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Me and crosseneye fished lincoln with no walleye anywhere to be found. went out to bird island, I hook a big carp in the tail, we cut a big hunk of meat from him and went catfishing. ken hooked the first one, a nice 5 lbs. channel, then it was my turn, another nice channel about 6 lbs. ken lost another one and that was about it. the rain and the wind came so we left. later chuck
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Thanks for the report Chuck, sounds like the cat fishing was good even if the walleye fishing wasn't. Is it normal to catch catfish that big this time of the year or are you guys just awesome fishermen?
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[cool]Thanks for the report, Chuck. Between your report and mikecromaine's from Saturday, it sounds like the Cat's are starting to come out to play. Can't wait for May-June when the Cat spawn is on, and it's really easy to catch nice size cats at the lake. Until then (and after) I hope the Walleye bite gets better.
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thanx chuck i had fun. that was a cold day on the water. well guys the spawn could be done. in the mournig it was glass out at lb and pritty warm chuck about didnt put on his coveralls. no boils anywhere. at this time of yr. hmmmm ive seen this happen several times out there. better get to dc guys if you are tagetting eyes. it will be over by april 15th. ask utwalleye he will share moore on this for those intrested. ken
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[reply] better get to dc guys if you are tagetting eyes. it will be over by april 15th. ask utwalleye he will share moore on this for those intrested. ken[/reply]
DC over by april 15th? Huh, thought it doesn't catch on fire til mid May throughout June. Please clarify.
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THE SPAWN WILL BE, PICS OF BIG HENS GET WHAT IM SAYING PAUL
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Hey Paul, Ken means that the spawn will be over at D.C. by April 15 or close to that date. the spwan might be done at utah lake, unless the cold fronts that came in just shout them down, not sure. if the weather gets warm in the next 2 weeks they might get more active again. I'm not going to wait and see, I'll be fishing D.C. for the rest of the spawn time.
Paul you are right about D.C. getting hot in may,june, the post spawn (recover) time will be done by mid may and the walleyes go on a good feed for the next few months. this summer should be a good one at D.C. as long as the water stays up in the weeds.
later chuck
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Hey Curt, the truth is were just awesome fishermen, not really we just had a tip on this spot I found last year. I told a guy about it and he said catfish heaven. well, he was right, he knows about this same spot. later chuck
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Hey utahwalleye,
have you fished Deer creek yet this year? I'm thinking about running up there but I'm not sure where to try up there at this time of the year. The earliest I have caught walleye in DC is May. Any suggestions would help.
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right now the walleye should be moving into they're prespawn stage. area. the fish will be in at leat 40 feet of water. try the RR side (west bank) a spot is just about straight across from the main boat ramp. the bank is very step then flatens out on a big point. I like to anchor on the big flat point and let out line until I'm just over the dropoff. try virtical jigging with nightcrawlers. later chuck
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utwalleye,
Thanks for the tips, I'll try and get up there in the next week and give a report. Later
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right on matt, i look forward to your report. let us know if that jigging technique works for ya. good luck
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THOSE ARE SOME GOOD SIZED EYES, BUT WHAT WE ARE ATLKING IS 30,S AND LARGER. 10 POUND EYES ARE COMMON BUT TEEENAGERS ARE NOT
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