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Fall Fishing tour -- lots of bites! - MasterDaad - 09-25-2012
I've hit a few lakes with the family primarily for them to take pictures -- but of course I brought the pole along.
The highlight was probably Scofield.... shore tangled there for about two hours by the dam. The first hour I fought in six trouts.,.. three around 12", but two were 14" and one was a very nice 16".... very nice for a shore cast anyway. I put them all back and was kicking myself for not having MY camera with me when the big-un came in.
The second hour I was left standing on the shore. Boy did that bite just turn off.
A long lunch at Utah Lake and the Whites were hitting hard... another 6 10-12" clones.... and a few other tiny ones. I kept some for fish tacos -- but they were skinny fish. Those who really like catching white bass need to go thin that heard... they looked starved. And that was some fast fishing.
I ended up at American Fork canyon this evening. Pulled a couple of 12"-ish trout out of the river and a bunch out of Tibblefork -- all released but one 14" for dinner tomorrow.
I have a couple of boat trips planned for late week and weekend. Hopefully the success rate will continue and the size will increase with access to deeper water.
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Re: [MasterDaad] Fall Fishing tour -- lots of bites! - harlin - 09-25-2012
Sounds like you did good at scofield. I have been meaning to try that place out, but the reports of chubs turned me off. What species of trout did you get from there?
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Re: [harlin] Fall Fishing tour -- lots of bites! - MasterDaad - 09-25-2012
They were all rainbows. There were two other bank tanglers across the bay bait fishing. They pulled up one or two while I was there as well.
Two deer came down for a drink while I was there... and all the colors.... that was a great break.
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Re: [MasterDaad] Fall Fishing tour -- lots of bites! - flygoddess - 09-25-2012
Fishing from shore at Scofield can be awesome! I remember a trip a few years back. Casting out floating line with a small foam hopper and a dropper of a small red Copper John. You could see them swim up the the hopper then dive for the nymph. Fun stuff!.
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Re: [flygoddess] Fall Fishing tour -- lots of bites! - MasterDaad - 09-25-2012
I was wishing I had fly gear that day.... lots of surface activity all round.
Fly gear should be in place for next season though....
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