More Utah Tubin' & Scenery

[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]TubeBabe and I met up with 135Guy and streamfisherman in Heber and caravaned to Knight hollow. Cold 34 degrees passing Strawberry at 6 AM but got to see a few elk in the meadows. Lovely.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]53 degree air temp and 59 degree water temp at our 7:30 launch. Colder water coming into the channel from the inlet. Lots of fish on sonar...mostly chubs and carp. I got a chub right off and 135Guy caught two carp.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe has her favorite smallie spots and she kicked over to them while I headed up toward Sandy Beach for a walleye prospecting session. Missed a couple of hits and then brought in a 10" perch...only perch of the day for any of us. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My highlight of the day occured when some old dude in a boat skidded up and almost ran over me. His greeting was "Can ya get any more rods on that thing?"...referring to my 4 tube rod rack. I replied that I probably could if he wanted to donate a couple. After a few seconds of silence he started in with the barrage of questions...like since I was in a float tube I should know everything there is to know about the lake...and I owed it to him to provide as much info as I could. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A golden moment. He had just divulged that he had been working one end of Starvation to the other for five days and had not caught a walleye. That was when my one and only walleye chose to chomp on my jig. Bendo, splasho, netto. 18" 'eye. The old guy really got agitated. I did not hear (or translate) everything he said but it is probably just as well.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Then he started in by trying to get me to give him my walleye. NAY...NOT SO. When that didn't work he almost demanded that I give him one of the jigs like I caught the fish on. NAY, NOT SO AGAIN. All this time is he within a few feet of my tube, upwind and drifting toward me so I have to keep paddling to keep him from climbing in the tube with me. I finally had it and told him he was over my other line and I wanted him to move. His reply? That don't bother the fish. But, he did move uplake and started pestering the two other guys. I guess he was a bit surly with them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I worked in and out, shallow to deep, and most of the way down to the high point on the north side of Knight Hollow. 135Guy and Streamfishermen caught up to me and 135 whacked a small smallie. Released. Shortly thereafter I brung in a phat and yugly 15 inch chub. EEEEYUKKK. Released to make some babies to feed the walleyes. That was all for me. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Normally the prevailing breezes are from the west. I felt that kicking to the west was no problem if the breeze came up, I would just hang ten back to the car. BUT NOOOOOOO. A fairly steady breeze started blowing in from the EAST just as we wanted to head back in...since we both had to be back in town early. That was a long tough commute. And, wouldn'cha know it. Just as we got within about 50 yards of the vehicles the wind died down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There were a lot of building clouds and we did hit some rain a couple of times on the way home.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Got to meet FOD and his K-9 crew, in his drift boat. Nice setup and nice dogs. Good to meet you Scott.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe found a few smallies and a couple of chubs. She released several smallies but kept 3 small ones for the scampi pan.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Weather was great most of the day. Could have done without the forced frothing of the water on the way back in. But, it was fun and good company.[/#0000ff]
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[Big_Mernie]

As always nice dictation! Can I have one of your walleye jigs, just kidding.
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[peter805]

you are SOOOOOOOOOOOO lucky that
your lady likes to go float tubing and fishing.
Its like jackpot.
Just saing...........[]
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[TubeDude]

[quote Big_Mernie]As always nice dictation! Can I have one of your walleye jigs, just kidding.[/quote]

[cool][#0000ff]As most fellow anglers who know me will confirm, I am not selfish with my stuff. I hand off a lot of free samples. But, not to someone who is rude and offensive.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of my credos for living is "I am a sucker for a polite request. But if you want something from me, don't demand it...or it ain't gonna happen."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I help out a lot of guys on the water, especially if there are kids involved. It breaks my heart seeing a dad trying to teach his kids to fish when he does not have a clue himself. Whenever I observe that kind of situation, my fishing is done until I get the kids properly rigged and catching fish. More satisfying than fishing myself anyway. Nothing beats seeing a youngster catch that first fish.[/#0000ff]
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[TubeDude]

[quote peter805]you are SOOOOOOOOOOOO lucky that
your lady likes to go float tubing and fishing.
Its like jackpot.
Just saing...........[][/quote]

[cool][#0000ff]I know I am a lucky fisherman...to have a wife who likes to fish too. I know because TubeBabe reminds me every day. She won't let me forget it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seriously, I am properly grateful that fishing is an outlet we both enjoy. When the kids are grown and gone...and when you are retired...it is good to have something you can do together to prsserve the harmony, etc. I just have to be careful to make sure she catches some fish or that I don't outfish her too badly. She can get a mite testy. Heck, I even let her catch the most and the biggest sometimes. That's my story and I'm stickin' wit' it.[/#0000ff]
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