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I sure miss the fishing in Southern California, especially the bass fishing. If you live in southwest Wyoming, bass fishing is pretty much not an option, unless you figure out how to target the smallmouth bass in Flaming Gorge (which I have not done, so far). But trout fishing is another story.
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Fishbreath wrote: Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:15 am I would think there must be some good trails for dirt bikes up there too.

90 percent of the roads in Wyoming are not paved, and in addition to that, there are countless jeep trails and more than a few cow trails.

We have had a couple of snow flurries up here in Wyoming now, but winter hasn't set in like it did last year, when temperatures dipped to single digits and the snow hung around until May. No more fishing in the Uinta mountains across the border in Utah though. They definitely are covered in snow ...

Those wagon ruts are crazy. You can follow the sante Fe trail on google earth from Kansas to new mexico


That was probably thirty something years ago, but I'm sure the ruts are still there. If after 160 years nature still hasn't repaired the damage, think how long it will take to repair the ...

It's officially c-c-c-cold up here in Wyoming. Mountain fishing is now a distant memory, and soon reservoir fishing will be, too. The high today was 33, and the Green River is starting to ice over. Also, the northern part of Flaming Gorge is almost skimmed over with ice. I have been fishing it with ...

Twas the day after Christmas and I headed out, with my trusty old float tube in search of a trout. Mist hung o're the lake in the crisp morning air, I pulled on my fins and kicked out with a flair.

Armed with my new bait finesse reel and rod, forty pounds of trout lures (some that looked rather odd ...

Well, my fishing year ended with not much of a bang up in prairieland. Most of the lakes to the north of where I live are frozen over, and much of the north end of Flaming Gorge is frozen over also. SinceI have no desire to shuffle out on frozen water, I have been driving south to hit warmer areas ...

That's a nice fish! Nice Job!

Welp. the weather finally stared to get warm up here in Wyoming. A lot of the ice has begun to melt on the Flaming Gorge, and all the ice is gone in the lower half of the reservoir. The last couple of months has been pretty slow, and I have been skunked throughout most of February and March. So when ...

Today was the day that I decided to try out a spot that I had scouted out back in February at Flaming Gorge. It's always trout season up here, but spring brings the smallies around the rock piles, and I have always wanted to catch a small mouth bass, especially seeing as how I miss the green bassies ...

I fished every day last week. On Friday I was dealing with some nagging hand pain that I assumed was arthritis. By mid-day on Saturday it had become pretty acute. So much so that it kept me awake that night. I was having trouble even making a fist. I wasn't sure if it was muscular, tendonitis ...

20230605_092419.jpg June gloom..just what the fish ordered! Water temp 70-73, air temp not that nice! A stiff breeze blowing most of the day. I got on a solid pattern right from the start, working a dropshot in 15'-20', off steeper banks with rocks! I brought 23 fish to the boat, not counting a few ...

Like @VinnyBass I figure you are all tired of seeing my Murray posts. Still, I thought I'd share a couple of pics of a decent bass and a large bluegill caught on consecutive casts with the same bait. Fun!

While fishing for bass at Lake Murray, this cat decided my underspin looked like something good to eat. I wanted to get a
pic or two and get it back in the water. I should have took my time as it was not easy to hold up with one hand for a pic and
quickly glanced at the scale which my arm was ...

Glad that you were contacted, str8t slabaronies is a great guy.
We'll see ya soon, I knew it was a long drive for you, didnt want you to waste a trip.

Tight lines

A few red ear !!

There waiting for you, right where you left them last year..
About 16 feet. Ive been only taking a couple from each place. Seems there are more biters this year.
Hope your doing well

Dont know if it was the new moon phase or what, it wasnt as productive as the weeks past.
Did get a few, the weather was great, just feel very lucky to enjoy a day on the water had my brother in law with me, he caught 12 bass , it was his best day count wise.
Nothing really picture worthy.

Tight ...

I got super lucky this afternoon at San V. After catching a bunch of bass on dropshots, I decided to target a few panfish laate in the day based on my meter readings and WHAMO, blessed with a tanker panfish, a 4.2 lb. redear.

She was caught on 2 lb line and a piece of nightcrawler, 18 feet deep on ...

My second trip to San V this year, and found the bluegill and redear biting pretty good in the late afternoon. Even some lowly bass.

Dropshotting half a crawler gets it done. All fish were released.


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