02-09-2009, 05:56 PM
[cool]My alarm went off at 3:30, but I just couldn't get up yet, so reset it for 4:30. I finally dragged myself out of bed for what little I knew was going to be a crazy adventurous day... [:/][:/][pirate]
CBR, Bass Ackward and his buddy all wussed out on me, so it was just me, myself and I this time. It was lightly raining at my place in Bountiful, but by the time I was 1/3 of the way up Parley's it was snowing, and before I hit the top it was starting to stick to the road. Battled slimy roads all the way 'til about half way between Strawberry and Starvation. Going up Daniels on slushy roads in a Honda Accord was a real adventure to say the least, but nothing compared to what was next...
At about 6:45 it was in between dark and light and I couldn't find my glasses that morning which I use to drive in the dark... So at about 3 miles before starvation I see about 15 deer heading across the road about 30 yards in front of me...I was going 70... I hit the brakes, but unfortunately I hit one of the last ones crossing the road. [pirate][pirate]Luckily she was probably one of the smallest, but I hear a thump, and pray that she doesn't come through the windshield. Luckily for me she went airborn over the top and landed about 20 feet back on the road. After coming to a stop I check the damage...on my car. Luckily for me the rice burner only had a buckled hood. Radiator was in tact and not damaged. Unfortunately I can't say the same for the poor little doe.
Couldn't get any worse, right? Well, that's debateable. Hadn't been to Pelican in two years and I was headed the back way to the North side like the only two previous trips I had been. After going through Fort Duchesne everything looked familiar, but I turned off a couple of roads too soon before the one I wanted (14500 East). So I find myself out in the middle of nowhere about 4 miles out on a dirt road getting nowhere fast. Finally turned around and headed back to the main paved road (Hiway 88 I think?) Got to the lake late at about 9:40. I made the brilliant move of getting off the little dirt road by about a foot away from so as to not block the road. Bad move in a car. My passenger side tires were sitting in about 4 inches deep of lake mud. Tried to get out. Couldn't and there was nobody in sight even that late in the morning. "Well, there's nothing I can do about this now with nobody with a truck around to pull me out, so I might as well go fishing" I thought...
Finally my day got much better after drilling about 6 different holes around my favorite spot, I found 10.1 feet deep about 20 yards away from some reads. Bingo. The fishing was a little bit slower than I expected, but I had about 20 'gils caught by about 2:00. I had to wait for these nice local boys I met that came by on a 4-wheeler to get done fishing so they could push me out later. That wasn't so bad since I proceeded to catch about 30 more including several huge gils (finishing up my keeper limit) and a nice surprise, a 14 inch largie. My first nice one through the ice. Mike might not have been with me this time, but his bad luck was... I'm glad it didn't rub off on the catching though...[:p][:p]
It turned out to be a great day minus the crappy start to things. The weather was AMAZING at Pelican. About 45 degrees. Forgot sunscreen so I got a nasty sunburn, but the catching was great! Caught about 55 'gils and one largie. I should have a digital cam in a couple weeks, so I'll get better about having pics...
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CBR, Bass Ackward and his buddy all wussed out on me, so it was just me, myself and I this time. It was lightly raining at my place in Bountiful, but by the time I was 1/3 of the way up Parley's it was snowing, and before I hit the top it was starting to stick to the road. Battled slimy roads all the way 'til about half way between Strawberry and Starvation. Going up Daniels on slushy roads in a Honda Accord was a real adventure to say the least, but nothing compared to what was next...
At about 6:45 it was in between dark and light and I couldn't find my glasses that morning which I use to drive in the dark... So at about 3 miles before starvation I see about 15 deer heading across the road about 30 yards in front of me...I was going 70... I hit the brakes, but unfortunately I hit one of the last ones crossing the road. [pirate][pirate]Luckily she was probably one of the smallest, but I hear a thump, and pray that she doesn't come through the windshield. Luckily for me she went airborn over the top and landed about 20 feet back on the road. After coming to a stop I check the damage...on my car. Luckily for me the rice burner only had a buckled hood. Radiator was in tact and not damaged. Unfortunately I can't say the same for the poor little doe.
Couldn't get any worse, right? Well, that's debateable. Hadn't been to Pelican in two years and I was headed the back way to the North side like the only two previous trips I had been. After going through Fort Duchesne everything looked familiar, but I turned off a couple of roads too soon before the one I wanted (14500 East). So I find myself out in the middle of nowhere about 4 miles out on a dirt road getting nowhere fast. Finally turned around and headed back to the main paved road (Hiway 88 I think?) Got to the lake late at about 9:40. I made the brilliant move of getting off the little dirt road by about a foot away from so as to not block the road. Bad move in a car. My passenger side tires were sitting in about 4 inches deep of lake mud. Tried to get out. Couldn't and there was nobody in sight even that late in the morning. "Well, there's nothing I can do about this now with nobody with a truck around to pull me out, so I might as well go fishing" I thought...
Finally my day got much better after drilling about 6 different holes around my favorite spot, I found 10.1 feet deep about 20 yards away from some reads. Bingo. The fishing was a little bit slower than I expected, but I had about 20 'gils caught by about 2:00. I had to wait for these nice local boys I met that came by on a 4-wheeler to get done fishing so they could push me out later. That wasn't so bad since I proceeded to catch about 30 more including several huge gils (finishing up my keeper limit) and a nice surprise, a 14 inch largie. My first nice one through the ice. Mike might not have been with me this time, but his bad luck was... I'm glad it didn't rub off on the catching though...[:p][:p]
It turned out to be a great day minus the crappy start to things. The weather was AMAZING at Pelican. About 45 degrees. Forgot sunscreen so I got a nasty sunburn, but the catching was great! Caught about 55 'gils and one largie. I should have a digital cam in a couple weeks, so I'll get better about having pics...
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