We launched at Jordanelle Reservoir this morning at 7:15 and started trolling the small boat launch first thing. We had finished our project of mounting the new Minn Kota Ultrex 80/60 and were anxious to see it work. After setting it up and pairing the navigation beacon we were ready to go. We turned west and headed into one of our favorite lines and not more than 10 minutes after dropping lines I had the first on a Sunfire rapala.
We thought, great it's going to be a banner day. We trolled for another few hours missing a couple strikes here and there but didn't land another until late morning down in Rock Cliffs. We had the water column covered top to bottom. Parker had his down rigger with a double set up and I had both of my lines out with rapalas between 8 and 15 feet and we had two lead lines out 3 and 4 colors. The fishing wasn't fast and furious but we didn't get skunked either and had plenty of chances.
Our real reason for the run this morning was to test out the equipment, and it worked flawlessly. Which is what we needed after our last excursion, still bummed that didn't work out for the better. The Minn Kota did exactly as we had hoped with the increased thrust power the wind did not deter it at all and the navigation auto pilot kept us going at the perfect speed and course the entire time. I didn't have to keep fidgeting with the controls trying to keep us going in the right direction or fighting the speed, it was great!
So for all intent and purposes it was a very successful morning! Now just to figure out these fish, some of our best lines didn't produce anything today, but no one was catching a much. The weather is definitely messing with the bite hot and cold, going from 60-70 degree to snow over night will mess with any cycle.
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