First float tube trip of 2013 (4/26 Provo Harbor, Utah Lake)

So aside from the ice fishing trip in January I've not been out fishing for way to long...  Jason felt much the same way, enough that we went fishing on the day he was supposed to attend his graduation commencement  and "walk".  Glad he had his priorities straight ;)...  Anyway he is now graduated and now much more "free" to pursue better things, though he (and I) ended up with the taint of the skunk smell for the days efforts...

We didn't really know much about the conditions to expect at Utah Lake this spring as the few reports that we had seen talked about lower water levels and with the weather the temps were cooler and varied a fair bit.  So I think we both just fell back to where we feel a level of comfort and that is Provo Harbor (poor choice that a few other reports that came from others on BFT as far as catching went) off the south side.

We didn't try to beat the sun to the water but we were not far behind.  We got setup and launched pretty fast and we both started the day throwing plastics and or spinners seeing what might be in the river channel as we crossed over to work the weed lines south.

It did not take long to find the first thing we underestimated... The effect of both a lower water level and what the ice sheets do to the weeds during ice off.  Specifically how the idea either folds over, breaks, or tears off the tops of the weeds so that when you think your casting into open water you end up catching WAY more then your limit of salad, snags and other forms of vegetation....

So after my fill of this I turned my craft west and headed out more to try my luck out at the area near the SW point of the outer harbor.  I setup one pole to drag some carp meat to try for some cats and kept the other pole running through various of my new spinner creations from this past winters lure craft efforts.  We kept in touch over the radios but aside from a few missed bites and or pop'n'drops neither of us managed to produce anything.  Well I did manage to pull in a 5' - 6' branch of some unfortunate tree, sure put a bend on my rod...  Funny how at times like that you take what joy you can and find a certain thrill from a stick... ;)  Well I think Jason had more fun laughing at me, but still...

Wind and weather worked out really well for us and regardless of the catching, or lack there of, it was a fun and very relaxing day to be out on the water.  A few more pics (from the new camera) and that's about it for this report...