Flaming Reort

[Hellsangler69]

Took the day off friday to have cable TV installed . Had everything wrapped up at home by 1:00pm , so I pack the truck and made a mad dash for Green River , Wyoming . Arrived About 4:45 and check in to my room and went searchin' for my Gorge Pass and Sticker . Still some daylight in the sky so I went to Buckboard to see if I could find it . Wind blowing like crazy but decided to try some night fishing right off the boat ramp in 30' of water . Didn't take long to see fish and get a few nibbles and bingo my first fish was a burbot . Missed a few more bites and finally hook a bow . Nice fish with hooked jaw and about 20" long . Would of took a pic but it broke me off at the top of the hole and wasn't going to get my arm wet for a fish I was going to release .Ended up with 3 burbot and the bow for the night and went back to Green River to warm up . Answering service sucks at Mustang Motel . I didn't receive a call from them on the phone so I started late and didn't get to Buckboard till 9:00am in the morning . Buckboard ice is 18"+ and cold . My first time to the Gorge so I was checking out the area and found some deeper water to find some macks . Not any people at all there , crowds must be south . Fished for about 5 hours and finally hooked a dink mack , but it was better than skunk for me . Forgot my bibs in the motel so I headed back to Green River and warmed up some more for the night . Made it back to Buckboard and found a shorter route to get to the water I was trekking to . Punched about 20 holes in different depths to pursue the burbot and maybe a trout . Right as the sun went down I started getting hits . Not sure what it was but broke me off twice in 58' of water . So I work closer to shore after it slowed down out deep . Found 36' of water working best for me and hooked another 10 burbots . Missed lots hits all night long but the cold and wind drove me off the ice about 9:30 pm . Finally found my wireless internet with my laptop right next to the window in my room . Arrived at Buckboard again because of lack of time . Headed to the same water the night before that broke me off . Fished it for a spell and had some hits but looked like smaller burbot on the vex . So I trek to the river channel for some more mac action . Anything would be better than my dink mac from the day before . Hooked another mac suspended about 25' off the bottom . Only 16"er . Kept one jig on the bottom at 78' and one I moved up and down the water column . Hooked one up on the bottom and what a fight it was to get him up . Only turned out to be 21"er but it was a better fight than any cutt from the berry . I hooked about 8 bows before I went home 20' down below the ice . Another fish broke me off again but I think that rod only had 4# test . Biggest burbot was 21" and they seem to get some size on them after 16" but lot were smaller and skinny . Small tube jigs 1.5" in white and glow and jig heads in glow colors work with sucker or chub . I feel sucker meat worked better . First time there so I just glad I didn't get that skunk on me but I could of done all night without that dam wind . I heard that lost dog out there if someone is looking for them , in fact I heard several coyotes howling .
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