So I want to catch some big browns in my float tube. I never have targeted them in reservoirs. Do you folks have any pointers techniques or places to Try? Any thing helps pms also welcome.
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Jordanelle supposedly has some big browns. Since you're in a float tube I would try vertical jigging with a tube jig or a Gulp Minnow. Only trout I have ever caught from Jordanelle was a brown last year measuring in at 22" It was a hoot on the fly. I fished the Rock Cliff area.
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Almost all the lakes along the Wasatch have big browns but I guess it depends on what you call big. Big baits/lures catch big fish but sometimes it pays to be lucky too[
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I have done well drop shot fishing out of my tube with gulp minnows at deer creek, but not I don't know if I want to put my tube on deer creek because I fish two to three times a week.
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If you are spin fishing, I would through jerkbaits (hard or soft). Fly fishing, larger streamers. Target structure around the bank where they like to hide and ambush baitfish. Good luck!
-Rich
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Some of the biggest browns I have ever caught have been at East Canyon up by the dam. I have found that browns prefer deeper water and structure. Bouncing white tube jigs off the bottom is the way I fish em. When the bass are active, sometimes you will snag a few fatties this way too! Oh, try this after dark with glow tube jigs too! The biggest browns I have ever caught have been in the middle of the night!
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I've caught a bunch of 25in.+ out of deer creek jigging for walleye. a lot of them
were caught on a 4in. perch sassy shad. also cd-7 rapalas have done well for me.
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Thanks guys I will try these. If anybody wants to try one of these night let me know.
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Ah yes the BROWNS!! I find them deep in reservoirs just off the bottom anywhere from 40-60 fow. I like the tube jigs tipped with any form of powerbait or natural bait. It's a little dark down there so mb some brighter colored or even glow tubes to pull those bad boys out. That at least has worked for me consistently in the past. Nothing like pulling a fish outta 60 feet of water [fishin] keep good tension on that line but don't yank it out either!! Good luck!!
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Yup, what utwalleye said. And don't be afraid to try grasshoppers when they come out to play. Brown Trout love hoppers.
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Thanks that is a good article[
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That was some good reading. Thanks for sharing.[fishon]
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I just fished DC yesterday and caught mostly browns using Gulp minnows.
It occurred to me that the other times I've done alright for browns there have been overcast days.
The first surprise brown day, I had to cast out as far as I could and leave the bale open to let the offering sink to the bottom, without pulling back toward me with the line tension. This was on the railroad side with a steep drop-off.
Once I was sure it was on the bottom, I gave just a few light twitches (light, but firm enough to feel the bait move), then brought it back up the water column without bouncing across the bottom the whole way. It's way to snaggy there anyway.
Most hits came right after those first twitches.
Yesterday, it was pretty much the same type of thing, but I also got hits in relatively shallow water, close to shore. Same part of the lake too.
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