palisades 5/18

[jacksonlaker]

We fished Palies again and it was slower than last week. Got an early start but only netted 7 trout. The water is very muddy but very warm. It was 36 degrees last weekend and 50 degrees on Sunday. The water clarity will not get better anytime soon. Oh yeah, we did catch a 4 1/2 lb, 23" brown on a jensen dodger/ RMT serpent spoon combo. It spit up an 8" trout when it came on board !!
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[X2FSH]

That's funny...about 2 weeks ago I caught a 21 inch brown . When I went to clean the fish in the sink a rock the size a of ping pong ball shot out of his mouth...after further investigating his mouth, I found a small rotting 4 inch fish stuck in his throat....I don't know how he had room in his mouth to take my lure!
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[SportfishinSteve]

[:p][#0000bf] can you share fishing tactics/gear for Palies?[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]I am from Salt Lake and fish mostly Utah except for Henry's early in the year and Hebgen later on. I fished Palies one time, but only had minimal luck trolling. It's a beautiful area dn i would like to haul up there again, but want to be sussessful [cool][/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]If you don't want to share on the site, please PM me. Thanks.[/#0000bf]
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[jacksonlaker]

Steve, I have no problem sharing info, it's just that I dont fish Palies much and usualy dont catch much. I use downriggers, usualy dragging a dodger/spoon combo 50 to 75 feet behind the ball. We caught most of the fish Sunday on lead-core line with pop-gear dragging a small needlefish spoon. If you are just flatlining try crankbaits, like a shad rap or my favorite the tail dancer from Rapala. Run these at least 100 feet back. I have every piece of fishing gear made and sometimes still can figure out what they want !! The guy I had in my boat 2 weeks ago caught 12 fish on a dardevle with a spinning rod held in his hand !!!
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[SportfishinSteve]

[#0000bf]Tom,[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]thanks for the info. I have downriggers and all the gear that you mentioned, so will give it a try. I think you mentioned better luck down by the dam. [][/#0000bf]
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[jacksonlaker]

[ul][li]Steve, the hotspots were the dam and the narrows. Some friends of mine fished there last Sunday also, and after a slow start they found a pocket of willing fish. They wound up catching over 30 fish, some being macs. No, they didn't say where !!!. I dont know if that lake will continue to fish well. We are having a super run-off here and I can see the lake rising and becoming muddier everyday.[/li][/ul]
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