Secret Spot Again!!

Me and Dave hit up my new secret spot at Scofield, thanks Hayden, this morning at 6:00am. We instantly started catching fish as I caught three fish on my first three casts!! They were bigger today also. Lures were working good as usual, but today I tried something new. I caught some live minnows and used them as bait under a bobber. I caught a fish every time within 5 minutes and some of them were very nice size, including my biggest tiger ever. Such a good day, I also caught the biggest fish ive ever seen out of scofield, a nice cutt. Dave caught a couple on his rapala, and then a bunch more on other lures. I also caught the biggest Utah Chub ive ever seen. Kinda cool. So Sick!!!

Anderson Reservoir- Squaw

(CASEY'S friend) Went camping with my family at Anderson Ranch Reservoir. This Reservoir is very wide spread and has so many spots to fish. I caught 8 koko salmon, and one giant SQUAW fish (pike minnow). These fish eat the smaller fish, and are a pest to the nicer fish. However he was such a great fight that I let him go. He fought well! I caught him on an orange krockadile spoon. Great lure!

-Brent Carver

Secret Spot at Scofield!!

Left at 4:15am this morning with a mission buddy and his brother for scofield. Got up there at the perfect time and there were fishing rising like crazy. He told me he had a secret spot that only people with cabins could get to because of the gated entry. He had the code from someone who had a cabin up there and we got onto some pretty rough roads. We hiked another 10 minutes and as soon as I saw this spot I knew it was going to be good. I said, watch this Ill catch one on my first cast. I cast out, and sure enough I got nailed. The fishing was hot and fast. I lost count after about 15 and probably ended up with over 20 fish. None of them were huge, but definitely bigger for scofield. I only stopped to take one picture today, because the fishing was so good i didnt want to stop. We probably had over 40 fish between the 3 of us.

Fishing Season

Well, it seems the fishing season is finally starting. The weather is good and the fish are starting to bite.

This morning I woke up at 4:30 am to go fishing. I went to Chester Dam on the Henrys Fork and caught 9  rainbows,  1 brown. They were all between 13" and 16" but I managed to pull in a 19" as well. It was a beautiful day to fish and the fish were jmping all over the place.

Scofield

Dave and I set off for Scofield this morning. Arrived at 6:00am and the fishing was red hot. We each caught a bunch of rainbows and tiger trout with one cutt. Dave had the biggest fish of the day, but right as he was walking over so I could take a pic, it flopped out of his hands and back into the lake. Haha. It was a very nice tiger, probably about 16 inches. We were getting hit on almost every other cast when at about 8:30 the fishing died all at once. Not a single thing happened after that, kinda weird but a good day.

Chester Dam

I found a new place on the North Fork called Chester Dam. The river comes to crawl at the small dam and creates a mini lake on the river. My third cast after arriving I nailed this 19.5" rainbow. He fought like a beast and got my adenaline rushing. I didn't have much time to fish, but certainly a place I want to go back to.

First Fish Ever!

My wife and I found a babysitter so we could go fishing Saturday. We drove 45 minutes to warm river, but unfortunately the fish weren't biting this time around. We moved over to Robinson Creek but the water was moving real fast. My wife would get her lure stuck in the tree, and then it would get stuck in the bushes, and then her line would get tangled, and each time I would give her my pole so I could fix the problem. Well, she decided she wanted to go on her own so she crossed the road and fished on the upper part of the river. All of a sudden she yells "I got one!" and to my surprise she caught a beautiful brown! It was the only fish we landed all day, and perfect for a first time catch. Now I just have to convince her to go more often!

Lorenzo Fish

The South Fork is FULL of water again, almost overflowing. I fished Lorenzo bridge for a few hours and found success using "Pot-O-Golds". These are some killer lures and only cost $1.56. I caught 4 fish, one of them was large enough that I nearly took him home for dinner. The rest were just average in size. Also, someone try and name the fish in the very first picture. Confused me a little bit I'm thinking Hybrid Cutthroat?

More flaming gorge pics

Flaming Gorge!!

Dave, Matt, and I just got back from our camping trip to Flaming Gorge. It was a very fun and exciting trip. We left on Tuesday morning and headed for the gorge. We got up at around 4:00. We stopped in at the bait shop to ask what was working best and to find a good place to fish from shore. We drove around to a place called antelope flats. We found a really cool camp ground and set up camp. After that we went to find a place to inflate the raft that we brought hoping to catch some giant lunkers. After we struggled for about an hour to blow this thing up we finally got it on the water. We quickly realized there was a pretty good hole in the boat and matt's and my feet were under water. We paddled out to deeper water in hope to find the fish, but the raft was just too small for three guys. It was rocking back and forth and I felt like we were all gonna go overboard. Plus it was very difficult to cast and reel. After about 15 minutes on the water we decided to head back and just fish from shore. What a waste of time! We started fishing from shore, but werent really getting any action. We moved around a lot and tried some different areas. At around 8:30 the fish started to rise everywhere, but the problem was they were about 100 yards out and we couldnt get to them. Matt pulled in a really nice 19 inch rainbow that fed almost all of us and a small mouth bass. It was a good thing too, because dave forgot his dinner and matt didnt bring one wanting to eat his catch. After it got too dark we headed in, but as we gt to the car, I saw a bunch of fish jumping near the shore. We started to investigate and heard more and more fish splashing in inches of water. As we got closer, we could see hundreds of fish in the water just a couple of feet from shore. Ar first we couldnt tell what they were and we threw a bunch of different lures and jigs at them to see of we could get them to bite. No chance. We realized they were spawning and they werent hungry one bit. Then we decided that the only way to catch them was to try and net them. After many failed attempts I was able to get close enough to two of them spawning and i quickly netted two at once!! It was awesome. As I got them out we realized they were CARP!! What a disappointment.

The next morning we got up really early to get fishing. We found some really deep water and the fishing was on. We all started catching fish right away and there were some big ones. It started to rain on us, but we kept fishing because we were catching fish consistently. After the morning rush, we decided to go try the famous green river. We got there and could see hundreds of fish just sitting in the river. It was incredible. We threw everything we had at them, but nothing was biting. It was a beautiful place, but the fish we not willing to play. I was the only one who was able to land just one fish on the green, kinda disappointing, but worth the trip. Overall, it was an awesome trip and we had a blast.

Saturday Fishing

Brent and myself went fishing Saturday morning. We left Rexburg at 4:30 and ended up at Ashton Dam. We arrived at 5:20 and the fishing were rising every where. Unfortunately, the fishing were jumping but they didn't want to touch our lures. After about an hour of fishing, we headed to Henrys Fork just North of Ashton. After 30 minutes, I caught a beautiful brown. (20 inches?!) As I was about to lift the fish out of the water it unhooked. We caught few small fish here over the next 1hour.

Not satisfied we headed deeper into the forest and found Warm River. Brent started catching fish instantly and landed a huge brown and nice rainbow. After catching 10-15 fish, we found out that the stretch of the river we were on was off-limits to anglers. We moved upstream aways and caught a few more rainbows and browns before calling it a day.

Utah Lake: Bass!!

Matt and I hit up Utah Lake today to see if we could catch some more fish and some more species. It started out pretty slow because we had to avoid tons of boaters and other fisherman to find a decent spot. Once we found a good spot Matt couldnt keep the white bass off his lure. He landed about 12-15 white bass in about an hour and a half. I wasnt having his luck but i did manage to pull in a really nice large mouth bass. It was really cool, as I have never caught one before. A new species to add to the list!!

Fortune Teller

I dont need a fortune teller to tell me that I'm a PRO ANGLER! Fished Lorenzo and found success using a medium sized Rapala. I caught a Cutthroat (possible hybrid) and 3 browns. Using a rapala, I caught the cutt and on my very next cast caught a brown. Apparently they both will take a rapala.

Maverick is now able to post!!!!!!!!!

Just for the record, this is my first post and I will be putting more posts up after I catch huge fish in Idaho in the upcoming months. I also talked to a fortune teller while I was on a pay phone an she predicted my future. This picture is it and I am looking forward to that day.