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Finals week went really well. I studied my butt off and my grades reflected it. Decided to pack the tube and head up to Idaho for Largemouth. [inline weston.jpg]

Water levels are up from the last visit, and water temps are in the mid 50s. Perfect. I packed my tube and hiked back to my put in.

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I planned on working several points, finding the active fish with hardbaits, then working them thoroughly with plastics. I caught several fish off of the first point. After catching a few, things seemed to taper off, so I moved to the next point. I found a small ledge which abruptly dropped several feet. I would kick my way past the ledge and let the wind drift me back over it picking up several fish on each cast as the plastics dropped off the ledge.

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Beautiful colors on some of these guys...

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I caught quite a few bass in the 11-13" range, including two jumbo 12" yellow perch.

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I briefly considered taking them home for a fry or maybe even some tacos, but in that department, I stand alone. My wife wont touch fish.

As the evening moved on, I found that the fish moved deeper. They remained active enough to catch, but a slow presentation was key. I made an honest attempt at finding some larger fish but was unsuccessful.

I ended the evening with 59 bass and 2 perch, all from 11-14". On the way back to the truck, I picked up quite a bit of trash. If you fish Weston, please dont litter- the land owners reserve the right to close fishing to the public. If you make plans to fish here, be aware, FLOAT TUBES ONLY. You will be asked to leave if you launch a pontoon.

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After loading my truck and getting some warmer clothes on, I sat for a while and enjoyed the peace and quiet. Life can get pretty crazy sometimes. Fishing is so much more than a hobby. Im grateful to be able to experience and share.
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Looks like a wonderful trip. Good job.
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Great report, and thanks for picking up trash. I always have a garbage bag with me and clean up crap constantly. It amazes me every time, that people can be so thoughtless and just drop trash everywhere.
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Nice report, and a huge High Five for picking up some of the junk. As you mentioned it is even more important to police places like Weston, or the owners will block access. That is pretty much what happened with Twin Lakes. At least they didn't shut it down. Instead they hired a company to care for it. Now you have to pay to camp or park there.

I brought home a half a tire and a bunch of beer cans from a creek yesterday. Amazing what will "get away" from people when they are out enjoying a place that was nice...... before they got there.
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I think its , but the trash I picked up was all angler-related. The first time I fished Weston the farmers had their cows out, and I cant imagine they want their cows ingesting plastic bags and glass bottles.

I normally dont clean up trash, but I would definitely like to help keep this sweet little lake open.
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First, as a retired teacher, let me say congrats on your great study habits and good grades. Think there might be a relationship there??!!! Secondly, glad you got into the fish. Your last comments about the evening moments are nicely stated and so true. Have a good summer. Mike
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Great report! Sounds like you received a great reward for all of your hard work.

I love that little lake. It's good to see plenty of fish still alive and well after the low water last fall (not to mention more water in there). It's also good to see some of those jumbo perch are still there too. I didn't catch any last fall while bass fishing, and I usually do, so I was wondering if the population had crashed. I'm happy to see they're still there.

Weston is one of my favorite places to fish, it's so peaceful and beautiful. I really hate that so many dirt bags frequent the place and leave all their crap behind. I would be seriously pissed if all those filthy buggers ended up getting the place shut down. I'll never understand the mentality of some people.

Anyway, good job. Sounds like a fantastic day. I've had a really lackluster year so far, you caught nearly as many fish that one afternoon as I have all year. Sounds like I need to head up there and try breaking this cycle of mediocre fishing trips (and not enough of them).
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