Late fall on Deer Creek

Been out a couple times in our alumacraft on Deer Creek it is still a great fishing boat.  I have had it on sales list for a couple months now but no one wants to pay what is worth.  Anyhow for our fishing trips.  Parker and I have taken it out the last couple weekends and had a ball fishing in it, it is perfect for the two of us.  We fished early morning and went until noon each day.  First day we manage to catch quite a few, although they were planters they had just released that week.  40K of them to be exact.  We had fun fishing and caught a number of them and released quite few of the as well.  Our next outing wasn't quite so productive but we did catch some fatties, cutting back and forth between the island and the white cliff area.  Each time we passed over the river channel we got a fish.  It was slow but good quality fish.  We finished off our trips with a quick stop to eat at Jose's, "Solo in Town" in Wallsburg and it was tasty, Jose puts on a great meal and for reasonable prices.

Fishing with Maxwell!

Some ask why the bigger boat?  Well this weekend illustrates why.  We took Max out with us this weekend and he did great!  He got to reel in a couple fish and enjoy the experience with us.  He was up and ready to go in seconds according to Jimmy, his dad.  Jimmy said, I went and said are you ready to go and he jumped up and ran to the door, that is when Harrison woke up, not a good scenario he was not happy he was not going.  We thought a trial run with Max was in order to see how things would go.  We fished most the morning down by the dam in deeper water but only coaxed a couple to the boat.  Max thought it was awesome and even touching them without hesitation, a fisher has been made!!  We fished until noon then went and got a burger at Jose's in Wallsburg.  A great day with Parker, Jimmy and Maxwell!!

Utah Lake

Once again I have been very slack in keeping my pages up to date.  This post will cover a couple of the Utah Lake outing  we have had this summer.  Lets start with the fact that I bought a bigger boat this summer and have enjoyed it greatly.  It is a 20' deck boat, not the prettiest thing but it runs well and does what we want it to do, catch fish.  I have many things to accomplish on it over the next few months and have started with some small things already.  First big issue to deal with is get the trolling motor mounted by a professional, it is a nice bow mount with foot control and 24v 62lb thrust should work the big boat just fine then for a fish finder.

Fishing, Utah Lake style, we have been out a couple times and have done alright.  First run with the new boat was with Bob.  We went out to Bird Island and tried for a bit there, but came up with a couple white bass.  We went to the reeds on the east bank and started fishing in the small little bays and caught a few cats, mainly channel cats and couple muds but no Big Blues.  We fished in the reeds the rest of the morning.  most of the fish were in the 2-4lb range.

Took the boys out the next week and we directly to the reeds this time and started catching channels right off.  We had a good day with Shrimp, hot dogs were not catching anything.  We caught a few muds and few white bass as well.  We fished the small bay areas inside the reeds all day, moving from spot to spot until it would no longer give us any hits.  Had a couple nice ones take us into the reeds and break us off.

Jimmy was elated he caught quite a few nice channels.  We kept the channels and couple white bass, ended the day with 12 2-6lb cats which yielded 10lbs of fillets for the cooker the next evening.  I found a good recipe for the fillets and cooked them up with some potatoes as well.  The whole family came over and took part in eating them.

A Berry Birthday Fishin' trip

Parker doing his Vanna

For my birthday we went fishing.....I know way out of my comfort zone right.  Took Jim and Parker to Strawberry today and spent the morning trying to locate the lunkers.  We did catch a few but nothing to keep with the regs on Strawberry.  Parker and Jim both caught a couple nice cutts, we returned them after their pictures were taken.  Boat worked great.  Still need to get the trolling motor mounted.  We went home and ate at Chubby's and cake and ice cream for the evening.

Sorry for the blur, my hands were covered in slime :)

First fishing trip with new boat

 Took the new boat out for its first fishing trip.  We learned a few things with this adventure.  First we learned we can't get the boat to troll at pop gear speed.  Second we learned it is extremely comfortable and nice to be able to move around without fear of capsizing.  We fished the evening away and learned the third thing that the lights don't work or we didn't know the trick to them.  The previous owner said they work, will have to look into that deeper.  Getting the trolling motor mounted is paramount in importance if we are to troll with pop gear again.  Parker and I spent the evening learning the tricks of the boat and just relaxed.  We actually hooked up a few fish but landing them became the issue they were quick releasing on us with nice jumps and dives.