11-30-2015, 06:55 PM
Hey Pat,
It was a fun trip, your son Steve took good care in getting me ready to go... I didn't plan on going until I got there and seen reports of tuna close in and by the time I decided to go they were sold out... Anyway I should have planned ahead a little better, but thought we would be doing family things all through the trip, but when a window opened I decided to give it a try... Wish I would have had my gear, it's not perfect salt water gear, but it was better than what I rented...
Anyway what are your thoughts about trying Whitefish at Bear Lake? Would Saturday the 5th work for you? We can set up an informal flotilla and give it a try. I have a couple new additions I'm working on for my toon that I hope may help, I have that motor controller that is supposed to let me control my speed of my electric motor, hope to have it hooked up by the weekend to help slow me down. I also found a small down rigger I'm trying to add to the toon. I think both of these additions may help my little craft work better on Bear Lake... unless it gets too cluttered, will have to be careful there... At this point the temperature looks a little warmer, but with the Friday storm I'm not sure what the wind will be like, so that wild card is always in the deck until you get off of the water...
Thanks for the tips on the spines to remove, the deck hands never did tell me what ones to watch out for... I assumed the dorsals, but didn't see the others you mentioned, so it's good I didn't try to handle it... I was going to lip it like you suggested and then decided to just hold the line to be safe... Seems like those salt water fish have a lot more gotcha's than the fresh water ones, so I'm always careful there... Catch ya later... J
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It was a fun trip, your son Steve took good care in getting me ready to go... I didn't plan on going until I got there and seen reports of tuna close in and by the time I decided to go they were sold out... Anyway I should have planned ahead a little better, but thought we would be doing family things all through the trip, but when a window opened I decided to give it a try... Wish I would have had my gear, it's not perfect salt water gear, but it was better than what I rented...
Anyway what are your thoughts about trying Whitefish at Bear Lake? Would Saturday the 5th work for you? We can set up an informal flotilla and give it a try. I have a couple new additions I'm working on for my toon that I hope may help, I have that motor controller that is supposed to let me control my speed of my electric motor, hope to have it hooked up by the weekend to help slow me down. I also found a small down rigger I'm trying to add to the toon. I think both of these additions may help my little craft work better on Bear Lake... unless it gets too cluttered, will have to be careful there... At this point the temperature looks a little warmer, but with the Friday storm I'm not sure what the wind will be like, so that wild card is always in the deck until you get off of the water...
Thanks for the tips on the spines to remove, the deck hands never did tell me what ones to watch out for... I assumed the dorsals, but didn't see the others you mentioned, so it's good I didn't try to handle it... I was going to lip it like you suggested and then decided to just hold the line to be safe... Seems like those salt water fish have a lot more gotcha's than the fresh water ones, so I'm always careful there... Catch ya later... J
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