Fishing Forum

Woke up this morning really wanting to go fishing, drizzling rain, didn't want to drag the boat out so I headed up Payson Canyon to one of my favorite lakes. Headed out about 9:00 am and hit the lake about 9:30. Fog was really settled in and light rain. A little water won't kill you so off I went to find a spot to fish. The lake as full as I have seen it in years, the quakes around the edges were 2-3 feet under water, my favortite rock to sit and fish on was 4' under. You could not see across the lake it was so foggy. I only brought some power bait because I just wanted to relax and fish. The fish were really rolling and I was sorry I didn't bring the spinner box. I fished for a few hours untill I was to soaked, and the fishing was slower than I thought it would be. only landed a few. Nevertheless, getting our to fish is always a great stress relief, the misty water, the soft drizzling rain and the smell of the wet forest was well worth the trip. Mark my word, i will return to that spot again very soon.
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I grew up in Payson and I have some fond memories fishing that reservoir. On one particular trip, we caught some exceptionally large rainbow trout on small salmon egg hooks with a single Pautze Balls of Fire salmon egg.
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Great report - are you still catching brook trout out of Box Lake? What a great place to fish.
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Seems like the fishing is always good at those lakes. I was up there Memorial Day. Caught 20 in 3 hours on powerbait. They were hitting the spinners too.
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Box usually gets drained so low that the fish don't survive the winter, however the big lake every now and again gives up a few really nice brooks, Maple lake, which is also a favorite also produces Brook Trout. I wished I would have taken the spiners yesterday, It was one of those days that were ideal to throw a spinner. The fish were boiling pretty good, however there was a bug hatch and the lake was covered so i am sure they had full bellies. If any of you want to try a great floattubing spot, the big lake at payson canyon is built for it!
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