Lindon tugfest 5-16-18
Met up with Outfishing13 this morning to hand off a salvageable castnet...and joined Catfishkraut and his brother in their kayaks. Our mutual goal was to harass some fish. Done and done.
Air temp at 6:30 launch was 50. Water temp 64. It got up to 68 by noon thirty departure. Water depth in the harbor was a solid 4.5 feet, but the color was a green that made me suspicious of an algae bloom again this year.
White bass were hitting around the rocks outside the harbor but I headed for the bubbleup. Picked up a couple of silly whities fast trolling on the way. Got a few more pitching around the pipe. Then I rigged a bait line and kept pretty busy for the rest of the morning with rambunctious kitties.
I had brought chub minnows, baby white bass from last year and carp meat. Got cats on all of them. Also got a few bullheads and white bass on the baits and fligs fished for cats.
Figured I got around 18 cats...none over about 25 inches. Several 2-footers. Got hits from out in 5 feet of water all the way in to about 2 feet.
Stefan and his kayaking brother seemed to keep pretty busy with all the usual denizens too. Glad to see it.
Outfishing and his fishing buddy cruised by to report that they had caught nothing but white bass at the Battle Creek inlet area and left to go find catfish elsewhere.
Nice day, steady breeze but not very windy. Looked for BLKs 36 incher but the best I could do was a 25 incher that punched above his weight and had me hoping for a few minutes.
Air temp at 6:30 launch was 50. Water temp 64. It got up to 68 by noon thirty departure. Water depth in the harbor was a solid 4.5 feet, but the color was a green that made me suspicious of an algae bloom again this year.
White bass were hitting around the rocks outside the harbor but I headed for the bubbleup. Picked up a couple of silly whities fast trolling on the way. Got a few more pitching around the pipe. Then I rigged a bait line and kept pretty busy for the rest of the morning with rambunctious kitties.
I had brought chub minnows, baby white bass from last year and carp meat. Got cats on all of them. Also got a few bullheads and white bass on the baits and fligs fished for cats.
Figured I got around 18 cats...none over about 25 inches. Several 2-footers. Got hits from out in 5 feet of water all the way in to about 2 feet.
Stefan and his kayaking brother seemed to keep pretty busy with all the usual denizens too. Glad to see it.
Outfishing and his fishing buddy cruised by to report that they had caught nothing but white bass at the Battle Creek inlet area and left to go find catfish elsewhere.
Nice day, steady breeze but not very windy. Looked for BLKs 36 incher but the best I could do was a 25 incher that punched above his weight and had me hoping for a few minutes.