08-17-2012, 08:09 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Nope. Nuthin' kinky. Unless you count a dirty old man rasslin' with a lot of nekkid fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Solo trip to Lindon. Hit it before daylight to try for some baby whities on bitty jigs under the light at the ramp. Got a dozen or so for bait and launched before sunrise...about 6:15. Air temp 68 and water temp 76...warming to almost 79 by noon.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Depth in the harbor averages about 5 feet. Dropping but still doable for most boats. Few fish on sonar going out but bajillions of whitie tykes dimpling the surface as it got lighter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Stopped at the rock points at the mouth of the harbor and molested a couple of junior whities. Nothing bigger...except the snags. Cranked up the electric motor and started for the bubbleup. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had some bozo in an approaching boat yell that I was in a no wake zone. Good ol RipNLip. He's such a kidder. He and his boatmates were headed for "Poo River" to try to harvest some white bass for catfish bait. Told him I was going to the bubbleup and he said they might join me later. Don't know how they did since they never showed. Too bad for them...maybe.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Made the run to the buoys fairly quickly with the electric cranked up. Got there as the sun was peeking up over Provo Canyon and painting the low clouds. Always love a nice sunrise.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water levels were almost 3 feet lower than the last time I fished the bubbleup. Had to look for a few minutes to find any fishy marks on sonar. Found a few then caught a few. Most of the fish I saw were suspended rather than near the bottom. Had to retrieve at mid depth and finesse them to get any action. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After catching a dozen or so white bass I had a solid thump, followed by heavy head shakes and a couple of short runs. My first of several cats on jigs. Lots of fun on light gear. Even ran some line off the drag.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Worked from the 7th buoy...out on the end...clear to the 3rd buoy...closer to shore. Caught sporadic fish here and there...with occasional brief flurries of instant hits and doubles when I found an active school. But the schools were small and moving. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Best action for white bass...and cats on jigs...was between the third and fourth buoys...right in the middle of the string. Depths in the most productive areas were from about 4 to 6 feet, with the most right at around 5 feet. And many of the hits came as soon as I dropped the jigs into the water. Lots of shallow cruisers. I couldn't let a rod rest with a jig in the water without having a silly white bass trying to take the rod out of the holder.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I released the first few cats I caught on jigs since I hadn't planned on trying to catch any. But then I thought that if they were going to play I might as well bring home a few for the smoker. So I started dragging around one of the little 3" white bass on one rod while fishing whities with the plastics. The cats loved the junior whities and I had a real circus a couple of times trying to bring in a double on white bass while setting the hook in a kitty that was running away with all the line on my bait rig. Tough duty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I took out a dozen baby white bass and used them all. Only missed a couple of whiff hooksets so I guess I caught about 10 cats on the white bassettes. Kept my 8 for the smoker and released a few more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had 8 cats and a couple dozen white bass in the basket by about 10 am. A good thing too. The bite just shut down. So after a half hour of fruitless (and fishless) casting I turned in my masochist card and motored back in to the harbor. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Made it to the ramp just as the power squadron was rolling in. Gee. Sorry I missed all that fun. Well, maybe not all. I did have one ski boat make a wide swing in from the middle of the lake and roar by close enough to get my attention...along with a few saved-up screams from the occupants. Why do they always want tubers to LOOKEE? I ain't easy to impress.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Solo trip to Lindon. Hit it before daylight to try for some baby whities on bitty jigs under the light at the ramp. Got a dozen or so for bait and launched before sunrise...about 6:15. Air temp 68 and water temp 76...warming to almost 79 by noon.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Depth in the harbor averages about 5 feet. Dropping but still doable for most boats. Few fish on sonar going out but bajillions of whitie tykes dimpling the surface as it got lighter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Stopped at the rock points at the mouth of the harbor and molested a couple of junior whities. Nothing bigger...except the snags. Cranked up the electric motor and started for the bubbleup. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had some bozo in an approaching boat yell that I was in a no wake zone. Good ol RipNLip. He's such a kidder. He and his boatmates were headed for "Poo River" to try to harvest some white bass for catfish bait. Told him I was going to the bubbleup and he said they might join me later. Don't know how they did since they never showed. Too bad for them...maybe.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Made the run to the buoys fairly quickly with the electric cranked up. Got there as the sun was peeking up over Provo Canyon and painting the low clouds. Always love a nice sunrise.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Water levels were almost 3 feet lower than the last time I fished the bubbleup. Had to look for a few minutes to find any fishy marks on sonar. Found a few then caught a few. Most of the fish I saw were suspended rather than near the bottom. Had to retrieve at mid depth and finesse them to get any action. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After catching a dozen or so white bass I had a solid thump, followed by heavy head shakes and a couple of short runs. My first of several cats on jigs. Lots of fun on light gear. Even ran some line off the drag.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Worked from the 7th buoy...out on the end...clear to the 3rd buoy...closer to shore. Caught sporadic fish here and there...with occasional brief flurries of instant hits and doubles when I found an active school. But the schools were small and moving. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Best action for white bass...and cats on jigs...was between the third and fourth buoys...right in the middle of the string. Depths in the most productive areas were from about 4 to 6 feet, with the most right at around 5 feet. And many of the hits came as soon as I dropped the jigs into the water. Lots of shallow cruisers. I couldn't let a rod rest with a jig in the water without having a silly white bass trying to take the rod out of the holder.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I released the first few cats I caught on jigs since I hadn't planned on trying to catch any. But then I thought that if they were going to play I might as well bring home a few for the smoker. So I started dragging around one of the little 3" white bass on one rod while fishing whities with the plastics. The cats loved the junior whities and I had a real circus a couple of times trying to bring in a double on white bass while setting the hook in a kitty that was running away with all the line on my bait rig. Tough duty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I took out a dozen baby white bass and used them all. Only missed a couple of whiff hooksets so I guess I caught about 10 cats on the white bassettes. Kept my 8 for the smoker and released a few more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had 8 cats and a couple dozen white bass in the basket by about 10 am. A good thing too. The bite just shut down. So after a half hour of fruitless (and fishless) casting I turned in my masochist card and motored back in to the harbor. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Made it to the ramp just as the power squadron was rolling in. Gee. Sorry I missed all that fun. Well, maybe not all. I did have one ski boat make a wide swing in from the middle of the lake and roar by close enough to get my attention...along with a few saved-up screams from the occupants. Why do they always want tubers to LOOKEE? I ain't easy to impress.[/#0000ff]
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