Fishing "Bruiser Bay"

Monday 11/14, my neighbor Terry and I went to Strawberry. All the reports were still saying the fishing was red hot and he had just returned home after an 18-month mission and was hoping to relive childhood memories. We got to the ramp around 7:30 only figure out the battery was dead!! We jumped it from the truck which was a pain but we got it started. After all that we pulled out of the marina and went across to Haws Point and then deeper into East Portal Bay. We fished through the bay and along the bank for an hour or so. We made one find that neither of knew about in the back bay that there is one deep hole that looked like it could have been a gravel pit, I mention this to remember for ice season. We made our way back towards Haws point fishing the bank and trolling a little with lures. Getting nothing but Strawberry moss and grass. The lake has turned over and is still loaded with algae and moss from the turnover.

We went around haws point and continued south to the old dam site and into Horse Creek Bay. We worked in this area for about an hour and got nothing. We then went into the meadows by Renegade and fished for another hour I caught a small rainbow and seen a couple other people catch one as well. First fish that we had seen pulled in all day. The wind kicked up so we went back toward the marina and went to the opening of the narrows into the bay I caught the bruiser from a couple weeks earlier.

In “Bruiser Bay” we fished along the banks and I caught a decent sized cutthroat at 20 inches and 4 lbs. The fish was caught on a ¾ oz. rainbow Kastmaster. After releasing it we got back on track and fished even harder now. Terry got into a beast right off the boat. His line started singing and his lightweight ole was doubled over from the battle. He had a good tug of war with the cutthroat for about 10 minutes. We landed it, measured, and weighed it took a couple pictures, and then released it to fight again another day. 26 inches and 5 pounds is what it measured out to, a slot buster but we were looking to keep today. The rainbow Kastmaster did the job again. We fished the bank again a couple trips and produced nothing.

We ventured into the narrows and fished about an hour trolling and casting but turned up nothing and decided to call it a day. Turned out to be a great morning and Terry was elated with his catch of the day. We loaded the boat and made our way home trading stories of our hometown Orem and the people we know in common. It was great to get out and share the water with a new friend.