Slurping Carp and Hungry Kitties

Fishing Time:  8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Weather:  Hot, clear, no wind, T-100s
Moon Phase:  63% Moon
Location:  Utah Lake
Water Temp: 79 degrees
Best Bait:  cutbait under a slip bobber
Who Went:  Rick, Bobber John, Me

My fishing buddies and I wanted to get out and fish over the long holiday weekend, but with most of the weekend devoted to family time, we took a small window on Sunday morning and headed somewhere close.  We launched the boat at the Lindon Boat Harbor at Utah Lake and immediately headed south to the bubble up.  We were surprised to see carp rising all over the surface and Rick just happened to bring his fishing bow, so we made the most of it for a couple hours.

Rick received a phone call from his buddy Tim Duke from The Rocky Mountain Anglers Association announcing he was on the lake and had found a catfish hotspot.  We met up and followed him into a narrow slough that I have never fished before on Utah Lake.  It was refreshing to fish a new spot on Utah Lake and it immediately went into the gps for future reference.  When we arrived to the spot there was another boat in there with two of Tim’s buddies fishing.  They reported catching around 25 channel catfish prior to us arriving.  Sweet!  We found our own space and began putting a few of our own into the boat.  The action had slowed a bit since the morning, but we were still able to put ten 3-5 lb channel cats into the boat.  Bobber wanted to keep some for dinner so we loaded the live well until it was overflowing with ugly whiskers.  By 1:00 it was pushing 100 degrees with no wind, so we called it a day.