Uncle Gene

My good Uncle Gene with a mess of trout he caught in Arizona. Apache trout, I think. Likely using a female Adams fly (his favorite). We communicate frequently through e-mail to keep up with all the goings on with each other.

Late Fall at Strawberry

Jon and I went out with ObiFishKenobi (Shawn Lindsay) to Strawberry in mid-November, and just knocked 'em dead! We had a great fish catching day; we caught mostly cutthroat trout. I did lose 2 rainbows at the boat. But the biggest fish, Shawn's, was a full 21" and probably weighed over 3 pounds. We estimated our catch at around 50 trout for the day!

Beautiful fall colors aren't just for trees!

Shawn with a big one!

Jon with a nice, hard-fighting cutthroat!

Hobbs Pond & fishing success!

Dad, Jon, took his 3 kids to Hobbs to let the kids go after some sunfish. Not sure if those are rockbass or what, but they are certainly fat and sassy. They had great success, as the photos and smiles will attest.

High Uintas: Marjorie Lake

My daughter Jamie took this photo of her husband Jon with a beautiful Arctic grayling. Quite the exotic species for Utah.

Wintertime Brown Trout

Winter Brown Trout on the Weber River are slender, skinny specimens after the fall spawn. But they're still fun to catch on a fly rod!

Grandkids on the Ice!

Taking advantage of what little winter weather we've had this season, we've managed to get 5 of the 7 grandkids out to experience ice fishing on Mantua and Pineview Reservoirs.
They all do a nice job of detecting the light bite you get with panfish, and all have caught fish by themselves without any help from Grandpa. It took a little teaching, but sitting in a warm tent with a heater going makes for a great teaching atmosphere.
We tried setting up "Tiger Traps" for the muskies in Pineview, but didn't have any luck hooking into one of those toothy monsters. Jon and I like the nice tiger muskies who live in Pineview, but have only had success catching them from float tubes and kayaks.
Lincoln, Alivia, Maui, Paxton, and Macy all did a great job handling both the cold and the fishing poles!

A Windlass Tip-Up for tiger muskies.

Maui with a couple of nice perch!

Maui and Paxton showing off part of their catch!

This is what the Tiger Muskies look like. A toothy beast!

A catch of edible sized perch. Delicious!

Pax with a mixed bag from Mantua!

A fish-finder is a must for locating schools of fish.