2021 Willard Bay Trip # 23 & 24

[Tin-Can]

Forest, July 2nd was tough. I worked hard for the three of four kitties I found. Started out at the feedlot, ran up to the north marina, headed over to the light pole and ended up back at the feedlot.  Burned a lot of gas with minimal results.  Yesterday, was a bit better. Took my kayak to the north marina and found a half dozen stupid ones before it got too hot.  Dragging chicken on one rod and TDs infamous BELH chubettes on the other did the trick. While the kitties are still scattered, 5 of 6 FOW seemed productive.  Probably be Friday until I try again

  Yep.  Would like to go back up Friday, but have an appointment to get my truck serviced.  And needs to have wheel bearings checked / maybe changed. Been hearing a high pitched whine from the front end. Starts at about 40 mph, faster I go, louder it gets. Don't matter what type of road surface. Already had the tires checked for uneven or unusual wear. They are good, only 2 years old, and less than 30K miles on  them. 
But since truck is still under extended service contract, dealer gonna do a good front end inspection.  

The 2 guys I met yesterday were both in kayaks and once the wind calmed, they went all the way out to the old coffer damn area past the feed lot tower. Don't know if they had sonar on their yaks, but they each caught 2 Cats in area they could see the bottom.

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Sorry to hear you lost that big one Forest. From my experience, any time I catch a cat at Willard, it is always smart to retie my line, replacing at least the bottom two ft of line. Those cats love to roll when you catch them and I have lost more than one lure to a fish after having one of the cats nick my line and I forgot to check it before putting it back out. Now, I usually just run my finger nail up the bottom two feet or so of line and replace that section, if I feel any sort of nick. it just isn't worth it to lose a nice fish and a good lure because I did not check my line.

   Yeah Curt, I usually do check my last couple feet of line after catching a Cat. And I did after I caught the first one yesterday, but I think the line break was more that 2 or 3 feet up from the lure.  May have been a nick from a previous rock snag. I never saw what I was fighting yesterday, so it had to be more than 4 or 5 feet down.  I'm sure it wasn't a case of knot coming loose cuz the line end wasn't curly like when a knot pulls out. It was a clean break almost like I cut it with a knife or pliers.  I have another of those lures, and I think I can find another at Sportsman's or Cabelas. 

But that's the price of doing the business of fishing    .