A ferocious barking woke me up from a dead sleep, momentarily confused, I got my wits about me and realized it was Yukon. Now, anyone who has dogs knows they have different barks for different reasons. Well, this was Yukon's serious "I mean business!" bark, Mira joined in, though I'm pretty sure she was just barking to bark (she loves barking). I had talked to a couple people that mentioned seeing bears around the campground so while I couldn't see anything outside the Jeep, I'm assuming a wandering bear made its way through the campground. There was no sleeping after that rude awakening, I tossed and turned until dawn when I decided to head down to see if fishing had improved.
Unfortunately, the slow fishing streak continued on into …show more content…
It's a small but pretty campground, only a handful of campsites and butted up against Pine Creek. I let the dogs out to play in the water and considered grabbing a fly rod. Pine Creek supposedly has small wild trout in it and what better scenery to catch them in. After realizing my Jetboil stove, that's traveled with me since my first long motorcycle trip in 2010, was missing, I got the dogs back in the car and headed back to Posey Lake. Unfortunately, my stove was nowhere to be found so I headed into town stopped at Utah Canyon Outdoors and picked up a Jetboil Flash so I could eat warm food for the rest of the trip!
The weather was still quite cold and I was ready to wear shorts, after a stop at Nemo's for a burger and fries I decided I'd head to Stanton Creek Campground on Lake Powell for the night. Last year we had a pretty miserable, windy, stormy experience there and ended up spending the night holding our tent up with out feet against 6o mph gusts and multiple thunderstorms. Hopefully my 2016 experience would be more …show more content…
It was fairly slow going after that, with some sort of large fish following my fly or spinner in on each cast but never committing (I'd later find out they were Striped Bass). Finally, something bit and while it didn't fight too well I was excited, it was my very first walleye (very amusing considering I grew up on Lake Huron-currently a walleye hotspot). Lake Powell has no limits on either Walleye or Striped Bass due to their predatory effect on bait fish and their rapid proliferation, so I bonked this one on the head and proceeded to less-than-expertly fillet it. Trout and walleye for dinner! With the sun going down, I enjoyed a small fire, watching the stars blanketing the darkening sky and the lights in the million dollar houseboats at Bullfrog twinkling in the distance. Lake Powell had redeemed
Unfortunately, the slow fishing streak continued on into …show more content…
It's a small but pretty campground, only a handful of campsites and butted up against Pine Creek. I let the dogs out to play in the water and considered grabbing a fly rod. Pine Creek supposedly has small wild trout in it and what better scenery to catch them in. After realizing my Jetboil stove, that's traveled with me since my first long motorcycle trip in 2010, was missing, I got the dogs back in the car and headed back to Posey Lake. Unfortunately, my stove was nowhere to be found so I headed into town stopped at Utah Canyon Outdoors and picked up a Jetboil Flash so I could eat warm food for the rest of the trip!
The weather was still quite cold and I was ready to wear shorts, after a stop at Nemo's for a burger and fries I decided I'd head to Stanton Creek Campground on Lake Powell for the night. Last year we had a pretty miserable, windy, stormy experience there and ended up spending the night holding our tent up with out feet against 6o mph gusts and multiple thunderstorms. Hopefully my 2016 experience would be more …show more content…
It was fairly slow going after that, with some sort of large fish following my fly or spinner in on each cast but never committing (I'd later find out they were Striped Bass). Finally, something bit and while it didn't fight too well I was excited, it was my very first walleye (very amusing considering I grew up on Lake Huron-currently a walleye hotspot). Lake Powell has no limits on either Walleye or Striped Bass due to their predatory effect on bait fish and their rapid proliferation, so I bonked this one on the head and proceeded to less-than-expertly fillet it. Trout and walleye for dinner! With the sun going down, I enjoyed a small fire, watching the stars blanketing the darkening sky and the lights in the million dollar houseboats at Bullfrog twinkling in the distance. Lake Powell had redeemed