06-30-2014, 05:09 PM
[font "Calibri"]I and the little lady made a run up to the berry this weekend for a little getaway. Fished Mud Creek Saturday afternoon in the wind and had pretty good success for both the bows and cuts. The wind direction and speed was perfect for a slow drift presentation in and out of the bay so that’s where we stayed all day. The bows preferred a marabou jig three feet under a bobber while the cuts were hitting the curly jigs on a slow retrieve.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Stayed at the Strawberry lodge and hardly slept a
. Not sure what their definition of a bed is but mine isn’t what they had. My back and hips are still screaming. At 4:30am I final decided I’d had enough and got up. My wife wasn’t about ready to get going so I launched the boat and hit it alone for the first couple hours. Wanting to stay close to the lodge I trolled just outside the marina looking for salmon. I had my first 18” salmon in the box in about five minutes, nice. Following shortly after was a few slot cuts when two more salmon. Having one bow in the box from the day prior I had my limit and was done by 7am. Salmon were in the 25-30 range and was hitting pink squids and Kokanee Kings. Not being a fan of kokanee C&R I pulled in my lines and switched over to pulling hard baits for the trout. Trolled around for an hour or so will little action waiting for the wife to call. [/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Having smoked a bunch of Flaming Gorge salmon the day before we left for this trip we figured a single limit was all we needed. Went for a nice slow boat ride up the narrows just taking in the view then called it a day. All in all a great trip with my little lady. [/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Stayed at the Strawberry lodge and hardly slept a
. Not sure what their definition of a bed is but mine isn’t what they had. My back and hips are still screaming. At 4:30am I final decided I’d had enough and got up. My wife wasn’t about ready to get going so I launched the boat and hit it alone for the first couple hours. Wanting to stay close to the lodge I trolled just outside the marina looking for salmon. I had my first 18” salmon in the box in about five minutes, nice. Following shortly after was a few slot cuts when two more salmon. Having one bow in the box from the day prior I had my limit and was done by 7am. Salmon were in the 25-30 range and was hitting pink squids and Kokanee Kings. Not being a fan of kokanee C&R I pulled in my lines and switched over to pulling hard baits for the trout. Trolled around for an hour or so will little action waiting for the wife to call. [/font][font "Calibri"] [/font]
[font "Calibri"]Having smoked a bunch of Flaming Gorge salmon the day before we left for this trip we figured a single limit was all we needed. Went for a nice slow boat ride up the narrows just taking in the view then called it a day. All in all a great trip with my little lady. [/font]
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