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[cool][#0000ff]If anybody wants to get into a lot of rainbows, mostly 13" - 16", now is the time to hit Rock Cliff area at Jordanelle. They are plentiful and they are active.

Full moon? No problem. It was pretty over the lake when I launched and didn't seem to have any negative affect on fishing at all.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Launched my tube about 7:30. Air temp a brisk 25 and water temp 54.6...warming at noon to 56. The water level is way down and launching is now from the old road...beyond the end of the paved launch ramp. And, the water is shallow (less than 4 feet) for a long ways out from launching.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started by throwing some gold spinners with orange spots...and a bright orange tail. Happy Halloween. The rainbows loved 'em. As soon as I passed about 5 or 6 feet of depth I started getting clobbered on the spinners. Caught and released several before hitting deeper water (12 feet). Then, I put out a bubble and fly rig, to drag behind the tube while I continued to toss spinners. Wasn't able to fish spinners much for awhile. I kept getting smacked on the flies within seconds of "splashdown" on the bubble rig. Not much surface action in the cold morning air, but the feisty little bows were not far down and they came up for the flies in a hurry.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I tried several different fly patterns behind the bubble. The ones that worked best had some hot orange in them. I did get a couple on black and on a white pattern. But, the halloween colors did best.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After releasing a grundle of bows, I put up the spinners and flies and started bottom bouncing with a pale perch roadrunner, moving out into deeper water....up to 30 feet. Didn't find any perch or smallies, but the slimers followed me. They thumped the stuffin' out of the pony head jigs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Eventually, I kicked a few hundred yards beyond the buoy line, along the south shoreline. The water at the buoys is only about 30 feet deep and the deepest I found beyond that point was about 45 feet. I saw a few small fish on sonar but none of them wanted what I was offering. Oh yeah, I did hang a couple of rainbows out in the deeper water...as I was reeling back up through the water column on my roadrunner after bouncing the bottom.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It had been almost glass all morning, but about 10 AM the usual Lake X west breeze started coming up. I drifted back to the launch area on the breeze, trailing a bubble fly and bouncing the pale perch roadrunner. Hit a couple of zones where I hooked doubles. Yee Haw. Decided to bring some home for the oven broiler. Got a limit of 4 for the basket in less than 10 minutes. That included releasing a couple of smaller ones.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was the first on the water at Rock Cliff this morning but I was joined by a lot of company. A couple of pop gear "poppers" kept trolling by as close as they dared...after seeing me releasing a steady procession of fish. I didn't see them bring in anything. There were a couple of bait chunker boats that anchored and both seemed to be scoring fairly frequently...as did a fly flinger in a mini pontoon. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There were probably a dozen bank tanglers scattered along the north shoreline, but I never saw any of them bring in any fish. Very shallow in close right now and most of the fish are in at least 10 to 12 feet of water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As I was beaching my tube there was a small floatilla of three other tooners just going out...into the building breezes. I tried to clue them in on the best spots and flies. Hope they scored a few.[/#0000ff]
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Thanks for the report!

Love the "just over 20 inches" photo...

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Ahhhhhh!

Nice trip. I could just about smell the breeze. Thanks for the pics and narrative. Makes sittin' at home a bit easier.

z~
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[cool][#0000ff]Thanks Z. Hope you are feeling better and that you are able to prevail in your battle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You know I only go fishing and post reports for your enjoyment. Not doing it for my own personal pleasure. It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. Right?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hang tough, my friend.[/#0000ff]
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[quote TubeDude][cool][#0000ff]You know I only go fishing and post reports for your enjoyment. Not doing it for my own personal pleasure. It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. Right?[/#0000ff]
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[cool]Yeah, I already knew that. 'Course, in this case you can do it for both of us. Just be sure you don't go without posting the results, OK?

We had a sunny day today. I walked 3 miles and actually began to think about fishing again in the realm of possibility. Guess we'll see.

Keep fishing and posting. You're getting double mileage from it.

z~
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[cool][#0000ff]It's good to hear that you are mobile and active. That can help a lot in the healing process for most ailments. Let's hope it applies to your situation.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Heck, maybe you can get the doc to prescribe some on the water therapy. It would work for me...even if it didn't help medically.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since you enjoy my posts, I'll put up one from today...cats and a wiper from Willard Bay.[/#0000ff]
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Yeah, I've already been thinking of the therapy angle. I think at this point even my wife would approve. (Truth told, she always has.) A few more weeks should see me able to climb back into the tube (I think). Keep up the posting.

z~
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