Deer Creek 9-14-21 - VIDEO ADDED

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I should join Masochists Anonymous.  Didn't get enough exercise climbing up the long ramp at Jordanelle last week so thought I'd do Deer Creek again. 



Met up with Perchinski launching just ahead of me.  He was on a perch search and headed out...somewhere.  Didn't see him again before I came in at 11:30.  Also, a DWR tank truck backed up and unloaded 5000 surplus rainbows from the nearby (Midway) hatchery.  But they were only 5" long...a fact duly noted and acted upon by a horde of seagulls after the truck departed.  The silly little hatchery pets all schooled up on the surface and were easy pickings for the enterprising gulls.  And they were still mopping up on them when I came back in later.

 


A nice day.  Air temp 48 at launch...warming to 80 by noonish.  Water temp 65 at the ramp...warming a degree by departure time.  But the water temp dropped over 1 degree in the upper end of the flats...where the Provo River comes in.  And that had a half dozen slimer slayer boats anchored up in the channel.


I have done well on some nice trout on Deer Creek in the past by dragging a rainbow trout colored mini crank.  So I put it out and trolled about 2 mph on my way to the flats...hopefully to find a few holdover walleye...or whatever.  Noticed a couple of boats that were bringing in small trout on pop gear.  About that time my rod developed a wiggly bend and I had one of the same...a recently planted bow "underfooter".  Caught several more before I finally put up the crank and brought out the bottom bouncer rigs.








Worked large areas of the flats without seeing anything on sonar.  Guessed the walleyes and other predators were probably following the schools of baby perch into deeper water.    Still, I kept at it and when I swung closer to the rocky shoreline under the railroad tracks my rods began to dance again...again with slimers.  Released several of the underfooters and kept one healthy 15 incher for some "surf & surf" (with shrimp). 









Made a few casts with plastics along some previously productive rocky shoreline.  No smallies.  Amazing.  I did have about a 10 inch perch hooked but it declined to come aboard.







Got back in about 11:30 and began taking my rig apart to pack for departure.  I hoped if I messed around long enough there would be someone else either launching or trailering and I could hitch a ride back up the hill.  First time I can remember going so long between seeing anyone else on the ramp.  I hiked...and huffed and puffed...and finally made it.  That's s'nuff of that stuff.







Took some footage with my new GoPro.  Experimented around with different mountings and positions.  Some turned out okay.  Others...not so much.  But I will piece together something to post for the video porn freaks.