Fishing

Took one final stab at the Catfish Contest Friday afternoon. Once I'd gotten to my spot - the wind picked up, then picked up some more, and more. Good Grief! Would have headed in, except the wind had changed full-circle so it was coming from the launch area. As the waves became white-caps, started to think I shoulda brought a surf board!

At least someone was enjoying the breeze!

At least where I was was semi shielded from the deluge, so figured I'd wait out the front. Mudcat saved me from a full skunk (yipee, not!) though I had several Bobber Down moments, and one big bendo that shot off - as I went for a hookset - there was - whoosh - nothing! Watched as my bobber floated away. Must have tangled up in the ample weeds and broke itself off. Several strikes had weight, then the wiggle went, and the weeds rolled in.



Saturday morn - got up bright and early, sort of. Got fishing at the river about 8:30. Good news was - the bite-light was still on! Moon was not yet set. First cast took a big bump, and a hookset later - I landed my first Largemouth, to be followed by a number of others.


Bouncing a plastic crawdad on a football head jig off the bottom proved too much to resist. Next up was a nicer Smallmouth. Pitched into several more bass, before deciding to change targets.



Threw on one of my spinner blades, and found some timid bumps. Turned some into hookups, and after a few sideways dashes - was joined by my target species - Crappie. Where there's one . . . so I kept after them, and managed several more. No record breakers, but 10-12 inchers - and though there were hard to get a hookset on, they were easy to have slip off the line prematurely.




Figured I should go back to bassin- before the Sun got too high in the sky. Managed to pull in a few more - some after my spinner rig, with a curly-tail grub, others back on the dad-flipper. Also bumped into a few Bluegill, though they were pretty small. Had some fellow anglers going after Cats, and they pulled in a few. I tossed out a half-hearted line on bottom, and donated some Shrimp and worms, while I kept pitching for bass/crappie.



Didn't take pictures of them all, was more interested in getting my line back in. Brought home a limit of Bass - mix of LM and SM, probably landed at least 20 overall, and a bakers half-dozen Crappie. Had as many more Crappie make the great escape. Most of the bass I ran into were around a footlong, with my biggest at 15" for the day.

Nice catch there CS.
bear ee good morn I take it means the bear river.
I have only been the twice. havnt had much luck yet . plan on hitting it again soon. guess I just have to find the right spot.

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Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.

Yuuup - you done deciphered my code. It's along the Bear in Cache Valley - Benson area. I'd like to explore more of the Bear lower down and higher up someday. Understand the flavor of the river changes alot.

I had good luck at this spot after the last full moon, so wanted to test a theory. Proved itself - in that the fish seemed real active. Spot where there's lots of minnows, so I figure the bigger mouthed predatory fish come to visit and schlurp up a snack or two (three-four-or more!)

I always get a rise seeing a chase scene happening. Mini boil if you will - where something bigger is obviously making a dash through the smaller ones.

Going with a bigger chigger-craw bait seemed to help target the bigger bass. Never have caught anything on it, or that presentation before, so that was fun. Getting to watching the line for action.

Hafta go try that again!

Yote nice job you sure nail those guys. Can't believe I never get out and try them. They are really nice sized fish and it's cool to see the large/small mouth mix. You'll have to show me how to do it. Later J

The "bear-ee" can only be used on the one and only strawberry! Duh everyone knows that!

Nice work there my friend. It seems like the Jordan River of the north to me. Have you caught any suckers out of there? How abouts walleye or white bass?



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"Like you were gonna marry a carp and put in a tank or something, let it wear a pink dress, and have coffee and conversations with it." - harlin

They have their similarities, but there aren't as many dead bodies found in The Bear. No white bass, but there are indeed some nice eyes in there.


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Ha - I'd say that's funny, but the reality is more sad that it's true. Hearing someone saying they don't go fishing after dark unless they are packing - maybe I'm naive - but I never worry for getting mugged or attacked when out fishing.
Guess I worry more about my car getting broke into while I'm out for a float.

Guess having grown up on the S. Side of Chicago - our little happy valley seems pretty tame in comparison.

Sadly - no white bass, there are some suckers around - but you don't find them in the water! Just got showed a toad of a Walleye today (picture). Maybe this fall I'll figure them out. At least seem to get the bass and panfish of the river to cooperate - sometimes.

Sorry J- not to rub it in, but I hit it again today - decided not to bother with the boat. Stupidly got out even later, so didn't test my theory that the bigger ones bite earlier. It was not as hot for fishing (plenty of sun to burn ME up!), but got into a number of Crappie early, and few bass along the way, and numbers of bluegills anytime I stopped next to shore. Gills didn't have much size.

Outsidefishing stopped by and he showed ME how effective those curly tails can be. I don't think I can talk and fish at the same time- kept missing my bumps! We both hooked up a few Crappie and Bass.
Didn't take many pix today, but here's a couple players.


Didn't get a good profile on this pup. Guess it's like those "diet photos" where the models turn sideways to look more slender! ha.

I'm definitely more worried about my car than myself when out fishing. Still, I don't really worry too much around here. I did live in South Salt Lake for a bit, and during that short period, we had our apartment broken into and several thousand dollars worth of stuff stolen. While it was no Chicago, it made me want to move someplace like Cache Valley. I still have a little paranoia though. Most people in my town never lock their doors, but we installed deadbolts as soon as we moved in.

Looks like you're really getting The Bear figured out. Maybe now that my favorite lake is gone I'll have to work on learning it. Then again, I'm thinking of a few other Idaho ponds I want to try.


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Great post and nice basket! I actually recieved that same net for my birthday last week and am loving it. It feels fully stable and strong then breaks down for easy carry. Have you had any issues with it?



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Another nice mixed basket of fish. No big kittieszs to add to the total though. Making a good day out of less than perfect conditions.

Yote guess I made it back. That was tough duty being in fishing heaven and on fishing ground for the weekend. Seen some dang cool spots I sure wished I could have fished but I didn't so my family is happy with me so that's good. Glad you got them figured out I hope to give it a try someday. Have a good one. J

dang again CS.
looks like I'll be going up river next time. been down by the bird refuge in Brigham

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Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.

I do like the net, but wasn't what I was really after. I like the telescoping pole, and it's more of a trout landing net with the soft front edge.
Though I've managed to fuddle my situation trying to fight a fish while stopping to expand the net (prep!). Haven't landed a cat with it, but I fear their sticky-spins not mesh well with it's - mesh. Wanted something bigger and longer, but don't think it's biggerer enough for a Musky!

Thanks FFM - I do enjoy getting into a mix of fish, never know what you're gonna pull up. But also enjoying the notion - "if I throw this bait that way - bass, this bait over here, crappie, dip a line here - gills, toss one bottom - cats". Even if I don't get into fish of much size - it's entertaining to count species at one spot. Now if only I could add an "eye" to the mix! (and spared the carp and mudders - that's ok!)

So Skunky - were you back at the Gorge then? No more redbacks? Won't be long till 'da Pig "opens" up again. Just don't know about launch conditions! SO close to taking a stab at Hyrum, even considered taking the rigger - just don't know if there's much point if it!
Good on you geting in family time.
Ever got an afternoon open - let me know. We could hit it for a couple hours before sunset ( and the bugs set in! ) - of course that'd end up one of the outings "I don't report" haha! Never know what mood they'll be in, if they're even there (though - I think fall, late summer - the minnow draw will bring in the predators).

If I can get my other boat going - maybe we could tag-team a big Bear trip. I would like to try that water someday.

I figured you'd post about this. So i made some time to get on the site.
Haha i don't think i showed you much of anything. I was just chatting and fishing with ya. I noticed you talk with your hands, thats why you kept missing those hits!
The wifey wanted to go so i took her out today, she had fun.

Hey Yote I was up in West Yellowstone and between Henry's, Hebgon and all the rivers in the park plus Cliff and another lake right by it that I forget the name of. I was at some great spots to wet a line but I resisted and tried to be a husband and Dad for a weekend. It was fun but I sure wanted to fish.

Anyway I hope I can find a night and give it a shot there on the Bear River I know in years gone by I've caught some nice cats this time of year, even though I'd rather get into those bass and crappie. I'll try to give ya a heads up if I see one that might open up. And as far as Bear Lake goes I really want to make a trip or two there this fall. It's got some great fish and I'd like to figure it out so I could catch more than one or two a trip. Ill try and get my fall farm work done as soon as I can and let ya know when I'm going to give it a try. Make sure your rigger is working for that trip. I haven't heard how deep they are lately but I know they get down to 80 feet quite often and it's hard to get that deep without a rigger. Anyway catch ya later J