A bit late to be looking to see if anyone else is interested in testing out the waters at the Knolls on UL. My goal was simply to choose a spot other then LB to avoid some of the crowds and pressure. So if any late night folk are thinking of something similar and want to join up shoot me a PM and if not I'll try to give a report on how things go at the Knolls later tomorrow.
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Well the day was nice for the trip. Started off just at daybreak at the Knolls with air temps near 30 and water temps near 43. I did a loop south along the shore line to the rocky point and spent most of my time there at the point. Along the way I let a minnow drift behind me on the bait pole while I cast a curly tail on the other line ( I sure like the second pole permit thingy ).
The minnow line was never quiet, though it never produced. Something was having fun taunting me by pulling the line free from the clip and running short bursts with it here and there but never committing to the deal... White bass flesh was also on the menu for these teasers but they were not interested in worms. I kept reducing the size of the chunk of bait hoping that now they will take it in the mouth and I'll be able to set the hook... So non stop tormenting and nothing produced on the bait pole. Sad thing is thats about the most action I had...
The jig effort on the other pole produced only a couple light strikes near the rocky point area at about 5' deep. The finder was seeing lots of fish near the rocky point. I would guess the finder chirped about every minute or two for the 3-4 hours I spent near the point. Overall I was out on the water about 5.5 hours and while I was a bit stinky for the day it was still a really nice day out. The light wind I had at the start settled down to a glassy surface to finish the day on. I took a few picks:
http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~u0104663/Fishi...th%202010/
While near the point I had the only other person on the water arrive. It was a fellow in his boat that worked the area a ways off from me. I didn't see him bring anything in but I was not watching close enough to really know. He seemed to be "trolling" more then active casting.
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[cool][#0000ff]Glad you had a nice day. Sorry the catchin' wasn't better. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'm guessing that your pesky poppers were white bass. They can drive you crazy without ever getting hooked.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Another few degrees of warmth and we can start stretchin' our string on some bigger fish.[/#0000ff]
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My strings sure need a good stretching so I can't wait for more warmth!
For the little white bass, thats a love/hate thing as I'm happy that they came to play since nothing else did but their manners left something to be desired.
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