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You heard me right...well almost. After five to six hours of fishing we ended up landing one white bass, and two missed carp, so the last two don't even count[frown] Although I had thrown my worm out on my second pole permit and inched my way down the bank. A few minutes later I saw that my line was tight and moving so I set the hook and started reeling. I soon realized the dang thing had wrapped himself around a rope that was tied to a large pipe (on the west side of west mountain at one of the little pump cut outs). So I ventured out on the pipe on my belly with my knife in my mouth ready to cut the rope (I wanted to reel that fish in!). Well when I got there the carp threw the hook and I was left with an empty line a a challenge of going in reverse on that pipe. Long story short I made it off the pipe dry and fishless.

Anyways we started the morning on the north side of Lincoln Beach with the calmest water I've ever seen for Utah Lake[:p] with lots of little bait fish skimming the surface. It seemed it was going to be prime conditions for lots of fish catching. Wrong! First cast my buddy had a hard hit and the fish went running, but he had his drag way too loose and ended up loosing the fish after it tangled my line first of course. We made our way towards the warms springs and back without any bites. We then drove around west mountain hitting the different little pump cut outs. Again no fish. So we went to the Spanish Fork River outlet and got one white bass there off a worm. I couldn't believe our luck. UL produces all the time. I think this recent cold front hampered the fishing. I'm sure there will be people puffing up their chest from their trip from out there, but I'm willing to bet most people's experience would be similar. I'm curious to see if maybe a different area of the lake did produce. And for the record we tried everything (bait wise) that we had in our arsenal. Even the stuff you don't ever use. Nothing. What a disappointing trip! Not even the cats came out to play.
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Wow, Sorry to hear man. It seems like this time of year is either tons of fish or none at all. They may be schooling up tighter and with the cold coming on Monday I think that will continue. I will be out on the lake a few times this week and hope that I will be able to find em'.

Hope you can get into em next time but, Any day out is a good day despite the catching,

Shawn M
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Don't feel too bad, we also got skunked out there. At least now I don't feel so bad. []

We launched at Lincoln Beach at about 10 and fished for a couple hours between the dike and Benjamin Slough. Nothing. Had a wakeboarding boat about run us over who's driver wasn't paying attention. Who wakeboards in 3 feet of water with a $50K boat? [mad]

After eating lunch the kids were getting restless, so we spent a couple of hours pulling them on the tube and getting wet. It was a hot day, we all needed the cool off.

Mid afternoon, the wind picked up so we decided to head back. But that was also everyone else's idea and the channel was packed with boats with their trailers waiting in line to pick them up.

We headed back out to kill some time and fished just off the point of the southern dike. Still nothing. For the first time all day we saw a few fish on the finder, and threw just about everything we had at them, but still nothing.

I'm glad I've got Monday off and I'll be able to go out fishing again. My dad was up to Gooseberry last week and had lots of action, so maybe I'll dust off the float tube and head up there.
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You should have tried East Bay!

I've been trying the big bait big fish method and it really paid off. I was using a big old #1 size spinner and they really nailed it. I must have caught at least 3 maybe even 4 whities. Most were big healthy 3 inchers but the real prize was pushing 6"!!!!!

I was so excited I completely forgot to take a picture so you'll just have to trust me on this one. Haven't had a day like that in quite a while. I may have to take a break for a while though, not sure the ticker can take that much excitement too often.

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Glad to know I wasn't the only one that didn't do good at Ut lake Saturday


better luck next time
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