08-13-2013, 02:42 PM
Did some fishing with my neighbor on Saturday at Strawberry. Kind of slow day, but still, worst day fishing is better than the best day at work.. We ended up catching 10 between the 2 of us. All cuts, in the slot. 18-22 inches. One may have been 23, but we didn't have a ruler. So for all we know, it was a 30Lb 40 incher... Some fish looked like bows, but had the orange coloring on their fins and gills. I guess those are the 'Hybrids'.
Tried several things, but the best luck came when we just drifted from the east to the west side of the lake. The wind got pretty strong. Probably up to 20 mph when we got off the water, but we were drift fishing while it was 10-15mph. We were drifting in about 75 ft of water and were spotting fish on the finder at around 35-40ft. So we dropped in our lines. My neighbor just used a worm, I used a white tube jig tipped with a worm. I caught 4, he caught 6. Who'd a thunk it. Good old worms work just fine by themselves.
On an unrelated note, I have a word or two of advice for all:
When you have a wheel bearing go out on your boat trailer, and you are stuck at a reservoir, and you have to leave your trailer there for a couple days and drive back and fix it in the parking lot, it is a REALLY good idea to also repack the bearings on the other wheel of the trailer.
Three years ago, I had the bearing fry itself on my boat trailer on the way to East Canyon Reservoir. I was with my daughters so we went ahead and drove the rest of the way to the reservoir on a very wobbly wheel, knowing that it was just about ready to fall off. We got the boat launched and had a great day. We got the boat back on the trailer and had to park it because it had no chance of making it home. I came back a couple days later and fixed the wheel. I should have done the other wheel too when I got home.
Saturday, when I was at Strawberry reservoir with my neighbor, fishing, we had a great day and on the way home, I noticed what looked like dust coming up from the tire. Kind of odd, since we were on a paved road. So we checked out the tires, and they looked just fine. Drove on a bit more and still saw the dust coming up and decided to take a second look. The wheel hub was smoking. Both bearings completely mangled and unrecognizable.
It was 8:30pm. We were almost 2 hours from home. We ended up getting parts from Auto Zone in Heber (20 minutes away) and we got done with the repairs at ten minutes past midnight. Got home at 2am.. New policy for me. Repack and check trailer wheel bearings EVERY YEAR whether they need it or not.
It was a fun adventure, but one I don't wish to repeat. All in all, a GREAT and RELAXING day at Strawbery.
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Tried several things, but the best luck came when we just drifted from the east to the west side of the lake. The wind got pretty strong. Probably up to 20 mph when we got off the water, but we were drift fishing while it was 10-15mph. We were drifting in about 75 ft of water and were spotting fish on the finder at around 35-40ft. So we dropped in our lines. My neighbor just used a worm, I used a white tube jig tipped with a worm. I caught 4, he caught 6. Who'd a thunk it. Good old worms work just fine by themselves.
On an unrelated note, I have a word or two of advice for all:
When you have a wheel bearing go out on your boat trailer, and you are stuck at a reservoir, and you have to leave your trailer there for a couple days and drive back and fix it in the parking lot, it is a REALLY good idea to also repack the bearings on the other wheel of the trailer.
Three years ago, I had the bearing fry itself on my boat trailer on the way to East Canyon Reservoir. I was with my daughters so we went ahead and drove the rest of the way to the reservoir on a very wobbly wheel, knowing that it was just about ready to fall off. We got the boat launched and had a great day. We got the boat back on the trailer and had to park it because it had no chance of making it home. I came back a couple days later and fixed the wheel. I should have done the other wheel too when I got home.
Saturday, when I was at Strawberry reservoir with my neighbor, fishing, we had a great day and on the way home, I noticed what looked like dust coming up from the tire. Kind of odd, since we were on a paved road. So we checked out the tires, and they looked just fine. Drove on a bit more and still saw the dust coming up and decided to take a second look. The wheel hub was smoking. Both bearings completely mangled and unrecognizable.
It was 8:30pm. We were almost 2 hours from home. We ended up getting parts from Auto Zone in Heber (20 minutes away) and we got done with the repairs at ten minutes past midnight. Got home at 2am.. New policy for me. Repack and check trailer wheel bearings EVERY YEAR whether they need it or not.
It was a fun adventure, but one I don't wish to repeat. All in all, a GREAT and RELAXING day at Strawbery.
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