Huntington North Reservoir fishing with Parker

Parker took off Thursday morning and headed into Castle Country and the San Rafael Swell. He first went to Millsite Reservoir a small reservoir outside the town of Ferron UT. He arrived at Millsite and the wind was howling and he felt that it was not safe to launch his pontoon boat. He turned around and headed north back to Huntington North Reservoir in the town of Huntington Utah. There he found calm waters and he was the only one on the reservoir.

He launch and began trolling, his personal pontoon is equipped with a 30 pound electric motor which is more than enough to propel him around the waters. He trolled into late afternoon catching quite a few trout with some football sized pigs. He was very happy with the performance of his pontoon and equipment. Rainbow trout are plentiful in Huntington North Reservoir. He also reported it to be a beautiful day on the water.

Wrapping up Ice Season with a Bang!

Parker has been out for the past few weeks on his own. Saturday he took one of his friends from the lab he works at with him to Mammoth. They got into them! Parker said he couldn’t keep his lines in the water. Every time they set a pole it was getting hit and fish on. The Tiger trout are getting more active as things warm up and the days get longer. He kept a couple for the smoker, but they decked over 20 fish again. The tiger trout were very active and stacked. He went back to the same holes he had used earlier in the week and found them stacked up.

His friend Nick had never been ice fishing so it was a good first time outing for him. Parker said he loved it, another person hooked on ice! Our season is winding quickly but there is still plenty of safe ice just be sure to check it before you venture to far out and watch the edges as the day goes on they will become increasingly soft and a break through is very possible. Hope to get out this week myself finally got a handle on this surgery and moving forward quicker now.

Tiger's on Ice!

Tiger trout, a hybrid cross between a male Brown Trout and a female Brook Trout. Tiger trout are quite piscivorous (fish eaters) from an early age. Parker put it to the test yesterday as he cut holes at Mammoth Reservoir. He took off mid-morning and made his way up Fairview canyon, over Skyline and down to the small high alpine reservoir. He fished for only two and half hours but made out like a thief and decked over 20 of the piscivorous Tigers. All were decent sized and fighters. That is the one thing about the Brown and Brook cross is they are fighters. Running his grandfather’s Eskimo 10″ blade he struggled with a couple of them to get through the hole. That makes for a fun fight on the ice.

“It was on fire!” as Parker put it in his note to me after the mayhem had ceased. He said “my fingers were so cold from handling fish, I had to put my gloves on”. Another great afternoon outing for Parker. He is getting his set up dialed in and finding fish faster than ever right now. He said “the screen was packed with fish” talking about his Marcum LX3 flasher. Parker is a reader and student of all things and he has been reading up on his Marcum LX3 to figure out how to pinpoint fish. The Tiger Trout were plentiful and large for the afternoon. He said the ice is still good and solid with no slush on top. Hope I can get out with him soon still on the mend.

Ice Fishing E. L.

Due to the fact I am still on the mend from surgery I haven’t been out in the last couple weeks. Parker on the other hand has taken advantage of time and great weather and gotten out a few times. Last week he went up to a favorite of ours, Electric Lake. He went up after school and spent the afternoon cutting holes and moving until he located them. Each trip last week he was happy with his results.

He found plenty of Cutthroat and Tiger trout. He said it took him a while to find them the first trip but the second only a couple holes and he was on them. The Colorado Cutthroat trout in that lake are some of the prettiest trout I have ever seen. The DNR introduced Kokanee to the lake in the last couple years we hope to locate them this summer and bring home a couple for the smoker.

Joe's Valley Reservoir Ice Fishing

Taste of the day was Splake! Parker and Jimmy took off a little later than planned but still had plenty of time to locate and catch a handful of Splake trout at Joe’s Valley. Joe’s Valley is in the Manti-La Salles of central Utah and is set in a beautiful canyon. Known for its large Splake and Tiger trout, the boys ventured southeast to see what they could find. They are finishing the ice season without me in tow, I recently went through a shoulder replacement surgery. Hopefully it takes hold I will be almost as good as new.

They hit the road about 5:30 am and headed into Price and south to Orangeville and then up Joe’s Valley. The canyon is a favorite among the climbing community with its wide array of rock features and types of rock. They were fishing by 8:00 am and moving quickly without the tent set up. Parker said they would find them catch a couple and have to move again to find them. He reported that they moved a total of 10 times in the morning and caught fish with each move. He is learning how to navigate his flasher and use it to target the bigger fish. Jimmy got a hold of a couple decent Splake for the day and they caught a couple tigers each.Without the tent they were able to move quickly, but without the tent they didn’t last tool long on the ice either. They reported back into the office around 3 pm. They both said it was a wonderful day on the ice and they really enjoyed the new country.