Lindon Cattin' 4-7-21

[Tin-Can]

I make a lot of noise about planning my trips for about 3 days after a big wind.  If I stuck to that, I wouldn't get any fishing in this year.   Wind blew yesterday but today was supposed to be a day between "breezy conditions".  So I jumped at it.

Launched at Lindon just after 7:30.  Calm and sunny.  But cool...36 degrees.  Water temp started out about 50 and crept up to about 52 at noon departure.  Because of the ongoing windy conditions the water was a bit "colored".  Not so good for sight feeders...like walleye...and even catfish.  But, trooper that I be, I went for it.

Motored to an area of the flats just south of the harbor...in about 5 feet of water.  Have caught lots of cats there over the years.  POW.  First fish in the net by 8 am.  Looked like it was gonna be a bananner day.  Not so much.  Moved around a lot and tried different depths.  Didn't get another touch for over an hour.

Without much expectation of action I hit the bubbleup.  The buoys are in place...except for one at the end that is WAY OUT of place.  The aforementioned wind and turbidity had kept any fish from orienting to the pipeline.  Nothing on sonar and less on my line.  Did find one silly white bass.  Big whoop.  As I was moving away from the bubbleup a party barge full of eager anglers anchored up off the end buoy.  They fished it for over an hour and I never saw anyone acting "fishy" or a net going into the water.  Then they boogied north, never to be seed again.

I had been pulling some whirly fligs with worm in hopes of finding a spawned out walleye...or anything.  Did catch one silly cat on it.  But after the bubbleup zilch stop I rigged one rod with a whole chub minnow and one with a flig and minnow.  Made big slow S turns all the way back to the harbor area...fishing from 4' out to over 6'.  Picked up a fish here and a fish there but no concentrations of active biters.  Most were standard 2 footers.  A couple over, including the largest for the day at 27".  With the reduced visibility the plain bait caught more fish than the blinged out ones. 

A few more degrees of water temp and some better water conditions and I believe there will be some good cattin'.

   Pat, thanks for the Lindon depth info. I was gonna head to the Bear River today, then saw the forecast for 13+ mph wind at Willard tomorrow, so went to Willard today instead. I'll fish the river tomorrow when wind is a good thing (keeps the pesky batting bugs away).
I've seen this in one of your photos recently and forgot to ask.... the photo of the WB, the pole to the left of your hand, are the bottom couple of guide eyes turned on purpose ?   

That guy in the row boat, I've seen him several times leaving out of Lindon same time as me. All I ever see him do is row that boat.