04-11-2009, 04:25 AM
If you went to the middle provo and started throwing crawlers you would absolutely slaughter a ton of fish they are not accustom to seeing such a tasty easy treat. But I have seen guys throw hardware all day long on that stretch without catching a fish. Same with flies.
Using bait on rivers that have had artificial rules for a number of years is like cheating. Yes the fish are for everybody but if everybody used bait and deep hook all the fish then you cant really have a fishery that is worth a crap. Too many of the harder to catch bigger fish would be all caught up and taken home, then what? I see your point but my point is that if you NEED to use bait I think their are more waters in Utah and the whole country that do allow bait in them than the ones that dont. The fish in those rivers diddnt just happen to get planted in there as 18-23 inch fish they grew up there. They grew up because they were not tempted by a big fat crawler on the end of a hook. I like the provo but it is not worth it to me anymore. Even some of the guides that fish it have forgotten what the words FISHING EDICUT mean. I just dont want to hold hands with some guy that wants to fish my hole. The weber is becoming the same way. I think I will have to start finding seclusion elsewhere... there is many other options and I am sure you already knew that.
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Using bait on rivers that have had artificial rules for a number of years is like cheating. Yes the fish are for everybody but if everybody used bait and deep hook all the fish then you cant really have a fishery that is worth a crap. Too many of the harder to catch bigger fish would be all caught up and taken home, then what? I see your point but my point is that if you NEED to use bait I think their are more waters in Utah and the whole country that do allow bait in them than the ones that dont. The fish in those rivers diddnt just happen to get planted in there as 18-23 inch fish they grew up there. They grew up because they were not tempted by a big fat crawler on the end of a hook. I like the provo but it is not worth it to me anymore. Even some of the guides that fish it have forgotten what the words FISHING EDICUT mean. I just dont want to hold hands with some guy that wants to fish my hole. The weber is becoming the same way. I think I will have to start finding seclusion elsewhere... there is many other options and I am sure you already knew that.
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