Strawberry 9/11 Report

[SWERV]

Got to an area about 1\2 mile walk from the ladders at sun up. Big fish were feeding on top. I had a few good attacks by some big fish but failed to hook them. My Fishing partner Chuck ( the man is a fish slayer ) pulls in a 24 inch cutt that had to go over 7lbs maybe 8 being conservative. No scale to be sure but the biggest cutt ive witnessed being pulled to shore at the berry. We kept that one for dinner. Moved to an area near the marina at 10am I started tossin huge white tube jigs and I finally hooked up. First fish had to be over 21inches but my tape was about a quarter mile down the shore So after a pic was snapped I tossed him back just to be safe. ( This cutt was my biggest to date.) Second fish 20 inches and fat. Third fish 18 1/2 inches but not as fat as the others. I also missed alot of hook sets on multiple fish. Ive had a curse at the berry the last couple of years getting skunked alot. With some help from my buddy chuck and some patients I had my best day yet from the shore. From here on out the fishing will just keep getting hotter. anyone notice the cutts at berry fall under two categories. This first being the skinnier silver ones that you seem to catch alot of then the second being the Big colorful fat aggressive native looking ones.

Keep settin those hooks
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[tightline]

I have noticed the same thing with some looking almost weak and others that mean eating machine look. You find the same thing at Bear Lake. I think it is simply some turn on to eating fish earlier but that is only my personal opinion. I have promised myself to let those big meat eating bruisers go. They are the only hope for Stawberry. At Bear Lake they clip the fins so you can differentiate the wild vs. planters and for what it is worth almost %90 of the huge fat healthy cutts have been the wild ones. There have been a few with clipped fins though.
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[ocean]

Congrats on your success!I guess i took over your curse!I was going to fish the ladders sat but decided to hit the dam dam![]
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[SWERV]

Tightline just so you know we hardly ever harvest fish. That was the first trout weve kept all year so im sure one big cutt for the dinner table is all right. We release nearly 95% fish caught during the year. Plus of all the big fish we caught saturday we only kept one. Just a heads up. I agree to let the big ones go.
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[Out4Trout]

[cool]I'm jealous, swerv. Too bad you didn't get a picture of that hog! I've gotta call in sick to work or something and get up there sometime this fall before hard water season!
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[SWERV]

we did snap a couple of pics when they get developed I will post.
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