09-16-2005, 03:10 AM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Spent a few days on Lake Powell with my good friends, Old Crestliner and IceFishingGod and to say we had a blast would be short changing ourselves. The fishing was acceptable though it started out slow it ended with a bang with plenty of boils and topwater fishing.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]When we got there Friday, 9/10, it was was very warm and calm but by the end of the day the wind started to kick in. It never slowed down for 3-1/2 days! This slowed down the fishing but we were still able to get a few fish by fishing what few boils that came along or trolling JP rigs.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Monday evening the wind finally subsided and we decide to make the run to the Escalante River which is 30 miles down lake. We filled up the boat, 50 gallons and added 25 gallons in five gallon cans. After reaching the Escalante, we motored up the canyon, sight seeing and checking for fish. I hardly endorse checking out the Ecalante River arm if you've never been there. It has some pretty amazing sites.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]As we came out of the Escalante arm back to the main channel, we decide to troll. We had some surface activity out in front of us and decided to pull up and see if we could catch a few. As with most of the boils we encountered, it wasn't up long and we didn't get to it before it sounded on us. It was just starting to get dark and we saw some activity, a few light ripples very near the slickrock shore line. We idled over and I chucked a BassPro Dying Shad and on the first cast, WHAM! A nice 4 lb striper. I threw in again and WHAW! another nice striper. We ended up with eight stripers in ten minutes before the stripers decide to hit the road.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We also went night fishing and dropped a green underwater light that evening. We had tons of shad coming to the light but no luck in drawing in the stripers.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]The next morning started out slow but by 10 am, there were boils everywhere. they never stayed up long but it made for a lot of fun fishing and chasing.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We made the run back and made it back by the skin of our backsides. We had plenty of fuel after adding the additional 25 gallons from the can but we nearly ran out of two cycle from the injector pump tank. Old crestliner held the tank so that the oil would fill the end of the tank where the intake tube in the tank could continue to suck oil, We got back to Hall Crossing will none to spare.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We ended the day trolling the Mokei Wall and picked up more stripers using JP rigs. Anyway it was a great trip. We ended burning over 100 gallons of fuel in the boat and saw a lot of lake Powell. Here's a few pics.[/size][/black][/font]
[center][inline LP_1.JPG][/center] [center]My boat in the Cathedral in the Desert in Clear Creek Canyon on the Escalante Arm[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_2.JPG][/center] [center]Another Shot of the Escalante Arm[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_3.JPG][/center] [center]Old Crestliner with a little smallie caught on a shad crankbait[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_4.JPG][/center] [center]Our camp on the Escalante[/center] [center] [/center] [center]
[/center] [center][inline lp_5.JPG][/center] [center]A typical striper. Our largest were around 6 lbs[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_6.JPG][/center] [center]IFG fishing a striper boil[/center] [center] [/center] [center] [/center] [center] [/center]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]When we got there Friday, 9/10, it was was very warm and calm but by the end of the day the wind started to kick in. It never slowed down for 3-1/2 days! This slowed down the fishing but we were still able to get a few fish by fishing what few boils that came along or trolling JP rigs.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Monday evening the wind finally subsided and we decide to make the run to the Escalante River which is 30 miles down lake. We filled up the boat, 50 gallons and added 25 gallons in five gallon cans. After reaching the Escalante, we motored up the canyon, sight seeing and checking for fish. I hardly endorse checking out the Ecalante River arm if you've never been there. It has some pretty amazing sites.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]As we came out of the Escalante arm back to the main channel, we decide to troll. We had some surface activity out in front of us and decided to pull up and see if we could catch a few. As with most of the boils we encountered, it wasn't up long and we didn't get to it before it sounded on us. It was just starting to get dark and we saw some activity, a few light ripples very near the slickrock shore line. We idled over and I chucked a BassPro Dying Shad and on the first cast, WHAM! A nice 4 lb striper. I threw in again and WHAW! another nice striper. We ended up with eight stripers in ten minutes before the stripers decide to hit the road.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We also went night fishing and dropped a green underwater light that evening. We had tons of shad coming to the light but no luck in drawing in the stripers.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]The next morning started out slow but by 10 am, there were boils everywhere. they never stayed up long but it made for a lot of fun fishing and chasing.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We made the run back and made it back by the skin of our backsides. We had plenty of fuel after adding the additional 25 gallons from the can but we nearly ran out of two cycle from the injector pump tank. Old crestliner held the tank so that the oil would fill the end of the tank where the intake tube in the tank could continue to suck oil, We got back to Hall Crossing will none to spare.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We ended the day trolling the Mokei Wall and picked up more stripers using JP rigs. Anyway it was a great trip. We ended burning over 100 gallons of fuel in the boat and saw a lot of lake Powell. Here's a few pics.[/size][/black][/font]
[center][inline LP_1.JPG][/center] [center]My boat in the Cathedral in the Desert in Clear Creek Canyon on the Escalante Arm[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_2.JPG][/center] [center]Another Shot of the Escalante Arm[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_3.JPG][/center] [center]Old Crestliner with a little smallie caught on a shad crankbait[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_4.JPG][/center] [center]Our camp on the Escalante[/center] [center] [/center] [center]
[/center] [center][inline lp_5.JPG][/center] [center]A typical striper. Our largest were around 6 lbs[/center] [center]
[/center] [center] [/center] [center][inline lp_6.JPG][/center] [center]IFG fishing a striper boil[/center] [center] [/center] [center] [/center] [center] [/center]
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