03-10-2008, 03:09 PM
Friday when I was fishing redmond, a guy showed up and told me he had been fishing Piute earlier that day and had done exceptionally well on big rainbows. Sunday, I decided to try it as he stated that there was open water along the shoreline.
It's a two hour drive from Utah county so I didn't get there until noon. When I pulled into the state park there were several anglers fishing from shore. Most reported slow fishing but a few were being caught.
My brother-in-law and myself set up on the shoreline SW of the launch area lamenting the fact that we didn't bring a boat as there was plenty of open water to fish, even troll.
Piute has rainbow, cutts, browns and smallmouth along with chubs, suckers and carp.
The rainbow fishery is what makes the average anglers bum hum. It is not uncommon to catch 5 pound rainbow here. The fish we caught averaged about 2.5 lbs. 18' length and fat. The rainbow are spawing now and I don't know how they would be to eat.
The bait fishermen were using powerbait, Yellow w/sparkle and rainbow or green w/sparkle were the hot items. Other anglers told us that night crawlers w/marshmellows was working well. All of the bait anglers we talked to were fishing on the bottom with a cast-a-bubble or egg sinker and a 3 foot leader.
Lure fishermen were using a black Jakes with spots or a silver krocadile. A few days ago you could cast onto the ice then pull it off the ice into the maw of a big rainbow, but now the ice is too far off the shore to reach it. Attila the hun couln't cast to the ice with a rocket launcher now.
I suspect that one could catch a female rainbow and take her eggs and put them into an egg sack made from an old panty hose and slaughter the cruising trout. Sportsmens and Cabelas sell the nylon accesories to make an egg sack if your wife or girl friend won't give you her panty hose. I got my face slapped and called a pervert when I asked my neighbor for hers. My wife wasn't exactly estatic when she found out and I'm still laying low every time I see the neighbors husband get home from work. Let's see....back to fishing.
It is now our plan to take the boat down next week end. The reservoir should be almost totally ice free my then. We will be fishing the rip rap near the dam for smallmouths and trolling for trout with RMT spoons.
If cabin fever is making you crazy and you need an open water fix, Piute might be the palce for you. Keep the wind to your back.
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It's a two hour drive from Utah county so I didn't get there until noon. When I pulled into the state park there were several anglers fishing from shore. Most reported slow fishing but a few were being caught.
My brother-in-law and myself set up on the shoreline SW of the launch area lamenting the fact that we didn't bring a boat as there was plenty of open water to fish, even troll.
Piute has rainbow, cutts, browns and smallmouth along with chubs, suckers and carp.
The rainbow fishery is what makes the average anglers bum hum. It is not uncommon to catch 5 pound rainbow here. The fish we caught averaged about 2.5 lbs. 18' length and fat. The rainbow are spawing now and I don't know how they would be to eat.
The bait fishermen were using powerbait, Yellow w/sparkle and rainbow or green w/sparkle were the hot items. Other anglers told us that night crawlers w/marshmellows was working well. All of the bait anglers we talked to were fishing on the bottom with a cast-a-bubble or egg sinker and a 3 foot leader.
Lure fishermen were using a black Jakes with spots or a silver krocadile. A few days ago you could cast onto the ice then pull it off the ice into the maw of a big rainbow, but now the ice is too far off the shore to reach it. Attila the hun couln't cast to the ice with a rocket launcher now.
I suspect that one could catch a female rainbow and take her eggs and put them into an egg sack made from an old panty hose and slaughter the cruising trout. Sportsmens and Cabelas sell the nylon accesories to make an egg sack if your wife or girl friend won't give you her panty hose. I got my face slapped and called a pervert when I asked my neighbor for hers. My wife wasn't exactly estatic when she found out and I'm still laying low every time I see the neighbors husband get home from work. Let's see....back to fishing.
It is now our plan to take the boat down next week end. The reservoir should be almost totally ice free my then. We will be fishing the rip rap near the dam for smallmouths and trolling for trout with RMT spoons.
If cabin fever is making you crazy and you need an open water fix, Piute might be the palce for you. Keep the wind to your back.
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