Uinta Brookies

[FSBO_SLAYER]

I decided to make a detour on my way to work yesterday. I ended up in the Uintas and just happened to have my fishing gear, float tube, and waders in the back. Hmmm, how did they get there? lol. Wanted to do a bit of exploring and ended up at a lake I've never been to. The forest service map I picked up and the fee station wasn't super detailed and I had to a bit of searching. I ended up getting into some pretty hairy stuff in my Equinox, the type of roads that need an atv or a truck with some clearance. It doesn't have a ton of clearance. I scraped and scratched and banged the underneath of my vehicle so many times I'm surprised it still drives. Not to mention a few new racing stripes.

I arrived at the lake to find that it had better than average brookies with a few hold overs. No big-headed snakes either. They were in really nice shape. Most were 12-13 inches with a few around 14 and one at 16. They were some beautiful fish.

The weather was perfect. 75 degrees, clouds to shade me from the sun but no rain, no bugs, and best of all not another soul in sight.
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[Jackalope]

Looks like some nice ones. I was up there this last weekend, and got skunked on the lake i chose.
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[FSBO_SLAYER]

Skunked huh? That's no bueno. It took me a while to figure these ones out. Had to move around and switch presentation a few times. Bottom bouncing a gulp was the ticket.
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[Jackalope]

[quote FSBO_SLAYER]Skunked huh? That's no bueno. It took me a while to figure these ones out. Had to move around and switch presentation a few times. Bottom bouncing a gulp was the ticket.[/quote]

It was my first time up in the Uintas. I spent more time exploring then fishing.
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[FlavorDave]

Thanks for the report. One could spend years exploring that area.

How exactly does one bottom bounce a gulp? Split shots?
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[gaetzchamp]

That 2nd brookie's got a mouth on him. Nice.
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[FSBO_SLAYER]

I put a 3 inch gulp minnow on a regular 1/16 oz lead jig head and cast it out as far as I could and just bounce it back along the bottom. They also hit it on the fall once or twice.
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[FlavorDave]

Interesting. I've never tried it that way before. Thanks for the info. It's amazing how many different ways there are to fool a fish...
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[fishmasterjoe]

Was this up AF Canyon? I think Silver Lake has some Brookies. I hike to Pittsburg earlier this summer and they were all tiny 6-8 inches.
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[FSBO_SLAYER]

Yeah, right up AF Canyon where it meets up with the Uintas.[]
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[FSBO_SLAYER]

[quote gaetzchamp]That 2nd brookie's got a mouth on him. Nice.[/quote]
Not quite as big as the mouth on the brown in your profile pic but I'll take it.[]
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

Great lookin brookie in that 2nd pic...even though there are bigger ones in there...8 of those would leave me on cloud 9.....or should I say cloud 8[].
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