Willard was windy today

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Fun day despite the wind, got to try out my new FF with side scan and learned a lot about its use from Curt and Ira, going to be a good tool. The eye I caught, thanks to the pass off of the rod from Ira, had a bunch of baby cats in its stomach when I cleaned it (pic below with 3 of the ones still in better shape), the spines don’t dissolve as fast as the rest of the fish lol. Looking forward to the next trip guys, just let me know.

Good to hear the new FF is working for you.  That side finder can really help when searching for fish. 

Not surprising to see that the fish are dining on small catfish.  First I have seen in Willard wallies but have caught some wipers with catlets in them.  All the predators in Willard have to forage more creatively during the months there are no gizzard shad of easy eating size.  Possible to find young crappies, bluegills, perch, carp or cats in them.  There are also some that dine on the low resident populations of spottail shiners or log perch.  Of course they also munch the tasty crawdads when they can find them.  A fish has got to eat, ya know. 

Down in Utah Lake the menu is even more varied, with white bass being about the main forage species...with bluegills, crappies, perch, carp, suckers, channel cats and bullheads all occasionally showing up in predator autopsies.  Here is a pic of a Utah Lake walleye that had a pretty good sized bullhead in its innards.