Some Fall Bassin!

Moon Phase:

Fishing Time: 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Weather: scattered clouds, 70's

Even with the weather starting to cool down, finally, I thought I would give the I-80 Pond one more chance to see if I could pull out another lunker. The pond was very low and the water temp has dropped dramatically. I caught four bass all the same class as the one in the picture. I did however see many large bass swimming in the shallows but could not get them to take anything! There are some monster bass in there! I think its time to put up the bass rod and focus on some fall trout fishing.

Unsuccessful at Bear Lake!

Moon Phase:

Fishing Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Weather: Warm, clear, 80's

Well I wish This post was a little more exciting to write about but when you don't even get a bite it doesn't leave to much to the imagination! My dad and I decided while on our annual family Bear Lake trip to rent a small 16 foot fishing boat with a 15 HP motor. Even though most of our fishing trips in Bear Lake this time of year have not brought much success we thought we would give it another shot! We should have stayed home in bed! It was Labor day weekend and we have had some of the warmest September weather I can ever remember. This made for a busy weekend at Bear Lake. I wanted to show my dad my jigging technique that has brought me a lot of success and that I keep bragging to him about. I don't think he was to impressed when we didn't get so much as one bite. We didn't dare go to far in this big lake with the small boat we were on and so we stayed close to the marina and there were boats flying by us one after another! This made it tough to fish!

We also tried trolling with no success other than my dad getting one bump with no fish to show for it! I think we learned our lesson on Bear Lake this time of year. The guy who works at the marina told us that the fish go to 100+ feet this time of year to find colder water. I think he is right because we fished in water up to 80 feet deep and never saw much on the fish finder. It was still a good time when you get to go fishin with the old man and Bear Lake is a beautiful lake to be on.