04-16-2011, 01:28 PM
It was a nice day to be on the water finally after a long winter. The boat ran well with the reconditioned prop. I'm not really sure how accurate my tach was because the first fast run I managed to top out at 5700 rpm (not bad). I could only manage 5200 rpm at full throttle from then on. Any ideas???
Fishing success was as I predicted for the full three hours. Ice out is usually one of the best times for cold water species like trout but the DWR has turned Pineview into a warm water fishery and I don't really understand how to fish this yet. I tried trolling for the toothy critters - no bites. I then found fish stacked up near sun-drenched bays and tried to drop shot a gulp minnow. I thought using a ice fishing approach (sloooow)might work but then the North wind picked up and I just drug the presentation around anyway. I think drowning a real worm may have worked better?
Water temp in the main lake topped out at around 46 degrees, but where the sun was hitting the temp was nearing 52 degrees. The lake is below winter level because they're letting as much water out as they can. Ogden River, below the dam, is running bank full. They would be flooding homes if it were any higher. Now this rain might make things worse?
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Fishing success was as I predicted for the full three hours. Ice out is usually one of the best times for cold water species like trout but the DWR has turned Pineview into a warm water fishery and I don't really understand how to fish this yet. I tried trolling for the toothy critters - no bites. I then found fish stacked up near sun-drenched bays and tried to drop shot a gulp minnow. I thought using a ice fishing approach (sloooow)might work but then the North wind picked up and I just drug the presentation around anyway. I think drowning a real worm may have worked better?
Water temp in the main lake topped out at around 46 degrees, but where the sun was hitting the temp was nearing 52 degrees. The lake is below winter level because they're letting as much water out as they can. Ogden River, below the dam, is running bank full. They would be flooding homes if it were any higher. Now this rain might make things worse?
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