10-16-2003, 04:17 PM
[cool]Of course I saw your post on the Utah board. I like the pics. I have many in my archives of the same scene...sunsets and sunrises...the best times of the day. And, as you so accurately observe, good scenery can help offset the disappointment of bad catching.
One of these days it will all come together for you and you will wonder why you never got into the fish before. Sometimes it is something very subtle. Other times it is nothing more than bad timing...fishing where the fish were yesterday, but aren't today.
Lincoln Beach can be like that. I have caught a lot of fish there, but I must admit to leaving with a skunk in my tube on more than one trip. When you hit it right, though, you will have to have the
surgically removed from your face.
You really need to go up the hill to Jordanelle. Fish for the smallies, but be prepared to settle for a basket full of perch...or a couple of rainbows. The smallies are aggressive right now and not too many guys are hitting them. It is possible that an 8 pound plus record will come out of there soon.
There's probably not enough water in the American Fork Boat Harbor this year, but in times past it was a great place to catch a lot of big white bass this time of year. They would gang up around the pilings for the docks and all you had to to was drop a small silver Kastmaster with a piece of worm down there for instant action. That also worked vertical jigging just off the bottom in the other parts of the harbor. I caught a 12# walleye there around the first of November one year jigging a little spoon for whities.
Thanks for sharing the pics. Hope the next batch have some fish in them.
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One of these days it will all come together for you and you will wonder why you never got into the fish before. Sometimes it is something very subtle. Other times it is nothing more than bad timing...fishing where the fish were yesterday, but aren't today.
Lincoln Beach can be like that. I have caught a lot of fish there, but I must admit to leaving with a skunk in my tube on more than one trip. When you hit it right, though, you will have to have the
surgically removed from your face. You really need to go up the hill to Jordanelle. Fish for the smallies, but be prepared to settle for a basket full of perch...or a couple of rainbows. The smallies are aggressive right now and not too many guys are hitting them. It is possible that an 8 pound plus record will come out of there soon.
There's probably not enough water in the American Fork Boat Harbor this year, but in times past it was a great place to catch a lot of big white bass this time of year. They would gang up around the pilings for the docks and all you had to to was drop a small silver Kastmaster with a piece of worm down there for instant action. That also worked vertical jigging just off the bottom in the other parts of the harbor. I caught a 12# walleye there around the first of November one year jigging a little spoon for whities.
Thanks for sharing the pics. Hope the next batch have some fish in them.
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