10-03-2019, 08:11 PM
[#0000ff]Pa and I had a plan to hit the Knolls today. Invited BLK to join us. But forecast winds from the SE led to changing the venue to Lindon...and without BLK.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I joined Pa at the Lindon (Utah Lake) ramp and we were both launched a bit after 7 am. Air temp 39 and water temp 57...warming to 59 by noon departure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started off slow in the chilling water. We worked depths from 3' out to 7' without seeing much on sonar or feeling much on our lines. Lee drew first slime with a big ol' carp that liked his pale perch flig rig. Then he got a couple of cats in about 5 feet of water. I moved in from deeper water and I started getting bendo too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My first cat was a Willard escapee...about 21". Small for Utah Lake. But my next one was better...a nice 28 inch mama cat. Not a bumper but good tugs.
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[#0000ff]We both got sporadic inquiries over the next hour or so. Then Lee headed north to fish an area he had never worked before. I stayed around the bubbleup but moved back out into deeper water. The water temp had moved up a degree or so. And I started to see some "kitty bumps" on sonar. And...I began to get some frequent chomps.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For the next couple of hours I got cats with fair regularity. Some over 20s, a couple of two footers and another 28 incher...this one a daddy cat on one of my new "whirly fligs"...with a
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[#0000ff]Caught cats on both white bass and LHBE minnows. Got them using straight bait, fligs and the aforementioned new whirly fligs. Fish were in about 5 feet of water early but moved out to 6-7 feet later. There is no 8-10 foot water at Lindon.
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[#0000ff]Had only the lightest of breezes on our side of the lake but could see "disturbed water" on the other side. Guessing that it was a good move to change venues. When I shut it down just before noon I had caught about 15 cats...and headed back for the ramp. Pa came in just ahead of me. He reported 8 cats...and 1 carp.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not a bad plan B.
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[#0000ff]I joined Pa at the Lindon (Utah Lake) ramp and we were both launched a bit after 7 am. Air temp 39 and water temp 57...warming to 59 by noon departure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started off slow in the chilling water. We worked depths from 3' out to 7' without seeing much on sonar or feeling much on our lines. Lee drew first slime with a big ol' carp that liked his pale perch flig rig. Then he got a couple of cats in about 5 feet of water. I moved in from deeper water and I started getting bendo too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My first cat was a Willard escapee...about 21". Small for Utah Lake. But my next one was better...a nice 28 inch mama cat. Not a bumper but good tugs.
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[#0000ff]We both got sporadic inquiries over the next hour or so. Then Lee headed north to fish an area he had never worked before. I stayed around the bubbleup but moved back out into deeper water. The water temp had moved up a degree or so. And I started to see some "kitty bumps" on sonar. And...I began to get some frequent chomps.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For the next couple of hours I got cats with fair regularity. Some over 20s, a couple of two footers and another 28 incher...this one a daddy cat on one of my new "whirly fligs"...with a
blade.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff] [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Caught cats on both white bass and LHBE minnows. Got them using straight bait, fligs and the aforementioned new whirly fligs. Fish were in about 5 feet of water early but moved out to 6-7 feet later. There is no 8-10 foot water at Lindon.
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[#0000ff]Had only the lightest of breezes on our side of the lake but could see "disturbed water" on the other side. Guessing that it was a good move to change venues. When I shut it down just before noon I had caught about 15 cats...and headed back for the ramp. Pa came in just ahead of me. He reported 8 cats...and 1 carp.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not a bad plan B.
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