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Sounds fun did you get the boat out? Or what ?
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I hear you have been getting my brother Tate all excited about those largemouth. If you ever take him out make sure to rub it in his face when you keep catching bigger fish than him.(he thinks he is an ego breaker) lol
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Tate is the man, I love how serious he is about being a tournament angler for UVU...he will get his chance this summer to qualify..He spent 10 minutes in my office and made a solid impression.
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He's a good kid. He has been serious about fishing his whole life. When he was around eight or so he would fish this canal everyday despite peole telling him there were no fish in there.(guess he just liked getting a line wet.) He did one day catch a nice Brown in it thouugh. I hope everything goes well for him and the team.
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While pontooning near Saratoga the other day a bass boat came rumbling in and started to pitch to the edges. He whapped out a few big boys that I saw, went around a corner to the docks and whapped out a few more that I heard. It was enough for me and another 'tooner to switch our rigs and target them. I didn't have the right gear, but the fellow in the 'toon pulled out a good half dozen. None for me, but I did manage to hook a carp with a crank bait...
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Nice to meet you in the harbor. Legend boat, bald head. That was me in there... There's some good fish in there sometimes... Unfortunately there's a lot of meat hunters that catch em and take em home.
After talking with the other tuber he indicated that they'd started giving tickets out to the shore anglers that weren't residents. I don't know if that's true or not, but he also said a lot of LM were taken out during the time that they ice was on.
Don't get me wrong I don't begrudge anyone for keeping what they legally can. But i've also seen quite a few keep what they legally can't or shouldn't. So I hope they keep the patrolling up, at least until the bass move outa there. (selfish comment)
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Hey, just out of curiosity, what are you using for the LMB?... I'm not lookin for trade secrets or anything, just a general strategy... I've trying to learn how to catch bass but they are tricky little buggers... I've tried grubs, jigs with crawdad plastics, swim baits, spinners etc and all I seem to get its WB... Don't get me wrong, I love catching them, but I really want to catch some LMB... Just want to see what the fight is like... Thanks for any info in advance
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You know the old saying for realators...location, location, location. Same goes for bass fishermen. You really could and should catch bass in numbers with what you've been using. My take is that you can't catch em were they ain' t. So if its winter on ut lake ya gotta figure, that they are gonna be tight to cover and a bit lethargic. To get em, figure out where they are winterin and put a jig in their face. They'll bite. Its the figuring out where they are wintered that's tricky.
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It was nice to meet you that one day down at the slough iFishutah. i found that spot but i'm pretty sure the wind shut them down that day. Are you going out on satruday?
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True true, but I'm just talking in general... Do you crank fast, slow, steady or with a little twitch here and there.. Ya know?.... for example, I usually fish right by that tee out in the lindon marina, casting north right by the weed line (in the summer or something), is it a steady retrieve?... I'm just curious about that lake specially, because it has some prime bass real estate ... .... I think that once I get the technique down I can figure out how to catch them anywhere... Thanks for the insight though
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In general the type of retrive can vary from day to day depending on the mood that the fish are in. Some days a fast retrive will knock them dead and when you go back the next day it may not produce at all.
Like has been stated it's more important to know where they are at than anything else. You can have the best retrive in the world but if there isn't a fish there to look at it then it won't do you much good.
I read a good statement once that said that 90% of the fish live in 10% of the lake. So when you find the 10% that is holding the fish that you want to catch the majority of the battle is over and then you can start working on your presentation.
Here is a link to a fellow BFT members (TUBE DUDE) book that I'm told has a ton of information on Utah Lake.
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...ead#unread
I haven't had the money to pick up my own copy just yet but will be getting one soon. You can never have enough material when trying to learn something new.
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I love sweet beavers, that slot they have in the middle to hide my hook in makes working them an absolute dream. Hardly any hang ups. You can find them just about anywhere. I usually go with a larger 4/0 hook and tight to cover.
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I second the comments on location. I've had most of my success out there for LMBs throwing dark green tube jigs. I like to fish them light so that they sink slower, since the water column is so shallow it's important to keep the lure in their face as long as possible, but placement of casts has been the most crucial for me. Super tight up against the reeds (go weedless), fishing the lure really slow. They typically don't hit like a trout so if you feel like your line is getting a little heavy, set the hook.
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