11-08-2007, 12:31 PM
[cool][black][size 1][size 2][blue]I generally prefer to hit the water about daybreak. Two reasons. The fish are generally more active in early morning and there is usually little wind on most waters.
Didn't have a choice yesterday. TubeBabe couldn't get away until about noon, so we got a LATE start. Didn't get launched at Rock Cliff until about 2 PM. Air temp 60 and water temp 50. Surprising amount of boat traffic and bank tangler activity for midweek. One big enclosed houseboat parked right at the Provo River inlet and several smaller boats either anchored or trolling. Still some small boats launching off the south side of the old road down below the out-of-water ramp.
I made my first cast as soon as I reached about 6 feet or water. My bubble and fly rig got whacked hard and a feisty hatchery pet rainbow made a couple of jumps before forgetting how to hang on and losing the fly. But, that was the last hit I had for a half hour.
TubeBabe stayed mostly in the 6-8 foot water, and caught a few cookie cutter planters under 14"...mostly on the bubble and fly. I worked over to the steep south shoreline, which was still in the shade, with the low angle of the winter sun. Surprisingly cool in that shade. There were frozen springs at the edge of the lake in a couple of places.
I got into a couple of areas that had a lot of willing little troutskis and whacked a bunch on both the bubble and fly and on some of my spinner creations. Didn't get any bows over about 14 inches, but I did get to play with a big ol' brown for a few minutes. He grabbed my spinner, on my ultralight outfit and abused me pretty badly. Got him close enough to the tube to get a good look at him a couple of times, but he finally got tired of messin' with me and arranged his "conservation release". Probably 20 plus inches and purty colors.
It gets dark early now. We started toward the ramp about 5 and witnessed some wacko in a kayako practicing rolls in the chilly water. He was bundled up in what looked like a dry suit, and would roll over and stay under for as long as he could before rolling back up. At one point, one of the guys in a dinky tin boat, anchored across the channel, screamed at us to "Help that guy. He turned over." Guess they had never been exposed to wacky yakkers. TubeBabe speculated that the guy must be practicing for a trip to Alaska in the cold water.
As far as I know, everybody fishing Rock Cliffs last night caught fish. Saw lots of bitty bows being hauled into boats and up onto the bank. One dad with two kids was really showing the kids a good time. Sounded like they would be fishermen forever.
All the fish we caught are still swimming. Hope they get some size on them before we meet them again. For recent plants they do have some spunk and energy. Lots of fun on light tackle. Good place to take the kids while the weather is still nice.[/blue][/size]
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Didn't have a choice yesterday. TubeBabe couldn't get away until about noon, so we got a LATE start. Didn't get launched at Rock Cliff until about 2 PM. Air temp 60 and water temp 50. Surprising amount of boat traffic and bank tangler activity for midweek. One big enclosed houseboat parked right at the Provo River inlet and several smaller boats either anchored or trolling. Still some small boats launching off the south side of the old road down below the out-of-water ramp.
I made my first cast as soon as I reached about 6 feet or water. My bubble and fly rig got whacked hard and a feisty hatchery pet rainbow made a couple of jumps before forgetting how to hang on and losing the fly. But, that was the last hit I had for a half hour.
TubeBabe stayed mostly in the 6-8 foot water, and caught a few cookie cutter planters under 14"...mostly on the bubble and fly. I worked over to the steep south shoreline, which was still in the shade, with the low angle of the winter sun. Surprisingly cool in that shade. There were frozen springs at the edge of the lake in a couple of places.
I got into a couple of areas that had a lot of willing little troutskis and whacked a bunch on both the bubble and fly and on some of my spinner creations. Didn't get any bows over about 14 inches, but I did get to play with a big ol' brown for a few minutes. He grabbed my spinner, on my ultralight outfit and abused me pretty badly. Got him close enough to the tube to get a good look at him a couple of times, but he finally got tired of messin' with me and arranged his "conservation release". Probably 20 plus inches and purty colors.
It gets dark early now. We started toward the ramp about 5 and witnessed some wacko in a kayako practicing rolls in the chilly water. He was bundled up in what looked like a dry suit, and would roll over and stay under for as long as he could before rolling back up. At one point, one of the guys in a dinky tin boat, anchored across the channel, screamed at us to "Help that guy. He turned over." Guess they had never been exposed to wacky yakkers. TubeBabe speculated that the guy must be practicing for a trip to Alaska in the cold water.
As far as I know, everybody fishing Rock Cliffs last night caught fish. Saw lots of bitty bows being hauled into boats and up onto the bank. One dad with two kids was really showing the kids a good time. Sounded like they would be fishermen forever.
All the fish we caught are still swimming. Hope they get some size on them before we meet them again. For recent plants they do have some spunk and energy. Lots of fun on light tackle. Good place to take the kids while the weather is still nice.[/blue][/size]
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