rockgremlin
09-09-2012, 12:31 PM
So I loaded up my 3 boys and we rolled up to East Canyon res. The guy at the guard shack told us that the best fishing was down by where the stream flows into the reservoir. So we parked the car, untangled the fishing lines, rationed the poles out to each boy, and set off down the asphalt path southeast which quickly turned into a rocky dirt path. After zig-zagging down a few switchbacks we realized the quickest way down was the straight short-cut route down through the sagebrush and scrub-brush. My youngest slipped and landed ass first into the dirt, dropping his cheap made-in-China-Scooby-Doo-push-button-to-release-bail fishing pole, which shattered the reel. We spent a good 20 mins. piecing that back together, and on we went.
The reservoir looked really mossy where the creek empties into it. The moss seemed to relent further west along the bank. So we hiked over to the stream, hopped across, and resumed hiking west around the reservoir until the moss cleared up somewhat. We sat down, rigged lines, and here were the results:
- All of us caught our limits..........our limit of moss that is.
- We also found the shoe-stealing mud around the East end of the reservoir to be especially exciting. Spent a good 27 minutes trying to find shoes that had disappeared into mud.
I am firmly convinced there are no fish in that stupid reservoir. We used: Salmon eggs with bubble, Salmon eggs with sinker, Powerbait with bubble, Powerbait with sinker, and rooster tail spinner (which was quickly abandoned because all it did was harvest a 3-month supply of the nappiest moss ever conceived on every cast).
So here I am cyber-begging for some good advice. Where can I take 3 little boys - in the mountains, no in-town fish ponds, please - that we can catch something...anything. It's gotta be shore fishing. I'm not rich enough to afford a boat. :mrgreen:
Thanks!
The reservoir looked really mossy where the creek empties into it. The moss seemed to relent further west along the bank. So we hiked over to the stream, hopped across, and resumed hiking west around the reservoir until the moss cleared up somewhat. We sat down, rigged lines, and here were the results:
- All of us caught our limits..........our limit of moss that is.
- We also found the shoe-stealing mud around the East end of the reservoir to be especially exciting. Spent a good 27 minutes trying to find shoes that had disappeared into mud.
I am firmly convinced there are no fish in that stupid reservoir. We used: Salmon eggs with bubble, Salmon eggs with sinker, Powerbait with bubble, Powerbait with sinker, and rooster tail spinner (which was quickly abandoned because all it did was harvest a 3-month supply of the nappiest moss ever conceived on every cast).
So here I am cyber-begging for some good advice. Where can I take 3 little boys - in the mountains, no in-town fish ponds, please - that we can catch something...anything. It's gotta be shore fishing. I'm not rich enough to afford a boat. :mrgreen:
Thanks!