03-19-2019, 10:36 PM
[#0000ff]BLK and I had hatched a plan to assault Lincoln Beach today...me in my tube and he in his boat. I got there first and was preparing to launch as MSM1970 backed his boat to the water. He was planning to head to Bird Island. Hope he found some walleyes. Water temp was 48 and that should be getting them frisky.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Air temp at launch was a brisk 30...warming to almost 50 at 1 pm departure. Water temp did not go up much in the main lake but it was up to 54 in the channel when I came back in. Oh yeah, there is an attached picture of a big black leech that was right at the water's edge on the ramp when I was getting ready to launch. A lot of walleye guys would love to have a bucket of those.
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[#0000ff]I had already cruised out to the flats SE of the boat channel...out from BS...when BLK drove in and launched his cat craft. He stopped by to say howdy...and then goodbye...as he headed off to fish out off the point. I shoulda gone there too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In years past I have done well early in the year on big cats on the flats. (rhymes, too). I did find a few willing players, but they were all just "middle school" fish...no bigguns. But, they bent my stick and stretched my string. I got no pride so I just enjoyed the heck out of 'em.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I used both carp meat and LHBE minnows. Although I got lots of hits on the carp meat I didn't catch anything on it. I suspect some of the hits were bullheads or white bass. All the fish I brought to net were on the chub minnows. I didn't bring any white bass meat today.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BLK said he got his fish in 6-8 feet of water. It gets a bit deeper off the point. I fished from 3' out to over 6' and most of my bites came right around the 5' mark.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When I got back to the ramp there were a couple of other BFTers there. cdbrc was prepping to launch his boat with a couple of boatmates. Good to meet him after a few years of cyber chatting. Old friend r2u2 was also there waiting for me on the ramp. He has migrated south and now lives in Payson. But has a couple of health issues he needs to take care of before he can join us on the water. Good luck, Richard.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nice day, today. Not brutally cold and the W played nice...just a few light breezes...from multiple directions. Water was a bit murkier than last week at Lindon...but warmer. Hoping spring is in full swing. About time.
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[#0000ff]Air temp at launch was a brisk 30...warming to almost 50 at 1 pm departure. Water temp did not go up much in the main lake but it was up to 54 in the channel when I came back in. Oh yeah, there is an attached picture of a big black leech that was right at the water's edge on the ramp when I was getting ready to launch. A lot of walleye guys would love to have a bucket of those.
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[#0000ff]I had already cruised out to the flats SE of the boat channel...out from BS...when BLK drove in and launched his cat craft. He stopped by to say howdy...and then goodbye...as he headed off to fish out off the point. I shoulda gone there too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In years past I have done well early in the year on big cats on the flats. (rhymes, too). I did find a few willing players, but they were all just "middle school" fish...no bigguns. But, they bent my stick and stretched my string. I got no pride so I just enjoyed the heck out of 'em.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I used both carp meat and LHBE minnows. Although I got lots of hits on the carp meat I didn't catch anything on it. I suspect some of the hits were bullheads or white bass. All the fish I brought to net were on the chub minnows. I didn't bring any white bass meat today.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BLK said he got his fish in 6-8 feet of water. It gets a bit deeper off the point. I fished from 3' out to over 6' and most of my bites came right around the 5' mark.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When I got back to the ramp there were a couple of other BFTers there. cdbrc was prepping to launch his boat with a couple of boatmates. Good to meet him after a few years of cyber chatting. Old friend r2u2 was also there waiting for me on the ramp. He has migrated south and now lives in Payson. But has a couple of health issues he needs to take care of before he can join us on the water. Good luck, Richard.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nice day, today. Not brutally cold and the W played nice...just a few light breezes...from multiple directions. Water was a bit murkier than last week at Lindon...but warmer. Hoping spring is in full swing. About time.
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