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Spent about 4 hours on the shore of Grantsville Reservoir this Saturday. It was a beautiful day....sun shining, wide open waters...and not a single bite the entire time! People were catching them out on their boats, but my dad and I on shore were throwing all sorts of presentations out there (dough bait/power bait/salmon eggs/jigs/spinners) without any interested takers.
What works for you on these waters? Will you share your trade secrets? Getting skunked is lame beyond words...
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Grantsville is one of those put and take fisheries. I doubt it's been stocked recently so there aren't going to be many fish to begin with. In the winter food is scarce. Fish will congregate at certain depths or parts of the lake where food is present, and sometimes in the winter that means deep. It's really no secret, you just have to fish where the fish are! A boat with a fish finder can be a great tool for locating fish and that could explain why they were catching some. If you're not getting bites in a particular location you should pack up and move.
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That's kind of what we were afraid of. We did move twice, and on the way back to the car discovered that the people that took over fishing where we left had caught multiple fish. That's frustrating. Guess its time to get a boat...
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Heck, I have found even with a boat and sonar, it is tough to know WHAT they want. Good luck in the future. I wouldn't mind getting out there. I do pretty well with Chronomids, but like mentioned, no food could mean no fish.
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Stupid question...what's a Chronomid?
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Oh my gosh...that is really amazing! I'm going to have to try it...Thanks for the great info!
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