Location: Flaming Gorge (Day 1 – Sheep Creek Bay, Day 2 – Anvil Draw)
Fishing
Time: Saturday – 3 pm
to 5 pm, Sunday – 8 am to 3 pm
Weather: first evening was sunny, 45° F, but
windy. Second day was sunny, 48° F, with
no wind all day.
Moon Phase: New Moon
BP: Saturday- 30.28 Hg and steady, Sunday
morning - 30.33 Hg, Sunday afternoon – 30.11 Hg
Water Temp: 40° F
Best Baits: River2Sea, 200 Series, Glide Bait
(powder color)
Who Went: Chad Fuller, Dunc
With recent success I decided to take one more trip to the Gorge. My friend Chad, helps me on so many projects at my own house and on our flip houses and has always said I could repay him by taking him to Flaming Gorge to catch a big lake trout. So, I called him up and we planned a trip.
We arrived on
Saturday afternoon and the weather was beautiful, so we decided to launch at
Sheep Creek Bay for a couple hours. The
wind came up wicked 30 minutes after launch, but it wasn’t cold, so we stayed
on the water.
It was sure
nice finally having my electronics on this trip. We found a decent group of fish off a point
but never could get them to commit. Towards the end of the day, we found another
good group of fish that seemed more active and on the first pass we hooked
up.
I laughed watching
Chad reel in a big fish. He kept asking
if this was normal and if it should take this long. I laughed and told him yes, just keep
reeling. He got the fish to the boat a
couple times just out of netting distance only for it to go straight back to
the bottom. After sore arms and a good
fight, we finally put a net on a beautiful 20-pound lake trout! Chad was thrilled and it made his night!
The next day we
launched further north at Anvil Draw. I
still can’t get over these January temperatures. We were on the lake at sunup, and I didn’t
even put a coat on… so weird!
We fished some areas
around the Anvil launch ramp but didn’t see many fish. We made a big move a bit further north and
finally found an area with a bunch of fish.
Unfortunately, the fish seemed to have lock jaw and didn’t seem to be
interested in our baits. It was a
bluebird sunny day pushing 50-degrees with zero wind. It was nice on our bodies but didn’t have the
feel of a good fishing day. Either way
we got skunked. I told my wife it was good
I got skunked cause now I think I’m good for a bit and don’t need a 4th
weekend in a row at the Gorge! It was a
good 3-week run with amazing weather and some really good fish.
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