Snowed-In

We had big plans for Memorial Day. My in-laws and my wife and I, loaded up the canoe and we drove about 2 hours to reach meadow lake. Meadow lake is about 9,000 feet in elevation, and we drove higher, and higher, and higher. Unfortunately, the snow got taller and taller and taller. On a dirt road on top of a mountain, we found the snow too tall to get our vehicles through. A park ranger found us moments later and told us there is about 3 feet of ice still on the lake!

Far from any lakes, we saw a little creek on the way up, so we decided we would give it a shot. I caught 3 little fish from a little tiny creek. It turns out that this is a juvenile rainbow. I have never seen a rainbow with this color before. (notice in the picture my hands are yellow from using Powerbait! lol. Spinners do not work in tiny creeks) The area was beautiful and I will certainly be returning there when the weather gets better.

My first TIGER TROUT!!

I headed up to scofield this morning alone because Matt's alarm didnt go off. What a noob!! Haha, we were supposed to meet at 4:00am and when he didnt show by 4:30 I decided to go alone. I needed to fish!! I got there and it was really windy and nothing was biting. I decided to try and find a more protected area from the wind, and when I did the fishing picked up quite a bit. I landed a pretty nice rainbow right away and then after a little while longer I reeled in my first tiger trout!! He was pretty small, but a 10" tiger is better than no tiger at all. I continued to fish even though the wind picked up again. I ended up with 6 fish in a few hours and decided to leave since nothing was biting again and the wind was almost unbearable. A good trip, a new species.

A New Species: White Bass

We decided to hit up Utah lake yesterday after work since the weather has been warmer to try and catch some new species. We found a nice little harbor in Saratoga Springs and we started catching white bass right away. We caught a few and saw some carp in the water also. We wanted to try and catch multiple species that day, so we tried some bait for catfish and carp. We couldnt get anything else to bite except the white bass. We tried a couple other spots, but couldnt get those kitties. We each caught about 4-5 white bass and called it a day. Hopefully we can find them soon.

Matt's Cutt at Strawberry

We hit up strawberry late on saturday evening to see what we could catch in a couple hours. It was pretty windy the whole time and nothing was really going on. Strawberry has officially died down. We moved around a lot trying to find the fish and eventually went back to our spot where we have caught a ton. Matt hooked up with a nice 20 incher to save the day. We even tried fishing into the night with matt's truck lights on the water, but nothing was happening. Maybe next time.

New to the blog- Brent Carver

I caught this Brown Trout just under 24 inches. I estimate around 5-6 pounds. I caught him on an orange and black spoon on the Henry's Fork April 15th or so. I was fishing 6 feet above the water, I was on an embankment. My younger brother luckily got wet and helped me net him.

My biggest brown.

More posts hopefully to come

Where else? Strawberry!!

We hit up Strawberry again this last saturday early in the morning. We got there at around 6:00 am and instantly caught some fish. Me and matt both got two really nice cutts, with matt getting the biggest one at a little over 21 inches. We then tried some different spots and couldnt get anything going. It slowed way down. We eventually made our way to the marina and caught a bunch of little rainbows from 6-12 inches. Nothing worth taking a picture of, but it was still fun. Not the best day at Strawberry, but well worth the trip.

So, nick and I went up to strawberry thinking it was going to be a perfect day for fishing. We got up there around 6 and fished at the ladders. Nothing was biting and all the ice was practically thawed out. It was a nice day with plenty of daylight so we decided to go to our normal spot. We got our waders on and went out fishing for 30 minutes. Nick caught a nice rainbow/cutthroat, then caught another cutthroat all within 30 minutes. Then the wind picked up and we saw the huge storm coming towards us. After having lake waves about 1 foot high we decided it was just too much. So we decided to leave

After we left we decided to hit up deer creek on the way home. The water was glass with no wind just as dusk coming. We casted out a few times with no bites but we could see things jumping from the water thinking it had to be fish. I casted my line a good 25 feet out and when my lure got close to the shore I saw something big chasing it. It took the hook!!!!!!, I got a HUGE FISH!!!!!, right? No, when i pulled it in it was a bird. It was a western grebe. I tried for a little bit to get my lure back, but it was in the beak. I cut the line, the bird swam out a ways and I could see my $4 lure in its mouth. Thanks bird. It was a crazy day for fishing.

Got a BIG ONE

GOT A BIG ONE~! Almost as big as the one below! Fished the South Fork and it punked us. Thought we were headed to the best fishing in the world and instead we got a nice view of the area. We found out that we weren't the only ones having a bad day on the river. A bunch of other guys struggled with the high flows from the run-off. One guy on the forums claimed he caught 20 fish in a few hours on the South Fork, claiming he had a secret lure. I am going to find out this secret lure, throw it in the garbage can, and find one that is even better. Better luck next week!

Strawberry again!!!

Matt and I hit Strawberry again this morning and killed it, again!! This time Dave came with us and brought his little boy. We got there at an early 5:45 right as it was light enough to see anything. This time matt had his waders, which proved to be crucial in catching fish today. We headed out and instantly started hooking up with some fish. They were all cutthroats and all at least 18 inches or longer. After me and matt both caught two nice ones, my camera died, so we dont have more. We each ended up with 4 really nice cutts, and a few that we had had hooked up that got off. The biggest was a really nice 22 incher that i caught after my camera died. Ice off at strawberry is officially the best ever. Casey you really need to get down here asap. We also caught 4 crawdads that matt took home to cook up. All in all a great trip once again.

Strawberry!!!

Matt and I headed up to Strawberry today to see if there was any open water that would be fishable. After trying a couple of spots that werent very productive, we stopped at a spot Casey and I fished last year. After the first cast we were into the fish, and big fish! Matt caught a huge cutthroat to start the day and the fishing never slowed down after that. We landed 5 big cutts total, and missed a few more. The biggest was my last one, which we werent able to measure or weigh, but was a very big fish, probably about 6-7 pounds. They were a lot of work to reel in, but tons of fun. What a day. We used kastmasters all day, silver and orange, and silver with red sticker.

Fun Farm Bridge

Woke up at 5:30 to do some fishing on Henrys Fork just North of St. Anthony, Idaho. I fished for about an hour and it was cold, rainy, and nothing was biting. I drove another 10 minutes North to Fun Farm Bridge. After trying my miracle "tube" lure for 30 minutes, I gave up on it. I decided the only alternative would be the better miracle lure, "Kastmaster!" After 5 minutes, I got hooked on this nice Rainbow. He measured 17 inches long and is real thick. He will be in the frying pan tomorrow night.

Afterwards I went to Lorenzo Bridge with Pete and I caught a few small browns. With the crappy weather and high run-off waters, the fishing wasn't too good there. Hopefully things get better at Lorenzo as the weather warms up.