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redrabbit
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?Hey, you want to go fishing at Lake Powell Saturday??
Sure, it was the second weekend of archery deer season and it was going to be over 100 degrees at the lake this weekend, but surely I'd catch more fish than see deer.
The alarm went off at 2AM and we were on our way north with caffeinated kidneys. We were on the water at Wahweap a little after sunrise.
Once past the marina jammed with houseboats, the water was scanned for any surface activity. Reports were that the stripers were boiling by chasing schools of shad to the surface. One was spotted, but a boat was already on it. With no more activity, we decided to go through the channel cut on the east side of the pictured rock into Warm Creek.
Once in Warm Creek, we scanned the water?s surface with the binoculars for any boils. We looked and cruised and looked, but no striper activity was seen.
O heck, that shoreline looked good for smallmouth. So we grabbed the other rods and cast the rocky shoreline for smallmouth. It was not long before they obliged our grub jigs or worm drop-shots. Some bass were busting shad, and a quick cast to the widening rings usually brought a strike.
As we worked the worms and grubs in 20? of water, a boil was seen behind us in the open water. Just as we were approaching the surface activity, a pleasure boater sped right over the school?s edge, ending the feeding activity. Figuring that they may still be around, I cast to where the school was and let the Rattle Trap sink for 15 seconds before reeling in. Sure enough, a 20? striper obliged and fought against the brand new rod?s virginity. Further casts brought no strikes, and the fish-finder showed nothing underneath. So it was back to the shoreline to tempt more smallmouth.
As the sun peaked in the sky overhead, the air temp and lack of fish activity directed us back to the dock for the drive home to Flagstaff. A good day was had with plenty of good scenery, company and livewell of bass.
Doug~RR
Sure, it was the second weekend of archery deer season and it was going to be over 100 degrees at the lake this weekend, but surely I'd catch more fish than see deer.
The alarm went off at 2AM and we were on our way north with caffeinated kidneys. We were on the water at Wahweap a little after sunrise.
Once past the marina jammed with houseboats, the water was scanned for any surface activity. Reports were that the stripers were boiling by chasing schools of shad to the surface. One was spotted, but a boat was already on it. With no more activity, we decided to go through the channel cut on the east side of the pictured rock into Warm Creek.
Once in Warm Creek, we scanned the water?s surface with the binoculars for any boils. We looked and cruised and looked, but no striper activity was seen.
O heck, that shoreline looked good for smallmouth. So we grabbed the other rods and cast the rocky shoreline for smallmouth. It was not long before they obliged our grub jigs or worm drop-shots. Some bass were busting shad, and a quick cast to the widening rings usually brought a strike.
As we worked the worms and grubs in 20? of water, a boil was seen behind us in the open water. Just as we were approaching the surface activity, a pleasure boater sped right over the school?s edge, ending the feeding activity. Figuring that they may still be around, I cast to where the school was and let the Rattle Trap sink for 15 seconds before reeling in. Sure enough, a 20? striper obliged and fought against the brand new rod?s virginity. Further casts brought no strikes, and the fish-finder showed nothing underneath. So it was back to the shoreline to tempt more smallmouth.
As the sun peaked in the sky overhead, the air temp and lack of fish activity directed us back to the dock for the drive home to Flagstaff. A good day was had with plenty of good scenery, company and livewell of bass.
Doug~RR
