01-29-2013, 04:53 AM
Strawberry - Went to the party. No bites for me, my buddy aquaman had a bite. The place was so fishless I decided to socialize instead. I took the opprotunity to speak with a regoinal aquatics manager from the DNR that answered all the questions I had about Yuba and pike. He took the time to educate me on what I need to do to help the pike fishery and what the overall issues are facing Yuba. Well worth the drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also was able to address to him and a few other CO's that were standing with us my concernes regarding a poorly marked private area in Central Utah that needs change, after all even the scouts think that place is great and most people easily access it from the State Park in the area. He asked my name and I jokingly said "your not gonna send me a ticket in the mail are ya?". They chuckled and said "no" and the Aquatics manager handed me his card and told me to call if I had any ideas on Yuba and the management. What a guy! To have a 1 on 1 conversation with the DNR folks was just outstanding.
Bear Lake - Considering the only other place in Earth we could get into Cisco was Russia I decided a day trip to FlyFishingLover (FFL) picked me up at 4am and we took off for "Goob Country" (Wyoming). The fog was pretty bad and when we drove around the lake we barely missed some deer.
So we hit Cisco Beach before daylight and what a sight it was........
I went to step on the ice before FFL and I heard a great crack followed by whooshing water! The phrase "Run like a logger!" never ment as much as it did to me right then. Well I drilled the 1st hole and went snaggin for some Cisco in the dark. I was amongst the dip net folks at 1st daylight.
Then I snagged my 1st ever Cisco!
And another!
FlyFishingLover was not too far behind me in the Cisco snag fest. What a beautiful thing!
By these 2 shots of the sunrise.............
..................we had our limits of Cisco
We then went deep for Lake Trout or Cutthroat trout. I was explaning to FFL how to fish 90 feet of water for these fish when my demo turned into the 1st real fish of the day. A nice cutthroat trout to surface at 20 inches. But then we kept seeing some fish suspended at 20 to 40 feet of water. We peered into the ice hole thought we saw the elusive White Fish that bear lake has to offer.
So we busted out the lighter gear I tied on a dead dick with a waxie and got a few nibbles till the hook-up occured. Happy as a clam I played him in only to find out it was a 8 inch Cisco! Well I guess I officially "caught" a cisco instead of snagging one.
We sat around with the heaters on while the snow started flying. I caught a cutthroat trout and decided to have mercy on FFL and give him a bucktail jig of mine. He had a bite and the fish went for my set up instead.
With the wind howling we were not going to go on a whitefish hunt so we moved to 60 feet of water. Bad move, it resulted in no more fish for the day. On the way out I broke through at the shore up to my knees. FFL is skinny so he was fine but a guy that was rather husky broke through 5 times getting off the ice. He had ice in his jacket pockets!
We endured the long drive home that took about 4 hours. Sure enough in Evanston Wy an old man hit the back of FFL's car on a bridge. We exchanged info and carried on. It was snow slick all the way to SLC.
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I also was able to address to him and a few other CO's that were standing with us my concernes regarding a poorly marked private area in Central Utah that needs change, after all even the scouts think that place is great and most people easily access it from the State Park in the area. He asked my name and I jokingly said "your not gonna send me a ticket in the mail are ya?". They chuckled and said "no" and the Aquatics manager handed me his card and told me to call if I had any ideas on Yuba and the management. What a guy! To have a 1 on 1 conversation with the DNR folks was just outstanding.
Bear Lake - Considering the only other place in Earth we could get into Cisco was Russia I decided a day trip to FlyFishingLover (FFL) picked me up at 4am and we took off for "Goob Country" (Wyoming). The fog was pretty bad and when we drove around the lake we barely missed some deer.
So we hit Cisco Beach before daylight and what a sight it was........
I went to step on the ice before FFL and I heard a great crack followed by whooshing water! The phrase "Run like a logger!" never ment as much as it did to me right then. Well I drilled the 1st hole and went snaggin for some Cisco in the dark. I was amongst the dip net folks at 1st daylight.
Then I snagged my 1st ever Cisco!
And another!
FlyFishingLover was not too far behind me in the Cisco snag fest. What a beautiful thing!
By these 2 shots of the sunrise.............
..................we had our limits of Cisco
We then went deep for Lake Trout or Cutthroat trout. I was explaning to FFL how to fish 90 feet of water for these fish when my demo turned into the 1st real fish of the day. A nice cutthroat trout to surface at 20 inches. But then we kept seeing some fish suspended at 20 to 40 feet of water. We peered into the ice hole thought we saw the elusive White Fish that bear lake has to offer.
So we busted out the lighter gear I tied on a dead dick with a waxie and got a few nibbles till the hook-up occured. Happy as a clam I played him in only to find out it was a 8 inch Cisco! Well I guess I officially "caught" a cisco instead of snagging one.
We sat around with the heaters on while the snow started flying. I caught a cutthroat trout and decided to have mercy on FFL and give him a bucktail jig of mine. He had a bite and the fish went for my set up instead.
With the wind howling we were not going to go on a whitefish hunt so we moved to 60 feet of water. Bad move, it resulted in no more fish for the day. On the way out I broke through at the shore up to my knees. FFL is skinny so he was fine but a guy that was rather husky broke through 5 times getting off the ice. He had ice in his jacket pockets!
We endured the long drive home that took about 4 hours. Sure enough in Evanston Wy an old man hit the back of FFL's car on a bridge. We exchanged info and carried on. It was snow slick all the way to SLC.
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