TopH20
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My wife and I took our 5th wheel and Lund to Hite on Tuesday and stayed through Friday morning. The ramp at the south end of the Hite shoreline was pretty good for launching. The improvised dirt ramp has a fairly shallow slope so you may need to back into the water a ways to float your boat. My wife was able to back me in so we didn't have any trouble launching.
On Tuesday afternoon I went down lake to 2 Mile and 4 Mile and fished the structure for bass and walleye. I caught quite a few SMB with a few over 2 pounds. I got 3 walleye up to 18 inches. On Wednesday the day dawned bright and sunny with light winds. I went down to the Red Canyon area and fished the main channel shoreline on the east side of the lake. Again the SMB were the main takers with a few LMB thrown in for good measure. I got one LMB of about 3 pounds on a Rapala Skitter Rap in shad pattern. TopH20 at it's best.
Thursday was another beautiful day however the winds did pick up a little in the afternoon. I fished the Red Canyon area again and had very good success on the bass with Rattlin' Raps and 3.5 inch tube jigs in the crayfish colors on 1/4 oz. jigheads. I also caught a few nice walleye with the same presentations. I tried looking for some crappie but I was not able to find any.
I didn't target the stripers at all and I didn't see any boil activity during my time on the water. I was able to place my 5th wheel trailer near the boat ramp and about 75 feet from the water. I was close enough to the shore that I was able to pull my boat up to the beach and not have to launch and retrieve the boat each day. There were several other fishermen in the area and I saw quite a few boats come uplake from Bullfrog. I found the water temps in the Red Canyon area were about 66 to 67 degrees. Visibility where I fished was about 6 to 8 feet. The water is somewhat turbid in the Hite area down to about the Striper City corner.
A friend from Price who was trolling for stripers found a few in North Wash even though the water clarity was not real good with about 2 feet of visibility in the main channel about 1/2 mile from the main lake.
On Tuesday afternoon I went down lake to 2 Mile and 4 Mile and fished the structure for bass and walleye. I caught quite a few SMB with a few over 2 pounds. I got 3 walleye up to 18 inches. On Wednesday the day dawned bright and sunny with light winds. I went down to the Red Canyon area and fished the main channel shoreline on the east side of the lake. Again the SMB were the main takers with a few LMB thrown in for good measure. I got one LMB of about 3 pounds on a Rapala Skitter Rap in shad pattern. TopH20 at it's best.
Thursday was another beautiful day however the winds did pick up a little in the afternoon. I fished the Red Canyon area again and had very good success on the bass with Rattlin' Raps and 3.5 inch tube jigs in the crayfish colors on 1/4 oz. jigheads. I also caught a few nice walleye with the same presentations. I tried looking for some crappie but I was not able to find any.
I didn't target the stripers at all and I didn't see any boil activity during my time on the water. I was able to place my 5th wheel trailer near the boat ramp and about 75 feet from the water. I was close enough to the shore that I was able to pull my boat up to the beach and not have to launch and retrieve the boat each day. There were several other fishermen in the area and I saw quite a few boats come uplake from Bullfrog. I found the water temps in the Red Canyon area were about 66 to 67 degrees. Visibility where I fished was about 6 to 8 feet. The water is somewhat turbid in the Hite area down to about the Striper City corner.
A friend from Price who was trolling for stripers found a few in North Wash even though the water clarity was not real good with about 2 feet of visibility in the main channel about 1/2 mile from the main lake.
