02-21-2012, 05:28 AM
Northern Utah- I caught more and bigger largemouth than I have in years. I loaded up on smallies as well, trips of 3 lb average in the spring/summer when I didn't knew they existed in the numbers I was catching-and consistently. Southern Utah-I didn't do so well. I assumed the typical pattern would work and it didn't. By the time I got on good fish and figured out where they were it was time to go...lesson learned and I'm a better fisherman because of bad fishing.
Browns and cutt's in spring were a blast up North. I saw and caught so many I've got a good attitude going into it this year. So many small perch, trout, chubs, craws, minnows, bugs, etc. for the fish to feed on!!!
Some guys always talk about 'doom and gloom' no matter the conditions of the fishing. I've got good years and I've got bad years and so do the fish. Not because everybody is keeping all the big fish, [crazy], but because cycles are a way of life. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it just plain sucks. Adapt, overcome and defeat.
On a side note: My personal opinion (nothing to do with you MB72)-On a large body of water blaming other fishermen for me not catching big fish because everybody else is keeping them is asinine and embarrassing. Educating anglers is better than blame but education is not me giving you my opinion. Education is facts, knowledge and experience all put together to help each other. The blame game is getting old *just venting [:p]* However, I've got a good excuse if I don't catch any good fish this year (too late for that) "Everybody keeps all the big fish on this gigantic reservoir, that's why I didn't catch any".
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Browns and cutt's in spring were a blast up North. I saw and caught so many I've got a good attitude going into it this year. So many small perch, trout, chubs, craws, minnows, bugs, etc. for the fish to feed on!!!
Some guys always talk about 'doom and gloom' no matter the conditions of the fishing. I've got good years and I've got bad years and so do the fish. Not because everybody is keeping all the big fish, [crazy], but because cycles are a way of life. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it just plain sucks. Adapt, overcome and defeat.
On a side note: My personal opinion (nothing to do with you MB72)-On a large body of water blaming other fishermen for me not catching big fish because everybody else is keeping them is asinine and embarrassing. Educating anglers is better than blame but education is not me giving you my opinion. Education is facts, knowledge and experience all put together to help each other. The blame game is getting old *just venting [:p]* However, I've got a good excuse if I don't catch any good fish this year (too late for that) "Everybody keeps all the big fish on this gigantic reservoir, that's why I didn't catch any".
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