Chilly tubin' on Yuba

[TubeDude]

[cool][font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1][#0000ff]TubeBabe and I launched from the main ramp area about 7 AM...still dark and air temp down to 22 degrees. Water temp was 52 and that made for some great steam pics as the sun came up. Definitely multi-layers, neoprenes and glove conditions.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Last year at this time the big rainbows were busy around the banks at daybreak, chowing down on the swarms of minnows. A lot fewer minnows this year and no rainbows early. Only a few tiddlers popping the surface out away from shore. They would not touch the spinners that usually work for the larger fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On our last trip, in September, the bottom was covered with fish. Yesterday the bottom looked like a desert on sonar. I kept smacking my display to get it to work. Thought it must be the cold.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe stayed out in open water, throwing spinners while I moved down the shoreline casting an assortment of stickbaits, crankbaits and plastics, trying to find a pike or wallie. Not a touch, even from a pesky perch.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw 2fishon coming out from under the bridge as I got closer. He headed over toward the south bank in the mist/fog and I stayed to work the rocks under the bridge with my heavy artillery. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was pleased to note that the water has come up about 4 feet since our September trip. Evidently the water users are through and the lake is rising. Hopefully it will be tip top full by the spring spawn again this year. The perch have really been taking advantage of that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I worked my way back to the dock area, throwing spinners and jigging small plastics to see if I could at least score a perch, to get the skunk out of my tube. Only after I passed the docks and fired a spinner close to the bank did I get bit. First fish was a perch, on a trout spinner...right next to the bank. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I switched to some of my little roadrunner jigs and began bringing in perch on every cast. I hollered up TubeBabe on the walkie talkie and got her down in that area too. For the next few hours we caught a bajillion perch and had several trout takes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We don't keep track of numbers on perch, but we easily caught well over 100 each. Most were about 8-9", but we both caught quite a few over 10. There were several in the 11-12" range and a couple over 12. Most were fat and healthy. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I landed the only trout of the day...a slim 16" male. Long line released a couple more. The biggest I had hooked smacked my jig just as it hit the water, in only a few inches of water where the dock met the bank. [/#0000ff]

[#0000ff]I had seen a swirl under the walk ramp a couple of times and placed my cast just right. WHAM. The fish powered out along the dock, taking line off the drag and then jumped higher than my head, right next to me. Yeee Hawwww. Only problem was that when it went back into the water it was facing the docks and screamed under them, wrapping my line around a cable. Game over. It would have been well over 20" but it looked to be kinda thin. Not nearly as porky as the fish the same size that we caught in there last year. (see pic)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As we were loading up the vehicle, I saw some fathead minnows swarming near the docks. Out came the casting net (with the 1/4" mesh) and several throws later we had about a quart of teensy ice fishing baits. I want all of those concerned to know that I personally conked each tiny tyke minnow on their little noggins before taking them home. No fathead minnow fuss for me.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The lake stayed pretty nice and calm all day, and the air temp and water temp were about the same...55...when we left in mid afternoon. It was interesting watching the snow line go up on Mt. Nebo, to the north as the day warmed up. Nice scenery for a desert lake.[/#0000ff]
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[zonker]

Great photos and story! Tell Tubebabe that the picture of her in the mist now graces the main background on my computer. I loved that shot.

Too bad you didn't hit the rainbows as last year. Things can sure change from year to year. Sounds like the perch saved the day. Good job.

Winter is advancing. Fall is retreating.

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[Dusty_T]

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Great photos and story! Tell Tubebabe that the picture of her in the mist now graces the main background on my computer. I loved that shot.

Too bad you didn't hit the rainbows as last year. Things can sure change from year to year. Sounds like the perch saved the day. Good job.

Winter is advancing. Fall is retreating.

z~
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I second that on the misty tubebabe picture as a great background. I set it as mine also.
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]TubeBabe would be proud to know that she is so popular. She is on her way to Arizona and then California for a few days, and may not have access to a computer. So, on her behalf, thanks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We do a lot of early morning tubing and this time of year it is not uncommon to find the air temp colder than the water...which results in the steam...and some good pics.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here are some pics from a cold morning trip about this time last year on Jordanelle. Note that one of those is also named "Misty TubeBabe". Guess she is just a mysterious "mist-ical" girl.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]While checking the pics, I noticed some others that the "picaholics" might enjoy. There are several species of trout in Jordanelle, plus largemouth, smallmouth and perch. You can really do a multispecies day when things are good.[/#0000ff]
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[Bassmaster-ND]

Nice report! Great pics![cool]

One of these days we will have to hit the water together!
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]I'd love to join you...either here or there. Might be a good idea to wait for spring, but let's try to work something out.[/#0000ff]
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[zonker]

Great pics, TD. Photos add a great extra dimension to our sport. I'm just now viewing them because our broadband has been down. The next door neighbors moved out and when they did Comcast came out to turn off their utility. Instead of theirs, they turned off ours. No TV. No Internet. Nothing. Seemed like we'd dropped back into the dark ages! The repairman just left.

[cool]Boy was he sheepish.

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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]We have Comcast too. A while back we were off line. I talked to several different "techies" and each had a different reason why we were off line. I got suggestions about buying new hubs and routers and went through the complete shut down several times.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Finally, I called a local number and told them to come get their equipment, that I was going to change providers. When I told them the story they said that service to my area was down for about another hour, due to a storm. Why can't they tell their people that instead of wasting several hours trying to get an answer?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glad you were able to rejoin the modern world. Also glad you like the pics.[/#0000ff]
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[Majja]

TD were you talking to the Internet people or the TV people. I use to work for them and the internet support is in either Denver or Some where in Canada. when you talk to teh TV side of teh business it is here local in SLC. As to why the right hand does not talk to the left you got me.
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]My initial calls were to support for the Internet side of things. However, after several hours of runaround, I called the number to the person who sold us the service locally...TV and Internet. That got better and more accurate response.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Comcast is not alone in having communication problems. It seems like all companies are "outsourcing" this service to remote call centers...like India. It becomes so frustrating to try to communicate with someone who does not even speak English. One of these days consumers will revolt and companies who disregard customer service issues will be left without customers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Boy...this thread really "went south".[/#0000ff]
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