08-20-2014, 03:24 AM
I managed to sneak out to Flaming Gorge for a couple of days. I wasn't able to fish the WY end, since I was down near the dam. I launched at Mustang Ridge both days (Wed and Thurs). I was surprised how high the water is compared to even last year. It is dang near full pool. The first day I didn't launch until about 5pm. I trolled for kokes from Mustang all the way to the damn and up to Spring Creek marina. I only marked a few fish and caught only one. Very slow. So the next morning I launched at 5am in the dark and headed up lake to Jarvies. I was fishing by 5:30 and had my first koke in the boat by 5:45. I had landed a limit of kokes by 6:30, but let a lot go. I ended up with 2 nice fish about 3-3.5 lbs out in front of Jarvies. I then moved up to Skull Creek an finished my 3 fish limit with yet another nice koke. I tried a lot of different lures. I had my best luck on a pink splatter RMT dodger and a glow-in-the-dark squid. I also caught several fish on a pink spoon behind a dodger. Fish were down about 55'-72' and I was trolling about 1.5-1.8 mph. I also landed on small laker and a nice rainbow.
I fished Bear Lake on Saturday morning from 7am to 10am. I was trolling off Rainbow Cove towards North Eden and then back. I wanted to troll deep since there were a lot of cutthroat netted by the UDWR in deep water last week. Well the cutthroat were "on". I started catching fish in 105' of water and even caught fish out to 164'. I was using both flatfish and jointed Rapalas and caught fish on both. I'm glad I had a "Laker Saver" since I had to let all but one fish down on it since they were coming up from so deep. I did not land any lakers, however, my friend who guides at Bear Lake said he was catching lakers in 80-85' in the same general area. I specifically wanted to fish in water deeper than most anglers ever fish. By the way, all fish were within 5' of the bottom. My speed was 1.6-1.9 mph.
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I fished Bear Lake on Saturday morning from 7am to 10am. I was trolling off Rainbow Cove towards North Eden and then back. I wanted to troll deep since there were a lot of cutthroat netted by the UDWR in deep water last week. Well the cutthroat were "on". I started catching fish in 105' of water and even caught fish out to 164'. I was using both flatfish and jointed Rapalas and caught fish on both. I'm glad I had a "Laker Saver" since I had to let all but one fish down on it since they were coming up from so deep. I did not land any lakers, however, my friend who guides at Bear Lake said he was catching lakers in 80-85' in the same general area. I specifically wanted to fish in water deeper than most anglers ever fish. By the way, all fish were within 5' of the bottom. My speed was 1.6-1.9 mph.
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