08-11-2003, 05:53 AM
I'm sure you all were wondering where I've been? I've been fishing Manning Meadows.
The first day I threw just about every spinner or spoon I had and only one hit on a small silver castmaster. The second day I hit the lake in the tube and managed a big 0. Did managed to catch one when I landed and started to reel in fast and get something for lunch. Sat in that cove for another couple cast and missed a dozen and landed one more. Went out again after some of that good canned food. Everything always tastes better when your in the high country. Any way I missed more that after noon then the entire trip. Only landed a couple but they sure did fight good.
Southernman found me the next day and we set up camp and talked a little about the fish and fishing. After that night I was sure it was going to be some good fishing. We tried the other end of the lake were I seen the fish start jumping a couple hours before the rest of the lake. Southerman didn't catch anything but the bottom and lost about half his lure before he gave up. I landed one with in minutes and nothing after that. Missed a few but no good hook ups or strikes for that matter. Needless to say the rest of the trip was like that one fish and a few misses and nothing for southerman. I wanted to do a little stream fishing but most of the good ones didn't have much or any water so I didn't catch anything or fish.
I did manage to catch a couple of tigers after southernman left and that made my trip worth it besides the trouble I had with rocks smashing my oil pan up and my alternator going out so I walked about 4 miles until some nice family from Monroe picked me up and gave me a ride off the mountain and feed me dinner and they even went back up the mountain to fix my car. I couldn't say enough about how much they helped me that trip. I'm just glad I made it home after this trip.
The roads are in horrible shape coming from Monroe and the Greenwich side is washed out in more places then it wasn't. Took the Marysville road for 10 miles and that was the best road I seen yet. Lots of does and some small bucks but nothing to brag about. I can see why most of southern utah is a 5 day hunt now. I think this year I'm going north to kill some of those big bucks my brother has been seeing all year long. When you see a truck hauling out some monster bucks stop and say hi.
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Manning Meadow
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My first Tiger trout about 14" sorry about the picture the fish didn't want to hold still for any of them.
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The first day I threw just about every spinner or spoon I had and only one hit on a small silver castmaster. The second day I hit the lake in the tube and managed a big 0. Did managed to catch one when I landed and started to reel in fast and get something for lunch. Sat in that cove for another couple cast and missed a dozen and landed one more. Went out again after some of that good canned food. Everything always tastes better when your in the high country. Any way I missed more that after noon then the entire trip. Only landed a couple but they sure did fight good.
Southernman found me the next day and we set up camp and talked a little about the fish and fishing. After that night I was sure it was going to be some good fishing. We tried the other end of the lake were I seen the fish start jumping a couple hours before the rest of the lake. Southerman didn't catch anything but the bottom and lost about half his lure before he gave up. I landed one with in minutes and nothing after that. Missed a few but no good hook ups or strikes for that matter. Needless to say the rest of the trip was like that one fish and a few misses and nothing for southerman. I wanted to do a little stream fishing but most of the good ones didn't have much or any water so I didn't catch anything or fish.
I did manage to catch a couple of tigers after southernman left and that made my trip worth it besides the trouble I had with rocks smashing my oil pan up and my alternator going out so I walked about 4 miles until some nice family from Monroe picked me up and gave me a ride off the mountain and feed me dinner and they even went back up the mountain to fix my car. I couldn't say enough about how much they helped me that trip. I'm just glad I made it home after this trip.
The roads are in horrible shape coming from Monroe and the Greenwich side is washed out in more places then it wasn't. Took the Marysville road for 10 miles and that was the best road I seen yet. Lots of does and some small bucks but nothing to brag about. I can see why most of southern utah is a 5 day hunt now. I think this year I'm going north to kill some of those big bucks my brother has been seeing all year long. When you see a truck hauling out some monster bucks stop and say hi.
Lower Box Creek
Manning Meadow
My first Tiger trout about 14" sorry about the picture the fish didn't want to hold still for any of them.
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