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Friday frolic
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[cool][#0000ff]Hit the south marina at Willard Bay this morning, with 1000 of my new best friends. Shoulda remembered that Friday is the new Saturday...and that a lot of folks are taking a few extra days off for the holiday.

Semi quiet launch at 6, but three boats launched about the same time I did...including BFTer Wipermac. Good to meet you guys. By the time I was getting outside the channel...about 6:30...the parking lot of the launch area was filling up fast.[/#0000ff]

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[#0000ff]Air temp was 60 and water temp was 73 at launch. Calm at first and then a steady NW breeze until about 10. Kept me kicking and even using my motor for position.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wouldn't have been difficult to find the island this morning. Looked like a boat city out there a few times. But it must not have been producing well because the boats came and went pretty fast.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was hoping to find some walleyes along the dike to the north of the marina. Worked from shallow out to about 16 feet. Didn't see much in water less than 10' deep and most of my hits were in about 12 feet. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lost two Houdini walleyes early. Then had a bunch of small hits but no hookups. Guessed it might have been small wipers. Caught several later to help confirm that. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Kept dragging a minnow on one rod and pitching a variety of plastics and cranks on the other. Only had two pops on the minnow and neither one hooked up. Likely wiperettes again.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Picked up the occasional cookie cutter kitty on small tube jigs tipped with worm. I was using my customary tandem rig with a blue/clear sparkle jig together with a white tube with a red-eyed white head. Caught nothing over about 19 inches but they sure did hit hard and fight well on my light tackle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Noticed a few inch-long shadlets leaping out of the water a couple of times. Tied on a small crank bait and worked that area for awhile. Got a few hits and a few more follows...from wiperettes. Brought one to tube on the crank. Got a couple more on white plastics. No bigger wipers hooked today but saw a couple back at the cleaning station.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By 11 the power squadron was tuning up nicely. Jet skis were running up and down the rock dikes and a couple of them set up station near me and kept jumping their own wakes. I love that extra noise and I am sure the fish do too. No more bites. No more me. Boogity boogity.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Caught up with Wipermac at the cleaning station. Was glad to see it operational. They were just finishing up a nice batch of walleyes and cats, with one wiper. You guys done good.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Talked to a couple of other guys at the docks. Seems almost everybody had a little action. Not bad after a series of small fronts went through yesterday.[/#0000ff]
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Some nice pictures there!
I've been going out on mondays & tuesdays alot, to avoid the crowds, LoL!
Nothing like sitting in a float tube while boats circle you, to bring a day on the water to a griding halt.
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Good to see you got out
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[cool][#0000ff]Thanks. Since I am retired I prefer to get out during the week too. But with the wierd weather we have been having I have to hit it when there is an opening. Here in Utah we have quite a few government workers/fishermen who get some Fridays off. Plus last Friday was a holiday for some folks...following the 4th. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It was busy but way more fun than yard work.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]You should try to get out and go fishing your own self. Two months is too long.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It was great getting to meet you while you were down in this area. We gotta follow up on our plans for you to get back down for some fishing...and for me to get up to SFCR with you.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]and for me to get up to SFCR with you.[/#0000ff][/quote]

[#502800]Do you fish it down below the old damn?[/#502800]
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[cool][#0000ff]Nope. Drive back in on the dirt roads uplake and launch at Big Sand Wash or Gray's Landing (?). Prime fishing for six or seven species.[/#0000ff]
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