07-21-2011, 06:43 AM
From my twin....
Deer Creek- Got up at 6am (the earliest ever for fishing) and headed up to Deer Creek. Arrived at Charelston Beach around 8am and by then 13 other fishing boats had beaten me to the inlet. Looking for some fish/solitude on my pontoon I went to the left of the launch area insted of the right. Fished the reeds with a Silver Blue Fox #2 tipped with a nightcrawler (after trying several previous trips with gold and black, I have given up on those colors at that lake) and put a worm under the bobber for the 2nd pole. After an hour of watching the carps jump I decided to join the flotilla at the inlet reeds. Watched as a boater picked up large Rainbow Trout which added to some extra false hope. After 2 hours of trying my best I was unable to get even a bite. After watching the same boaters get another Rainbow I decided to cut my losses and bail. With plenty of day left I flipped a coin between the Uintas or Utah Lake. Utah Lake was the winner.
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Utah Lake- Let me start off by saying that Utah Lake was the only good idea of the day. Hit the Saratoga Marina around 1pm. Saw an old man in my catfish/bass spot so I decided to join him. He said that the Catfish must have known I was coming beacuse of course, as soon as I showed up the bites turned off. Not true. After drowning a worm next to the reeds for 20 minutes I watched as my pole bent in half. After a quick but surprizingly strong fight I got my biggest Channel Cat to date, a nice 3.5 pounder. Amazing how quick the spectators on the beach turned into seagulls when I said I was gonna release it. These people must not care about the fish consumption advisory attached to all the Channel Cats. With the second pole I used my favorite Bass roostertail spinner and never even got a bite. I switched to a similar color spinnerbait tipped with a nightcrawler and still nothing from the Bass department. After an hour or so I switched the 2nd pole over to a Catfish rig. After an hour of nothing from both poles I watched as a 10 year old pulled out a mighty 2-3 inch White Bass. Then the arial display of affection started for awhile (see picture). Far from impressed with the action I told the followers on the beach that I was going to head to Tibble Fork to get me some Trout.
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Tibble Fork- Tried to drive to Silver Lake but my little car could not make the road so back to the crowded Tibble Fork I returned. Set up my pontoon and set sail for my favorite spot. To my surprize I found a couple of bank tanglers in the area pulling out fish. The wind was too much for the toon so I joined my brothers of the shore. Just as I got both poles on the water a group of 15 Canooers (3 young/loud girls to each one) drifted into the lakes hot spot. Loud, throwing watermellons into the water as well as rubber ducks and did I say loud, they managed to shut down all the bites. The bank tanglers were smart and left after a few minutes of harassment. They told me while passing by that they managed 14 Rainbows each before the girls showed up. I stayed (call me subbern) and after an annoying hour they left and the bites came back. I must have had 30 bites on the nightcrawler under a bobber...but NO HOOK UPS! I switched hook sizes, bait, bobber sizes, hook setting techniques....every trick in the book and got no returns when the bobber went under. TALK ABOUT STRESSFUL!!!!! I switched to sinking one rig and put on a Gold Blue Fox #2 on the other rig while on the pontoon and never even got a bite. Went back to the worm and bobber technique and the bites returned but still no hook ups. WTF!!!! Desperate for some Trout fillets I stayed until 8pm and thats right you guessed it, never managed one trout into the pontoon. Frustrated I left and promised myself that the next time I go looking for trout...I am gonna try a much higher elevation (can you say Uintas). Talked to some float tubers and bank tanglers as I left that had similar complaints about Tibble Fork lately. As I recall no hook ups is why I quit going there 2 months ago. Maybe I will hit Tibble again in the fall....till then I guess the trout will sleep easier at night.
12 hours and just one Channel Catfish to show for it. It is days like this one today that make the Bluegill slaying over the weekend at Mantua just that much more special. I hate fishing....I LOVE CATCHING!!!!
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Deer Creek- Got up at 6am (the earliest ever for fishing) and headed up to Deer Creek. Arrived at Charelston Beach around 8am and by then 13 other fishing boats had beaten me to the inlet. Looking for some fish/solitude on my pontoon I went to the left of the launch area insted of the right. Fished the reeds with a Silver Blue Fox #2 tipped with a nightcrawler (after trying several previous trips with gold and black, I have given up on those colors at that lake) and put a worm under the bobber for the 2nd pole. After an hour of watching the carps jump I decided to join the flotilla at the inlet reeds. Watched as a boater picked up large Rainbow Trout which added to some extra false hope. After 2 hours of trying my best I was unable to get even a bite. After watching the same boaters get another Rainbow I decided to cut my losses and bail. With plenty of day left I flipped a coin between the Uintas or Utah Lake. Utah Lake was the winner.
Utah Lake- Let me start off by saying that Utah Lake was the only good idea of the day. Hit the Saratoga Marina around 1pm. Saw an old man in my catfish/bass spot so I decided to join him. He said that the Catfish must have known I was coming beacuse of course, as soon as I showed up the bites turned off. Not true. After drowning a worm next to the reeds for 20 minutes I watched as my pole bent in half. After a quick but surprizingly strong fight I got my biggest Channel Cat to date, a nice 3.5 pounder. Amazing how quick the spectators on the beach turned into seagulls when I said I was gonna release it. These people must not care about the fish consumption advisory attached to all the Channel Cats. With the second pole I used my favorite Bass roostertail spinner and never even got a bite. I switched to a similar color spinnerbait tipped with a nightcrawler and still nothing from the Bass department. After an hour or so I switched the 2nd pole over to a Catfish rig. After an hour of nothing from both poles I watched as a 10 year old pulled out a mighty 2-3 inch White Bass. Then the arial display of affection started for awhile (see picture). Far from impressed with the action I told the followers on the beach that I was going to head to Tibble Fork to get me some Trout.
Tibble Fork- Tried to drive to Silver Lake but my little car could not make the road so back to the crowded Tibble Fork I returned. Set up my pontoon and set sail for my favorite spot. To my surprize I found a couple of bank tanglers in the area pulling out fish. The wind was too much for the toon so I joined my brothers of the shore. Just as I got both poles on the water a group of 15 Canooers (3 young/loud girls to each one) drifted into the lakes hot spot. Loud, throwing watermellons into the water as well as rubber ducks and did I say loud, they managed to shut down all the bites. The bank tanglers were smart and left after a few minutes of harassment. They told me while passing by that they managed 14 Rainbows each before the girls showed up. I stayed (call me subbern) and after an annoying hour they left and the bites came back. I must have had 30 bites on the nightcrawler under a bobber...but NO HOOK UPS! I switched hook sizes, bait, bobber sizes, hook setting techniques....every trick in the book and got no returns when the bobber went under. TALK ABOUT STRESSFUL!!!!! I switched to sinking one rig and put on a Gold Blue Fox #2 on the other rig while on the pontoon and never even got a bite. Went back to the worm and bobber technique and the bites returned but still no hook ups. WTF!!!! Desperate for some Trout fillets I stayed until 8pm and thats right you guessed it, never managed one trout into the pontoon. Frustrated I left and promised myself that the next time I go looking for trout...I am gonna try a much higher elevation (can you say Uintas). Talked to some float tubers and bank tanglers as I left that had similar complaints about Tibble Fork lately. As I recall no hook ups is why I quit going there 2 months ago. Maybe I will hit Tibble again in the fall....till then I guess the trout will sleep easier at night.
12 hours and just one Channel Catfish to show for it. It is days like this one today that make the Bluegill slaying over the weekend at Mantua just that much more special. I hate fishing....I LOVE CATCHING!!!!
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