2ND ICE OFF ADVENTURE WAS BETTER

[richyd4u]

Been a weird ice-off year for me...I've usually put in several days by this point, but been too busy with work. Finally got a window to head out for my second ice-off adventure last weekend, and it was MUCH better than my first! Got to Kolob this time, and boy is the water already low! Sad to see it so low at this point, going to get scary low by end of the year. Started off with the usual offerings of a balanced Canadian black leech and zm dropper. picked up some fish here and there, until I found the sweet spot in an area I normally don't fish...and then it was game on with bow breeders. Females were busting at the seems with eggs, and the males were beautiful. Ended up being a very productive day, catching 3 of the 4 species available there, total around 20...just needed a brookie to complete the slam! Felt good to be on the water, especially after having that terrible early Panquitch outing in early March. I've heard Panquitch is back on track and fishing great, need to get up there next! 

[joshomaru]

Those bows are T H I C K !!! That cutty is kind of snakey for that hammer head; hopefully he straps the feedbag on and can put some girth on like those bows!
Too bad to hear about the water level.
The first fish I ever caught with what I expected was whirling disease was in the creek on the north east side of the reservoir there. It was so long ago and I had never heard of it being prevalent since then that perhaps it was just due to an injury when the fish was young and it was able to survive and thrive. That sure is a neat place to find yourself, though,
Thanks for sharing!

[richyd4u]

Those bows are T H I C K !!!  That cutty is kind of snakey for that hammer head; hopefully he straps the feedbag on and can put some girth on like those bows!
Too bad to hear about the water level. 
The first fish I ever caught with what I expected was whirling disease was in the creek on the north east side of the reservoir there.  It was so long ago and I had never heard of it being prevalent since then that perhaps it was just due to an injury when the fish was young and it was able to survive and thrive.  That sure is a neat place to find yourself, though,
Thanks for sharing!

Yeah, that was an unusually skinny cut for up there...but I found some much thicker ones there this last weekend as they are starting their spawn. The colors on them are amazing! I'll be sharing pics in my next post on it.