this post. We did keep a few bitty kitties but who wants to see more pics of those. Here are some scenery pics anyway.[/#0000ff]
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