Slow, but good day on UL 8/25

[FishMcFisherson]

Well, me and UtahLakeCats headed back down to Lindon this morning with the tubes, hoping for a repeat or improvement from last weekend. It wasn't the case for the most part.

We got on the water shortly after 6:00 a.m., it was actually a bit chilly early. It was super choppy til about 9:00 or so. We started the bait drag down to the bubble up, and had no luck on the way there. One we got there it was probably 30 minutes until I had one on. It felt really big, I fought it for a good 5 or more minutes but it got off just before I could get a look at it. It was probably another hour or so before I actually landed my first cat of the day.

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I trolled around all over the bubble up, but it just wasn't the same as last weekend. I think the thunderstorms Thursday/Friday threw the cats into a funk, and they hadn't recovered yet. Another hour or so later I hooked up with another decent sized cat.

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About 10:00 I headed over to the actual bubbling and threw a jig for a few minutes and hooked onto a decent sized whitie.

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11:00 or so, we started heading back to the harbor, depressed. After about 20 yards on the way back I hooked onto something big again, I was determined to not lose this one. It hit my bait like I was trolling for trout, just BAM and my reel started screamin'. I've learned not to get my hopes up when I think I have a big cat on, because It usually ends up being a carp, but not this time. Once I saw it's tail thrash I knew it was a big ol' kitty.

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I finally hit the 30 inch mark.[] I also caught a solid 26 incher on the way back as well, but forgot to take a picture of it.

We'll be back out next weekend, hopfully to tangle with a few more hogs.
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[CatWhisperer]

Very nicely done man! Thats a beauty!
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[FishMcFisherson]

Thanks She was a fighter!
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[TyeDyeTwins]

Nice cat!
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Nice work. The "unsettled" weather always puts a damper on the kitties but there is usually something that hangs around to play. Often it is a matter of just going out deeper...and that's hard to do in this low water situation.

I usually catch some of my biggest cats every year after mid September...and generally in the same area you guys were fishing. The best is yet to come...if there is still water in the lake by late fall.
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[FishingLunatic]

Sumo Cat!!![][fishon]
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[setthehook]

nice toad!!!!!
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[FishMcFisherson]

I'm looing forward to it! If we go out again right after some bad weather, I'll try a little deeper. I caught that one in about 4-5 feet of water.

It seems like it's finally starting to cool down a bit. I don't think we'll lose too much more water... hopefully
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[SkunkedAgain]

Nice cat way to break the 30" barrier. Seems like in deer and cats that is a very respectable mark. Great job. J
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