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Well, I got my first trip to Sand Hollow for the year.

It was a long day, as we left Henderson at 2am, and came back at 10pm, but im all caught up on sleep by now.

Got to the lake early to a stiff 20mph wind. It was 37 degrees outside....damn...

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Undeterred, we unloaded the yaks, and went at it.

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Alex hooked up the fish finder, and the water temp was 47 degrees. It was not a play day. That shit was cold.

We started out to deep water to find schools of fish holding around 35ft structure.
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Picked off the first fish of the day on a pumpkinseed senko.

Small little dude.... and ice cold.

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We continued to target the deep fish for a while, but they just were not cooperating.

I switched to a crawdad colored crank-bait, and got hit on the second cast.

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My next cast got me hung up on some brush, and the crank was gone.

TIME TO SWITCH IT UP!

I tossed a ton of different lures out there for the next 3 or so hours, with nothin'. Alex still didn't have a fish, and our beginner-luck buddy Brandon already had 4 fish landed.

He didn't even know how to tie a knot! We hooked him up with a Texas rigged 7" Gulp Turtle Back worm in green-pumpkinseed, and he just steadily picked off fish.

Heres a picture of his funny-lookin-ass....
Who holds a bass like that? [sly]

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Anyway, took a lunch break, and stocked up on more beers-

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I decided I'd toss a big spinner-bait in the stained shallower water now that it had warmed up a bit.

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Hey! It worked!

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That was my last hit of the trip. We stayed until about 6:30pm, and called it a day.

We had a great time out there, despite the cold, windy conditions. (it got less windy in the afternoon)

All in all, I got the 3, Brandon got 5, and poor Alex got skunked... and not for a lack of trying. He was out fishing while I was taking breaks drinking beer. Next time....

We drove away from the lake slightly bruised, but not beaten.

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Seriously, this lake is beautiful.


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Its very fishy.
Always worth the drive out.

The Whizzle
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Great report. I have been wanting to get up there for a while now. My dad lives in Washington, UT so I may have to take a few days off and make the trip. Was it too busy? I can't imagine there were that many people out there.
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[size 2]Wow, beautiful photos! I really enjoyed them. Thanks for posting![/size]
[size 2]Linda[/size]
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Its not too busy up there most of the time, but I always go during the week. When it warms up, there will be a good amount of people, but there are a lot of ATV'ers that go up there, so its not all angling pressure.
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What a great report!
BaySport
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