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Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24
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Got a half day fishing pass from being a caretaker for my recovering spouse.  Decided to try Deer Creek.  Launched from the Charleston day use area at the Provo River inlet and fished the shallow flats along the east side of the lake.  Water level still high.  Air temps 55 at launch, warming to 75 by 10 am takeout.  Water temps 72 to 74.  No trout seen today.
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As with most other recent reports, saw nothing on TV much deeper than 20 feet.  Initially saw a few small fish (perch?) in 13 -14 feet.  Then started seeing a few more and larger ones in 18-19 feet.  And that's where I got most of my bites.  Started off with a couple of perch on jig and worm.  Then a couple of "small-eyes" (underfooter walleyes) I also released.  Had a nice walleye in the mid teens right up to the net before he arranged his own release for bad behavior.  He was either inexperienced and didn't know how to hang on...or too experienced and knew how to shed the hook.
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While dragging a couple of whirly flig crawler rigs I got several small fish, but did land one nice 21" walleye.  I invited him home for dinner for two.
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Beautiful day.  But I saw a lot more fish on TV than on my line.  Not many other fishing boats and I didn't see any of them get their nets wet.  The upside was that the heat also kept a lot of the wimpy power squadroners off the water.  Never a real problem today.  But shortly after 6 am...just as I was setting up...there was a water skier "running the bank" along the rocks on the west side.  Thought that might be a harbinger of things to come but it never got bad at all.  But, then again, I was off the water before it usually gets really nasty.
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Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24 - by TubeDude - 07-17-2024, 09:38 PM
RE: Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24 - by Cowboypirate - 07-17-2024, 11:54 PM
RE: Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24 - by TubeDude - 07-18-2024, 12:57 PM
RE: Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24 - by SkunkedAgain - 07-19-2024, 03:24 PM
RE: Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24 - by TubeDude - 07-19-2024, 03:55 PM
RE: Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24 - by Piscophilic - 07-19-2024, 08:58 PM
RE: Deer Queek Quickie 7-17-24 - by TubeDude - 07-19-2024, 11:16 PM

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