Kolob

[richyd4u]

My oldest daughter and I decided to run the boat up to Kolob this past weekend and see if we could get a tube jig bite. Lake is still full as ever, only down a couple feet from full pool, glad to see that! Air temps were 50 degrees when we arrived around 7pm, water temps at 62 degrees and clarity good. worked the marina area quick before venturing down lake and had one good hit, but no hook up. We headed down lake to our usual fall areas, and I hooked the first and only tiger of the day. It was a fatty and close to 20". The wind at that time was minimal but soon picked up to a consistent 20mph making it hard to fish where we normally like to. That didn't stop us though, we found a productive bank line and proceeded to nail some quality bows and a few cutts! Wind was moving us down the bank at a fast rate, so we threw the anchor out to slow us down some, but it wouldn't hold fully in the muddy bottom and the high wind. Every time we'd drift the section, we'd manage 2 or so big fish. Tube of the day was a 3" smokey with black flake with a 1/4 oz jig head. We had several big tigers follow, but never got any of them to commit after the first one I caught earlier. Lots of fun, daughter had a blast. We ended up with 10 quality fish by noon and decided we had had enough of the wind. Great late summer/early fall trip...gonna be a great fall! Can't wait!