08-17-2015, 06:25 PM
I got no pics 'cause I was guiding, but I took a couple guys out Sunday to get on Boils. We found them scattered pretty much everywhere in the Boulder Basin.
Some schools were bigger than others, some were more tightly packed, some were loose, but they were all biting.
Open water boils were harder to approach than the boils in big coves. I would suggest not spending too much time chasing around the open water fish if you can. The fish in coves seem to stay corralled in the cove, and you will likely catch more if you can find them.
We caught most of our fish on various sized spooks, but smaller baits got more bites.
We talked to some guys at the fish cleaning station that got 75 fish that morning. They were fishing with small 2" sassy shads and the like. They got big numbers, but lots of dinks.
Most of our fish were 2-3 pounds. Only had 2 dinks all day throwing the spooks, but we didnt get close to landing 75 fish. Lots of lost fish, lots of blow ups that didnt result in a hook-up. That's the nature of topwater fishing sometimes. Still left with a cooler full.
All in all, it was a great day out there. Fast fishing action, beautiful weather, besides it being hotter than crap AND humid, and we left by about 11 am when all the crazies started showing up. Looked like Havasu during spring break when we were leaving.
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Some schools were bigger than others, some were more tightly packed, some were loose, but they were all biting.
Open water boils were harder to approach than the boils in big coves. I would suggest not spending too much time chasing around the open water fish if you can. The fish in coves seem to stay corralled in the cove, and you will likely catch more if you can find them.
We caught most of our fish on various sized spooks, but smaller baits got more bites.
We talked to some guys at the fish cleaning station that got 75 fish that morning. They were fishing with small 2" sassy shads and the like. They got big numbers, but lots of dinks.
Most of our fish were 2-3 pounds. Only had 2 dinks all day throwing the spooks, but we didnt get close to landing 75 fish. Lots of lost fish, lots of blow ups that didnt result in a hook-up. That's the nature of topwater fishing sometimes. Still left with a cooler full.
All in all, it was a great day out there. Fast fishing action, beautiful weather, besides it being hotter than crap AND humid, and we left by about 11 am when all the crazies started showing up. Looked like Havasu during spring break when we were leaving.
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dle island and the wash or another part of Boulder Basin ? What time do you show up like 5:00 am?