Utah Lake Fall Day

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[cool][#0000ff]More weather on the way so I figured I would dunk my tube at Lincoln Beach. Game plan was to catch a BUNCH of walleyes. Good plan, bad execution.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Air temp 50 at launch and water temp 60. Warmed to 63 by noon departure. Not bad visibility...for Utah Lake. a little bit of green in some areas but definitely not Bear Lake blue.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Launched at the end of the south boat dike and kicked over to the springs. Threw plastics and hardbaits on the way over and after getting to some rocky structure. Rolled a couple of carp and had some whitey whacks, but no wallies were in or wanted to play. Of course I got my share of "rock bass". If you don't get a "piece of the rock" a few times you ain't fishing right. Didn't lose any gear though. Tubes are great for being able to kick over the top of your snags and working them loose.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After passing first spring, I rigged one rod with a bobber jig head about 5 feet under a float. Pinned on a minnow and chucked it out to try to attract a walleye while I kept casting plastics and cranks. After looking away from the bobber, to take a picture of Timp with snow in her hair, I could not see my bobber. Reeled up the line to bring it tight and it wiggled. Yee hawwww. But, a kitty not a wallie. Still bent my stick and stretched my string. That's what I come fer. Got it to for a picture or two and sent it back.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Picked up another cat or two on the way to the "L". Danged whiskery fish were keeping me away from the walleyes. All of a sudden I got into the middle of a white bass convention. As I was bringing in one on plastic my bobber went down and another one had munched the minnow. For the next half hour I kept changing lures to see if I could find something they would NOT hit. Couldn't do it. Every lure I tossed...no matter how large and wild colored...got hammered. I actually had two white bass on one crackbait at one time, but one came loose as I was lifting them out of the water. I probably caught about 20 within a half hour, before they moved on.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I caught my fourth and last catfish just before 10 AM. I caught several more white bass here and there after that, but once the north breeze came up the bite seemed to die. I dragged bait and pitched lures all the way back to my launch area, taking about an hour and a half...working shallow to deep...and never got another hookup. Had a couple of pop and drops on a minnow, but they were probably those pesky little whities.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nice fall day, light breeze, still mild water temps. No walleyes but some good tugs from kitties and whities. Didn't keep any cats but did keep a few white bass that were big enough to fillet...for some garlic butter pan grilling.[/#0000ff]
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[MisterCompletely]

Thanks for that report and I hope the cooler weather turns on the walleyes. I used your first picture for my desktop......awesome picture!
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[flygoddess]

Me too[cool]
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]Thanks. No royalty fees necessary for the pic. It really was kinda purty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The walleyes have started to get active, but on any given day they can be difficult...or somewhere else. That has always been a big part of the attraction, for me. They are great eating, but can keep you humble.[/#0000ff]
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