01-19-2007, 08:08 PM
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Have you tubed quite a bit around there? Species? Compared to the west?[/reply]
Everything here is pretty cookie cutter. They do stock trout in the late fall -- but there is nowhere around here where the water is cold or deep enough to sustain them year around.
Most of the year we chase Bluegill, LMB, Crappie and "everyones favorite" the trifecta of the catfish family -- channel's, blues and flathead's.
Most of the waters around here are what people from Utah would refer to as "ponds" -- but the people here insist on calling them lakes. The bad news is that they are small, the good news is that they are many - and the stocking programs are top notch.
It is a great place to teach kids to fish, and have them not get discouraged. (On most days if you are using nightcrawlers it feels like you are cheating
Some of the waters here are bigger than ponds - but still smaller and more shallow than what I would like.
However, the size of the waters and the relativly small numbers of people on the waters makes this an ideal place for float tubes. I just purchased my first float tube in May of 2006 -- and upon many peaceful and successful trips in the few months since then, have since purchased an ODC 420, and I am so hooked/addicted to float tube fishing now - that it almost seems like a waste to do it any other way....
We usually get back to Utah twice a year, but last year was an exception -- and this will be my first trip back since I got into floating.
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Have you tubed quite a bit around there? Species? Compared to the west?[/reply]
Everything here is pretty cookie cutter. They do stock trout in the late fall -- but there is nowhere around here where the water is cold or deep enough to sustain them year around.
Most of the year we chase Bluegill, LMB, Crappie and "everyones favorite" the trifecta of the catfish family -- channel's, blues and flathead's.
Most of the waters around here are what people from Utah would refer to as "ponds" -- but the people here insist on calling them lakes. The bad news is that they are small, the good news is that they are many - and the stocking programs are top notch.
It is a great place to teach kids to fish, and have them not get discouraged. (On most days if you are using nightcrawlers it feels like you are cheating
Some of the waters here are bigger than ponds - but still smaller and more shallow than what I would like.
However, the size of the waters and the relativly small numbers of people on the waters makes this an ideal place for float tubes. I just purchased my first float tube in May of 2006 -- and upon many peaceful and successful trips in the few months since then, have since purchased an ODC 420, and I am so hooked/addicted to float tube fishing now - that it almost seems like a waste to do it any other way....
We usually get back to Utah twice a year, but last year was an exception -- and this will be my first trip back since I got into floating.
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