Fishing for beginners

[Pelado]

Impressive!

[USUC]

I was planning on taking my kids to Tibble Fork this Thursday, but it appears that is now off the table. Any suggestions not too far away? Twenty five years ago I used to fish Burraston Ponds, but haven't been there since.

[Northwestcoug]

My youngests' catch of the morning. He is almost 6' 2" tall ... it pulled him around a bit in that little kayak

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That's a monster of a fish.

Do you eat pike?

[tooblue]

That's a monster of a fish.

Do you eat pike?

Yes. Mild-tasting, similar to Bass. They are tricky to fillet though—they are very boney with a weird Y bone, so it's a lot of work. My boy figured it out though and we are having the Pike for dinner tonight.

[Copelius]

Yes. Mild-tasting, similar to Bass. They are tricky to fillet though—they are very boney with a weird Y bone, so it's a lot of work. My boy figured it out though and we are having the Pike for dinner tonight.

Pike is good eating. We had tons of it when I lived in Bemidji as a youngster. My dad also went down to the lake and grabbed a half dozen bluegill for breakfast every morning in the summer.

[Clark Addison]

We used to eat a lot of Northern Pike when I was a boy scout fishing in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota. Loved it then but haven't had it since. Everything tastes better when you haven't seen civilization in 4 days.

[Northwestcoug]

Pike is good eating. We had tons of it when I lived in Bemidji as a youngster. My dad also went down to the lake and grabbed a half dozen bluegill for breakfast every morning in the summer.

How big are the bluegill up there? Seems like a lot of work for a little meat.

[Copelius]

How big are the bluegill up there? Seems like a lot of work for a little meat.

I was between 3 and 5, so size was relative, but I would say they were just bigger than palm size. Dad liked them, so that was what he did.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Beer battered northern pike is great.

[Northwestcoug]

Visiting our baby daughter and her partner last week, and we fished the upper Provo river for an afternoon. It was the first time I've fished in Utah since I was a kid. Her BF is a serious fisher and travels around with his family multiple times a year, so he's a little intimidating. Before coming down we asked if we should bring gear but he thought going to the river would be fine with just sandals.

Anyways, beautiful river. He set me up with a drop shot rig, which apparently is all the rage on the Provo River. I went upstream a bit and I promptly lost it on a snag. I've never set that up myself, so I just replaced it with a 'duracell' and he stayed with Mrs. NWC. And I ended up with....nothing. Mrs. NWC landed two, which she thanked her being a good citizen by buying a license (I didn't ). That's OK, her BF didn't get anything either and it was still a great day on the river.

Here's Mrs. NWC's with her first brown trout ever:

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Very cool.

Spent a couple of days boat camping at Strawberry. Caught a bunch of very nice kokanee salmon - most of which put up a fantastic fights (lots of cartwheels in the air). Also caught some chunky rainbows. Highlight was my granddaughter learning to drive my boat.

[Northwestcoug]

Very cool.

Spent a couple of days boat camping at Strawberry. Caught a bunch of very nice kokanee salmon - most of which put up a fantastic fights (lots of cartwheels in the air). Also caught some chunky rainbows. Highlight was my granddaughter learning to drive my boat.

Man you are making my no buying boat decision difficult.