05-07-2005, 08:39 PM
[size 1]Originally posted this on the Utah Board.[/size]
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[size 1]Lincoln Beach Tubing Report:[/size]
[size 1]Got out there at about 9:30. When I left Payson the air temp. was 43 degrees and the rain had stopped by then. I had to get out to try out my new Fish Cat 4 on Utah Lake. I learned a few things about my rod holders and some adjustments I need to make. My single rod holder was sitting too low in the water and dunked the butt of the pole almost to where the reel was. My double rod holder rocked back and forth a bit when I kicked, which sometimes made it shift and almost fall over. Need to find a way to secure it a bit better.
I started out launching from the boat ramp and kicking my way out to the main lake, casting a pair of small jigs (a 1/16 oz. tube jig and a TubeDude special baitbug) to try and get a crappie or two. No takers. Saw flyingfish on the way out, and when I got back in I got to talk to him for a minute. Nice meeting you Matt. There was a half dozen or so cars at the end of the south dike most had casted out bait for cats and/or walleye. Noone had caught anything all morning as far as I could tell. Talked to one guy who I had accidentally snagged way out in the lake (didn't know he could cast that far, but he had a mother sized shrimp on his hook) who said noone had caught anything. Out in the main lake I switched poles and casted a pair of curly tail jigs, one dark blue/purple and one yellow, trying to catch an eye or wandering cat. I dragged them slow along the bottom, tapping the rocks the whole way. Nothing for about a dozen casts or so, then I started catching rock snagfish every cast, so I put a bobber on to keep the jigs just off the bottom. Tried trolling them around, casting, etc. with no luck. After an hour or so I paddled back in up to the boat ramp, walked around and talked to Flyingfish who had hooked a crappie from the the docks. That's the only fish I saw caught all morning. Wish I coulda got one for my lunch!
Anyway, overall the fishing was excellent but the catching was non-existent this morning. I achieved my goal of getting the FC4 out though, tested the new equipment and rod holders. It sprinked for a little while, but was actually a fairly decent day. Here are a couple pics of my setup from the trip.
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(Kevin's Fish Cat 4)
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(Lincoln Boat Ramp)
Oh yeah this last one is of my son Jacob. It seems he approves of the new $5 PFD I got from Kmart to put in my tube's back wet storage area while tubing. [/size]
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Hey TubeDude, I've attached the closer-up pics of my fins for you for the pictures board, and you can use the ones I posted here as well for pics of my 'ride'.
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[size 1]Lincoln Beach Tubing Report:[/size]
[size 1]Got out there at about 9:30. When I left Payson the air temp. was 43 degrees and the rain had stopped by then. I had to get out to try out my new Fish Cat 4 on Utah Lake. I learned a few things about my rod holders and some adjustments I need to make. My single rod holder was sitting too low in the water and dunked the butt of the pole almost to where the reel was. My double rod holder rocked back and forth a bit when I kicked, which sometimes made it shift and almost fall over. Need to find a way to secure it a bit better.
I started out launching from the boat ramp and kicking my way out to the main lake, casting a pair of small jigs (a 1/16 oz. tube jig and a TubeDude special baitbug) to try and get a crappie or two. No takers. Saw flyingfish on the way out, and when I got back in I got to talk to him for a minute. Nice meeting you Matt. There was a half dozen or so cars at the end of the south dike most had casted out bait for cats and/or walleye. Noone had caught anything all morning as far as I could tell. Talked to one guy who I had accidentally snagged way out in the lake (didn't know he could cast that far, but he had a mother sized shrimp on his hook) who said noone had caught anything. Out in the main lake I switched poles and casted a pair of curly tail jigs, one dark blue/purple and one yellow, trying to catch an eye or wandering cat. I dragged them slow along the bottom, tapping the rocks the whole way. Nothing for about a dozen casts or so, then I started catching rock snagfish every cast, so I put a bobber on to keep the jigs just off the bottom. Tried trolling them around, casting, etc. with no luck. After an hour or so I paddled back in up to the boat ramp, walked around and talked to Flyingfish who had hooked a crappie from the the docks. That's the only fish I saw caught all morning. Wish I coulda got one for my lunch!
Anyway, overall the fishing was excellent but the catching was non-existent this morning. I achieved my goal of getting the FC4 out though, tested the new equipment and rod holders. It sprinked for a little while, but was actually a fairly decent day. Here are a couple pics of my setup from the trip.
(Kevin's Fish Cat 4)
(Lincoln Boat Ramp)
Oh yeah this last one is of my son Jacob. It seems he approves of the new $5 PFD I got from Kmart to put in my tube's back wet storage area while tubing. [/size]
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Hey TubeDude, I've attached the closer-up pics of my fins for you for the pictures board, and you can use the ones I posted here as well for pics of my 'ride'.
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]. It is just a matter of trading one kind of "home work" for another. Although, I'll be the first to admit that the home work you (we) have now is more on our terms rather than some prof.