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Utah Lake Bubble Up! - Fische - 08-12-2009
I set out to fish the Bubble Up for some catfish, and maybe some other fish too, this morning. I arrived at Lindon Boat Harbor at 5:30AM and launchd by 6:00AM. On my out to the BU I caught an eight inch white bass which I cut up to use for bait.
Fishing using the white bass meat wasn't bad. Between 6:30AM and 8:30AM I caught 5 channel cats, 1 bullhead cat, and 2 white bass. One of the bass was caught on a 1.5" green jig and the fish was NO longer than 2.5"! He made great bait. I also had three other kitties bite and not get the hook and two missed other fish on a spinner.
Channel's went 16", 17", 19", and two 20"+ which went 4lbs 12oz and 7lbs 6oz. It's hard to handle a big catfish in a pontoon boat by yourself to get an accurate measurement or a picture for that matter!?
About 8:30AM when the catfish slowed down, I decided to troll down the pipe and maybe find some white bass to catch. I trolled by the fourth buoy out from shore and had a fish on. So I parked by the second buoy (which isn't raeally a buoy anymore it's just a stump...) and proceeded to cast for the next hour.
I didn't make a cast without catching a fish. Yeah, that's about 60-70 casts with a fish on every cast. I quit counting after 30 so my estimate is 60-70. There were schools of whites all over the north side of the pipeline from the first buoy to the fourth buoy. I finally got tired of catching them and went home. This ties for the craziest day of catching ever on the water for me. Getting up early was worth it.
I have to thank Beggin4Bass and FishHound for letting me bog them down a few weeks ago when they took me along showed me the finer points of catfishing. Without their expertise in the field I would have been stuck with whites all day...
Pictures are:
1.A white bass that struck and missed but I didn't miss.
2. 7lber
3. 4lber
4.Pair of smaller cats to eat
Re: [Fische] Utah Lake Bubble Up! - Kent - 08-12-2009
Well done. Based upon that last photo, it appears you were blessed with great weather (aka no wind).
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Re: [Fische] Utah Lake Bubble Up! - Weekend_Warrior - 08-12-2009
First good report from there in a while! Nice work man. You must be in desent shape to row that far for a quick morning trip. [cool] Thanks for the info!
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Re: [Fische] Utah Lake Bubble Up! - Fishhound - 08-12-2009
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I have to thank Beggin4Bass and FishHound for letting me bog them down a few weeks ago when they took me along showed me the finer points of catfishing. Without their expertise in the field I would have been stuck with whites all day...
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[#008000]You are very welcome to fish with us anytime ! It was a pleasure fishing with you. BTW - I have a pontoon as well ... maybe sometime we could get together for some pontoon fishing.[/#008000]
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[#008000]Glad you made it out and got into some fine fish ![/#008000]
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[#008000]Beggin4Bass and I went out Sunday and caught 60 or 70 white bass each in about 2 or 3 hours - Different place though.[/#008000]
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Re: [Fische] Utah Lake Bubble Up! - schfifty5iv - 08-13-2009
lol [
] i like the first picture nice report man good to see your getting into some nice fish
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Re: [Fische] Utah Lake Bubble Up! - hppyfshrmn - 08-13-2009
Is ther still a water flow coming from the bubble up? Fished there only once since Geneva closed down and caught only one mudcat and no white bass.
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Re: [hppyfshrmn] Utah Lake Bubble Up! - Coldfooter - 08-13-2009
I was there Monday late afternoon/evening. No flow seen..
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Re: [Fische] Utah Lake Bubble Up! - beggin4bass - 08-14-2009
Glad to see you got into the fish. It is always a pleasure to fish with you. We'll get together again soon & hope we do better than we did last time. Congrats
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