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I fished Deer Creek today in the island bay area from my tube. I Fished from 9:00 until 2:30 and only managed to get five fish to the net. Four rainbows 13" - 14" and one 13" perch. I used a fast sinking line with a size 6 -8 olive crystal buggers. The parks folks have pushed the snow over to the top of the ramp so you can't launch a boat right now. The reservoir is still 90% open water so I doubt that it will freeze over this year. There were several bank tanglers and a couple of other tubes and a couple of guys in kayaks. It was a nice calm day and being a holiday I'm sure brought out more people. I had several other fish on but couldn't get them to hang on. All of the fish were hooked out in 20' - 40' of water. In the one picture there is a young eagle on the ice and the adult bald eagle is in the tree keeping an eye on him.
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I saw you on the water today as we drove up to the lake at about 12:30pm. I  d and thought I should bring my pontoon boat up for a open water option.
I had my grandson and granddaughter with me and one of my twin boys. We fished from shore from the rocks east of the island. The first hour we had no bites with power bait, but when we added weight and cast farther out we started to get bit. My son caught the first fish, a 18 inch fat rainbow. The rest of the fish, 4 more, were all about 12 inches. The kids had fun playing and catching a few fish. It was a nice afternoon.
Here are a few pics of the afternoon from shore.
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What a porky perch! Nice catch.
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Great pics. That perch is a chunker...and it looks like something took a chunk out of its tail too [ ]
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Those trout are some great eating out of DC. Nice work to both gents with the reports!
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It looks like you did a lot better than the shore fishermen where I was. Those kids look like they had a great time. Good for you to get them out there. If they are catching fish or just getting bites, they forget all about being cold.[ ]
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I wonder if they haven't used the snow to prevent boat launching until they get a decontamination unit there.
Please note that decontamination is required for tubes and toons now that they've found mussels in Deer Creek. I hope you haven't floated in another lake since your DC trip.
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Nice. I was there on Sunday with my pontoon and only managed a few rainbows. I was the only one on the water in the island bay area but some guys did manage to launch a boat from one of the other ramps. Did you mostly fish around the island?
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Is one week out of the water to dry one of the decontamination options? I thought I read that in some post. Clean off all plant debris, if there is any, and dry it out for at least 7 days to kill the tiny little beaches.
Just wondering.
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[quote RockyRaab]I wonder if they haven't used the snow to prevent boat launching until they get a decontamination unit there.
Please note that decontamination is required for tubes and toons now that they've found mussels in Deer Creek. I hope you haven't floated in another lake since your DC trip.[/quote]
I was wondering the same, they plowed the parking lot, but blocked off the ramp. Hopefully the word is out on the mussel issue.
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Time to air dry varies with the season and temps. Here's the relevant page concerning Deer Creek:
http://wildlife.utah.gov/wildlife-news/1...creek.html
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I was told that if you stored your tube, waders, fins, boots, etc.in below freezing temperatures for three days that would take care of the little critters. If not I think it is 30 days for the winter months.
Good reminder.
We all have to be more careful and responsible to keep these things from spreading.
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I think I saw you on the webcam. Looked like you had great weather.
I fished from the island and to the south near the hiway. The best fishing that I found was near the wakeless buoy and pretty much straight out from the boat ramp. I didn't do any good in shallow water but the fish seemed to be in the top 10' of the water column in 30' - 40' of water. The perch I dredged up from 35' - 40'.
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Thanks for the info. I was mostly fishing south along that shore line out to the point. That where I had a little bit of luck. I'm thinking about heading up this coming weekend again. Maybe see you there.
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[quote chinook]Is one week out of the water to dry one of the decontamination options? I thought I read that in some post. Clean off all plant debris, if there is any, and dry it out for at least 7 days to kill the tiny little beaches.
Just wondering.[/quote]
7 days during the summer 30 days during the winter.
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Curious on the access to the water, were you able to get the toons to the water with a vehicle or did you have to drag them to the water. Thanks
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You have to unload at the top of the ramp but with the water level at 83% and rising it is only about 75 feet to the water. The ramp is not very steep either.
Good luck if you go!
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Thanks that does not sound too bad. Need to give it a try
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[quote albinotrout]7 days during the summer 30 days during the winter.[/quote]
Kinda, sorta, almost. It's 7 days in June, July, and August. 2/3 of June isn't Summer, but it's only 7 days of drying time. Summer lasts through most of September, but then it's 18 days at that time. The thirty day requirement doesn't coincide with Winter either. The required 30 days is during December, January, and February. Winter doesn't start until the 21st or 22nd of December but the mandatory 30 day drying starts December 1st.
Quote:© drying the equipment or conveyance for no less than [red]7 days in June, July and August;[/red]18 days in September, October, November, March, April and May; [blue]30 days in December, January and February;[/blue] or expose the equipment or conveyance to sub-freezing temperatures for 72 consecutive hours; or
(ii) Professionally decontaminate equipment or a conveyance that has been in an infested water in the previous 30 days by:
(A) Using a professional decontamination service approved by the division to apply scalding water (140 degrees Fahrenheit) to completely wash the equipment or conveyance and flush any areas where water is held, including ballast tanks, bilges, livewells, and motors.
http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/...57-060.htm
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I disassembled my tube for its annual overhaul because I was certain DC was going to ice up last week and I'd be done.
Now I'm thinking the "overhaul" may be more of a checkup and hopefully I'll be hitting DC soon.
Thanks for the heads up!
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