07-27-2015, 10:06 PM
I wish I knew what tactics and places you are talking about because I tried different spots all the way from the dam, through the narrows, to the ladders and the island, all the way to Chicken Creek and the north end at depths from 45' to the surface using every trick in my book and like I said when I caught fish they were always cuts. On the same day I caught cuts down rigging at 40' all the way to the surface and also still fishing. Back when it was full of chubs I used the same tactics and I never got skunked like I have in recent years and usually caught one rainbow after another. Its just not like that any more. Granted there are most certainly methods I am not aware of that produce only rainbows but how many people are aware of those methods? Everyone I talked to at the boat ramp were discouraged and caught nothing or did poorly. It should be a fun and productive fishery for everyone like it used to be, not just those who are experts on the 'secret' tactics. Part of my love of fishing came from my success as a youngster at Strawberry. How discouraging it must be for a kid to fish for hours from the shore to either catch nothing or even worse catch something that they have to turn back. I know there are the catch and release die hards out there. Thats great, go fish the Provo River. It's exciting for a kid to take home a few fish and its also nice to eat a nice firm pink fleshed rainbow every once in a while.
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