04-01-2008, 05:04 AM
I used to live near Logan and fished the river several times a week in the summer. The key to catching fish in the reservoirs is to use 2-lb.-test line. Don't use a sinker or a bobber, just a No. 12 or No. 14 salmon egg hook baited with a single salmon egg. With the right rod and reel, you should be able to cast this quite a ways. Let the egg sink naturally, and if there are fish, you'll usually catch them. In the spring, after runoff starts, I used to do well with a water-filled casting bobber sliding on the line with a swivel and three feet of leader on the tag end. I would bait a No. 6 bait hook with a nightcrawler, sometimes using a single split shot, and then I would cast quartering upstream, let the rig sink to the bottom, and then bounce it along until I got a hit. In the summertime you can catch some nice browns in all three reservoirs. There are browns in the five to eight pound range in all three dams. I've seen some over 10 pounds. There aren't many, and they're wary. The best way I've found to hook them is to use a Rapala type lure right at dark. I would cast into the reservoir and draw the lure up directly into the current. I also had a great time catching whitefish, and there are a lot of nice ones in all three impoundments. The bigger fish are in the three to four pound range, but there are a lot of two-pounders. The easiest way to catch them is with aquatic insect larvae, either rock-rollers pulled out of their shell or hellgramites. Again, use 2-lb.-test line and small hooks. You'll need a soft rod tip and super sharp small hooks. I'll usually use a tiny split shot when I'm after whitefish. The same technique works well in the Blacksmith Fork River, too.
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