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Last weekend I hit up a couple different locations down here on the lower end. Here's the scoop. I fished the Weber from 0700 to 0900 on Sunday (3 Oct) along I-84 near South Weber. Didn't have too much luck, had a few hits using spoons but couldn't set the hook (which pretty much sums up the whole day). Caught one whitefish on a gold Mepps Aglia. Went to 21st St Pond, couple casts netted 12 inch crappie. Decided to hit up the Ogden and caught 2 browns, one on silver blue fox spinner the other on black and orange/gold husky jerk. The only problem was I lost count of how many fish I had hit my spoons/spinners/rapalas and COULDN'T SET THE HOOK. It was almost unbelievable, no matter where I put a lure I had a hit but once again COULDN'T SET THE HOOK. Probably one of the most frustrating days I've had on water. It seems to me that the trout like to hit center mass on the lures instead of taking them from the tail end. That's why I switched to the rapala because of the center hook. Even so I still had problems setting the hook with the rapala. I'm planning on hitting that same stretch of river this weekend because there were ALOT of trout holed up there. Any suggestions on something I may be doing wrong? I have recently put smaller hooks on most of my lures, could this be the problem?
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Sharpen your hooks, even if new....your eyes should bleed just looking at the hooks.
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Any particilar place on the Ogden better than others? Were you in town? I have wanted to try it out, but never gotten the chance. Early day at work today may be perfect chance.
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I fish the Ogden all the time. I've been missing a lot of fish too. I fly fish and lately seems like there rejecting everything. lots of strikes but usually they just kind of hit it and take off. maybe thats the problem your having? I know Browns are picky... but the ones in the Ogden are about as picky and spooky as they come. Seems like it been worst the last month or so.Not sure why?
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Well I hit the Ogden again yesterday (10-10-10) and to my suprise everything that hit my spinner seemed to stick a little better this time. Only fished about an hour and ended up with 4 small browns for the day. Wished I could have stayed longer I know they would have started hitting harder. I've been fishing the river just upstream from the inflow of 21st St. Pond. There are plenty of trout in that nice long stretch of deep, slow water. The only problem is it is very hard to fish. Didn't have my waders yesterday so that made it even harder. I know there are some decent sized browns in there too, I've seen them trail my spinners but haven't hit. I'm sure it'd be better with flies but I don't know how it would even be possible to get in there with a fly rod; the bank is terribly overgrown. I put a few casts into 21st pond as well. Lost two crappies and then called it a day. Also on Friday (08 Oct) I hit the fishing pond down in Roy and did VERY well. Even pulled out a big rainbow about 19 inches or so. That was the biggest trout I've ever caught! I think I tallied up 5 bows in about an hour and a half. Its nice to get down there especially since they've been stocking it almost every monday.
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