06-09-2010, 07:28 AM
Wow. Lot's of fishing, I'm a little jealous, haha. I'm definitely going to get out this weekend. That was a nice 20" striper you guys pulled in.
As far as the jumping fish... I'm convinced that 90% of the solitary fish I see jumping when I'm out there are Carp. That's why I'll never go out there again without at least one can of corn. I know it drove me batty over the years watching fish jump when I wasn't catching anything. I try to play closer attention and get a glimpse of the fish when they jump. At night, if your at the right angle you can use the moonlight to see them better. If they're not reflective at all, and appear darker in color, they are probably carp. I believe that jumping carp are said to be spawning and therefore not feeding; but carp travel in groups and individuals spawn at different times.
Those trout sure were pretty too. Hatchery trout can be boring. We indefinitely postponed our Utah trip this year =(. We were catching nice 20+ inchers at Panguitch a few years back. They were delicious. Smoked trout sounds great, I'd like to do that. What kind of wood did you use to smoke it?
It was nice of you to help the noobs get into the strike zone. Way to go man.
Thanks for the extensive report!
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As far as the jumping fish... I'm convinced that 90% of the solitary fish I see jumping when I'm out there are Carp. That's why I'll never go out there again without at least one can of corn. I know it drove me batty over the years watching fish jump when I wasn't catching anything. I try to play closer attention and get a glimpse of the fish when they jump. At night, if your at the right angle you can use the moonlight to see them better. If they're not reflective at all, and appear darker in color, they are probably carp. I believe that jumping carp are said to be spawning and therefore not feeding; but carp travel in groups and individuals spawn at different times.
Those trout sure were pretty too. Hatchery trout can be boring. We indefinitely postponed our Utah trip this year =(. We were catching nice 20+ inchers at Panguitch a few years back. They were delicious. Smoked trout sounds great, I'd like to do that. What kind of wood did you use to smoke it?
It was nice of you to help the noobs get into the strike zone. Way to go man.
Thanks for the extensive report!
Fish on [fishin]
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