05-14-2011, 11:52 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Friday the 13th was unlucky at the Knolls. Unlucky for the fish. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe, Hnaf and his Bro in Law Jason...and my ownself...all launched around 7ish this morning. Light breeze, 50 degree air temp and 53 degree water temp. I told everybody that the water temps would warm up fast once the sun hit the water and when they reached 60...LOOK OUT.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, I was kinda sorta off a little bit. It was game on even with the cooler temps. I started working down the shoreline, throwing plastics and got into a few dripping males almost immediately. Not what you would call FAST action but a promise of things to come. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Once I knew there would be some fun later I moved out into about 6 feet of water and started dragging a minnow. A 25 inch kitty dragged back and it was first cat in the basket. But it would be a while before the next one. I gotta admit I kept wandering back close to shore and molesting the whities every once in a while. So were the other members of the four-tilla. Much fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The pesky canyon breezes blowing across from Spanish Fork finally laid down about 9:30 and the lake turned to glass. I can handle that. So could my next kitty. Turned out to be about 27 - 28 inches and around 9 pounds or so. Thought I had hooked a big halibut. Didn't wanna come up and
for the camera before I turned her loose.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I caught a couple more kitties...both about 17 - 18" cookies. Added to yesterday's take from Willard they were enough for my next smoker batch.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hnaf and Jason both had run-ins with hefty kitties too. They both won. Ditto for TubeBabe. At the end of the day we had all caught at least one cat in the 27" range. TubeBabe kept hers. It was exactly 27" and weighed 9.2 pounds. It also had an average size whole white bass in its gut...about 11" long. Who says those cats ain't predators?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Right about noon I announced over the walkie talkies that the water temp had officially passed the 60 degree mark and I intended to see if my predictions were true. They were. First cast into a favorite whitie condo resulted in doubles on my tandem jig rig. So did many of the next hundred casts. As I moved along a productive stretch of shoreline there were not many casts that did not get blasted by the whities. I began to experiment with different plastic jigs, spinners and even small crankbaits to see if I could throw something they would not hit. I failed. Boo hoo![/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A little before 2 it was still beautiful, warm and calm. And the whities were getting even more aggressive...if that is possible. We all agreed that we had overfunned and that we were good with calling it a good day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe and I both have motors on our float tubes so we used tow ropes to ferry the two guys back to the car. I was towing Hnaf with my tube, and TubeBabe towed Jason. I had rigged my tow rope with clips on each end so Brian and I were both moving along handsfree. Naturally we picked up our gear and kept casting to the shoreline as we motored back to the vehicles. Probably caught another dozen or so.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Got a shoutout from FishFearMe2 as we got back to "civilization". He was wading and casting along the shoreline and picking up whities his own self. Good to see ya Brent. I'm sure you told the Princess that she missed out...but I am sure she will be down soon when she gets better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temp was 64 and still climbing when we hit the beach. Did the Kodak moment thing and we all packed up and boogied. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I realized when I got home (to the fillet board) that I have now joined the elite group known as the "happy harvesters". TubeBabe and I both threw back far more whities than we kept, but we had about 2 1/2 grundles of whities for me to put on the "weight loss program". WHEW.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe, Hnaf and his Bro in Law Jason...and my ownself...all launched around 7ish this morning. Light breeze, 50 degree air temp and 53 degree water temp. I told everybody that the water temps would warm up fast once the sun hit the water and when they reached 60...LOOK OUT.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, I was kinda sorta off a little bit. It was game on even with the cooler temps. I started working down the shoreline, throwing plastics and got into a few dripping males almost immediately. Not what you would call FAST action but a promise of things to come. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Once I knew there would be some fun later I moved out into about 6 feet of water and started dragging a minnow. A 25 inch kitty dragged back and it was first cat in the basket. But it would be a while before the next one. I gotta admit I kept wandering back close to shore and molesting the whities every once in a while. So were the other members of the four-tilla. Much fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The pesky canyon breezes blowing across from Spanish Fork finally laid down about 9:30 and the lake turned to glass. I can handle that. So could my next kitty. Turned out to be about 27 - 28 inches and around 9 pounds or so. Thought I had hooked a big halibut. Didn't wanna come up and
for the camera before I turned her loose.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]I caught a couple more kitties...both about 17 - 18" cookies. Added to yesterday's take from Willard they were enough for my next smoker batch.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hnaf and Jason both had run-ins with hefty kitties too. They both won. Ditto for TubeBabe. At the end of the day we had all caught at least one cat in the 27" range. TubeBabe kept hers. It was exactly 27" and weighed 9.2 pounds. It also had an average size whole white bass in its gut...about 11" long. Who says those cats ain't predators?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Right about noon I announced over the walkie talkies that the water temp had officially passed the 60 degree mark and I intended to see if my predictions were true. They were. First cast into a favorite whitie condo resulted in doubles on my tandem jig rig. So did many of the next hundred casts. As I moved along a productive stretch of shoreline there were not many casts that did not get blasted by the whities. I began to experiment with different plastic jigs, spinners and even small crankbaits to see if I could throw something they would not hit. I failed. Boo hoo![/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A little before 2 it was still beautiful, warm and calm. And the whities were getting even more aggressive...if that is possible. We all agreed that we had overfunned and that we were good with calling it a good day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe and I both have motors on our float tubes so we used tow ropes to ferry the two guys back to the car. I was towing Hnaf with my tube, and TubeBabe towed Jason. I had rigged my tow rope with clips on each end so Brian and I were both moving along handsfree. Naturally we picked up our gear and kept casting to the shoreline as we motored back to the vehicles. Probably caught another dozen or so.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Got a shoutout from FishFearMe2 as we got back to "civilization". He was wading and casting along the shoreline and picking up whities his own self. Good to see ya Brent. I'm sure you told the Princess that she missed out...but I am sure she will be down soon when she gets better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temp was 64 and still climbing when we hit the beach. Did the Kodak moment thing and we all packed up and boogied. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I realized when I got home (to the fillet board) that I have now joined the elite group known as the "happy harvesters". TubeBabe and I both threw back far more whities than we kept, but we had about 2 1/2 grundles of whities for me to put on the "weight loss program". WHEW.[/#0000ff]
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