07-06-2003, 05:09 PM
Great trip, Great Lake! It is gorgeous. The water is so warm and clear and best of all there are tons of fish. The wife and I were there for 3 days. Got there thursday afternoon and left Saturday night. We got a room in Wendover and drove back and forth everyday. Didn't gamble much since we are both fishing addicts but did catch the parade and some awesome buffets.
Didn't get a chance to try the smaller ponds to the East. We mostly had the lake to our selves except for a few divers that would show up every now and then. We both have tons of mosqito bites though but it was worth it.
It seems like the fish are feeding all the time there is always surface action mostly smaller bucket mouths but ocasionally you see a large one break surface. Their feeding on smaller fish about an inch long, probably baby bluegill.
Thursday was kind of slow we were trying different baits till we hit on what worked. soft plastics didn't produce at all and rattle traps just got the their curiosity cause all they would do is follow it to the tube. Tryed buzz baits with no luck but small poppers were the ticket.
My wife caught the biggest bass of the trip and it was her first fish and first fish caught. He was well over 20"
Not sure how many we caught but we got tons of small guys about 12" with a few around 14" thrown in plus two larger ones. The 20+" and the one I caught on Saturday about 18". (I'll post the pics).
No sucess for blue gill tryed a piece of worm under a bobber and grasshoppers also. No luck. My wife went snorkelling and saw tons of them it's just getting the bait in front of them. As a jest, I suggested that she tie on a hook to some line and swim out there and dangle the bait in their faces. When I came back from my float tube excursion I found out that that was exactly what she did. She caught three before she lost her line when a granddady BG bit and ripped it out of her hands.
Of course I had to try it also! But I rolled the line around the neck of an empty water bottle (light bulb)[sly] and proceded to catch some more. I just invented a new form of fishing, I'm going to call it Snork-angling.[
]. Lot's of fun!
There are huge bass in that lake. I have seen them, catching them is the problem. If you snorkel they come out and circle you out of curiosity I guess. You can also spot them cruising the shore line.
Al
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Didn't get a chance to try the smaller ponds to the East. We mostly had the lake to our selves except for a few divers that would show up every now and then. We both have tons of mosqito bites though but it was worth it.
It seems like the fish are feeding all the time there is always surface action mostly smaller bucket mouths but ocasionally you see a large one break surface. Their feeding on smaller fish about an inch long, probably baby bluegill.
Thursday was kind of slow we were trying different baits till we hit on what worked. soft plastics didn't produce at all and rattle traps just got the their curiosity cause all they would do is follow it to the tube. Tryed buzz baits with no luck but small poppers were the ticket.
My wife caught the biggest bass of the trip and it was her first fish and first fish caught. He was well over 20"
Not sure how many we caught but we got tons of small guys about 12" with a few around 14" thrown in plus two larger ones. The 20+" and the one I caught on Saturday about 18". (I'll post the pics).
No sucess for blue gill tryed a piece of worm under a bobber and grasshoppers also. No luck. My wife went snorkelling and saw tons of them it's just getting the bait in front of them. As a jest, I suggested that she tie on a hook to some line and swim out there and dangle the bait in their faces. When I came back from my float tube excursion I found out that that was exactly what she did. She caught three before she lost her line when a granddady BG bit and ripped it out of her hands.
Of course I had to try it also! But I rolled the line around the neck of an empty water bottle (light bulb)[sly] and proceded to catch some more. I just invented a new form of fishing, I'm going to call it Snork-angling.[
]. Lot's of fun! There are huge bass in that lake. I have seen them, catching them is the problem. If you snorkel they come out and circle you out of curiosity I guess. You can also spot them cruising the shore line.
Al
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