Fishing Time: June 25 and 26, 2016
Weather: Slight breeze, Sunny, T-80s
Moon Phase: 73% Moon
Water Temp: 60 degrees
Location: Flaming Gorge
Best Bait: 7-inch Tube Jig (Rainbow colored)
Who Went: Bobber John, Dunc
Saturday we fished hard and spent a lot of the morning
looking for active fish. Antelope Flats
seemed to have humps full of active fish, but as usual it was tough to get any
bites. We got a couple, but
unfortunately no hook ups.
In the afternoon we went to look for smallmouth along the
shoreline in Sheep Creek, but the cold start to the morning and big wind storm
the night before had them heading for deeper water. We did manage to catch a few including this
nice 2 pounder.
On the way back from Sheep Creek we detoured into Horseshoe
Canyon to admire the steep rock walls.
What a gorgeous lake. Saw a few sheep as well...
That evening we set up the downriggers and tried our luck
trolling for kokanee near the pipeline area.
We saw a lot of fish on the finder, but for whatever reason couldn’t put
any in the boat. Usually if I can find
them I can hook a few, but it wasn’t to be on this trip.
Sunday morning John wasn’t feeling well so I launched the boat
myself. It wasn’t a problem early in the
morning, but loading it later that day when the recreation boaters were out
made for a fun experience. People
yelling at me for taking so long, I guess it’s just normal boat ramp talk, but
what’s up with that. We are all there on
vacation. Relax!
I fished at Swim Beach first thing in the morning, but soon
realized I needed to move. Not many fish
were showing up. I headed back to
Antelope Flats and tried my luck there again, and after some effort I was
finally able to land one. It wasn’t a
monster at maybe 8-10 pounds, but after two mornings with no hook ups I wasn’t
complaining. At least one lake trout
went into the net on this trip.
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