Fishing Forum

[cool][#0000ff]Weather forecast was doable for a shot at Pineview today so fellow tuber ParrMark and I did a late morning launch at the narrows. He has a tube cart too so we were both able to get our tubes and gear down that short nasty hill in fine fashion. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Got launched at the crack of 10 AM. Air temp 29 and water temp 43...down 4 degrees from last week. Won't be long til hard deck time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I had planned to have Jesse start at one of my honey holes not far from the launch spot. The crappie fishing on Pineview from a tube in the fall is all new to him. But, the "regulars" in their boat had beat me to it and were working over my fish. Saw them catch a couple. One of them asked if I was that TubeDude feller...the one who writes all in blue letters. I admitted I was and asked what his BFT handle was. He sheepishly admitted that he had never registered...that he just read the reports. Nice guy though. Let me know the crappies had moved out and were holding in 45 to 50 feet of water. That is about 10 feet deeper than last week.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Jesse and I worked up along the north bank, looking for active fish. Saw lots of fish on sonar but none of them wanted to play. So, Jesse kept going east along the north shoreline and I kicked across to the south shore. This time of year it is in the shade all the time and much cooler. The steady breeze didn't make it any warmer. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw grundles of fish out in deeper water...up to 63 feet deep. Not as many suspended at middepth this week. Finally got into the 45 foot water along the south shore and found some dinkster perchies. Nasty little buggers kept pounding my jigs as soon as I got down. Probably caught a hundred today, along with a very few over 8 inches. Biggest was just over 10 inches.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Right about noon somebody rang the dinner bell for the crappies. I caught one and lost another...and Jesse announced over the walkie talkie that he had lost one too. I saw the guys in the boat bring one in about the same time. They were really holding on to my spot so I gave up on it. They finally left and swung around over by me to check my results. At that time I had 3 crappies and they had only caught 12 for the 3 of them, and several were really small. But you can't release them because they float.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Jesse had a commitment that required that we leave the water earlier than we might normally depart. Wouldn't you know it. Just as we were coming up on the preset quitting time, I started putting crappies in the basket. I had just switched colors and started using a fire tiger Ultra Minnow jig head with a piece of perch meat. Within a half hour I caught my two biggest perch and five more crappies on the fire tiger. Then the west wind kicked up a bit and we agreed we should get across the lake and pack it up.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I finished with 8 crappies, from 10 to 13 inches. Most were cookie cutter 11 inchers. Jesse got a lot of exercise and some new experience. Unfortunately he did not get the slabs dialed in on this trip. But, we both believe that he will next time.[/#0000ff]
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Kickin myself in the buttocks for not contacting you this week and trying to tag along for a trip. I chose to chase the ducks. You know, the ones that are not within a 100 miles of Utah right now.[:/]

Nice crappie. Nice basket. I put the 2 older Insuldry tubes back in storage, but kept my Caddis out, just in case. Even seen your thread about going today, just couldn't give up the decoys, blue skies, wet dog....
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[cool][#0000ff]Lots of goldeneye and other quackers flying around us today...and swimming next to us. They wouldn't hit jigs though.[/#0000ff]
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yea, seeing some diver ducks here and there. got a nice pair of hooded mergansers yesterday. in the freezer to mount. On the Snake River in Idaho, we used to shoot Goldeneye like mosquitoes on UL in Aug. i have a really nice one mounted already.

Seen a few people fishing from the docks at Lincoln Beach on Tues or wed (down there scouting for ducks). but i didn't see them catch anything. was 2 boats launched at Lindon today, but i never seen them fishing close to us.

You guys ice fish UL very much?
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Sounds like it turned out to be a great day. I am indeed envious. I have decided to try my luck tomorrow. In your opinion, would the narrows from shore be a viable option? Or will that likely end in a fruitless effort?
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You guys ice fish UL very much?

[cool][#0000ff]Rarely. Too many other places to fish where you don't have someone else standing on your left foot while you are fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Can be good for whities, crappies, bluegill and the occasional walleye or even catfish. But any of the accessible and productive spots soon get to be combat fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[quote bmitchell]Sounds like it turned out to be a great day. I am indeed envious. I have decided to try my luck tomorrow. In your opinion, would the narrows from shore be a viable option? Or will that likely end in a fruitless effort?[/quote]

[cool][#0000ff]Pineview is not a good spot for bank tanglin' these days. The fish have all moved deep and it is impossible to reach them without being out on the water...boat, tube or toon. And, you need a good sonar. Lots of water without fish in it.[/#0000ff]
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