Went to Boyd this morning. Got there around 04:00 in the morning and fished til bout 08:00. We were actually there hoping for some early dawn walleyes, but the walleyes weren't there in the current. I heard that my friends went there a few days before and caught a few walleyes that were close to keeper size so that inspired this morning's trip. Fished the inlet by the Marina channel. The water is running and current is swift so if anybody goes there, I suggest some CAUTION.
Anywayzzz, around 1/2 hour before sunrise we found a school of miniature wipers running (roughly guessing) 8 to 9 inches. Tiny lil hard fighting suckers. They were hitting glow in the dark chartreuse/white 2 1/2 inch tube jigs (from Sportsman's) with plain lead color round jigheads (1/16oz I think). Oh, one more thing.... The jigheads sported the red hooks (bought from Gander Mtn for $1.00 per 10).
On with the report.. Between the three of us, we caught and released (educated ;D) everything and "everything" was a whole lot. We were getting fish for almost every cast and I lost count after 30 something. The other two caught as much as I did and even more after I left. My buddy caught the one fish that he planned to keep (trout for his boss to grill) and it was pretty big!! I'm guessing that sucker must have been like frikkin 20 inches or over. Unfortunately, she spit the hook right at his foot, took two flops and off into the current the trout went. I was laughing my arse off
It was a fun morning. It woulda been nice to catch some of those fat whitebass that live in Boyd, but it may be a lil early for those. I'll post the pics once developed. Give me like a week to waste film.
Personal Analysis of Boyd Lake: 1st off, I only started hearing of wipers at Boyd for the past year or so. I am assuming this is a new thing. Maybe the DOW just recently stocked these about a few years back. From this experience and the experiences of others I know that have fished there in the past few weeks, there's a crapload of these lil hybrids swimming and growning in there. Boyd is not a bad lake at all. It's got various depths, a decent population of forage fish, some structure and canal-like coves which may serve as hot spots for larger fish in the near future. If people could please release all these lil wipers while they're small and wait til they're at least 15 inches and up to keep them, we may have the next 'big' wiper hotspot of northern Colorado. I sh*t chu not, it is very possible for this lake to be a trophy wiper fishery! But I aint no biologist so I wont go any further with that. Main thing I want to point out is that these lil hybrids must be returned to the waters of Boyd and if we patiently wait, Boyd will be our next Union or Jackson which ultimately gives us..... Another good wiper fishery added to our list.
Hope y'all liked the report. Also, thanks for taking the time to read the additional ramblings.
1eyeReD "HAPPY FISHING!!"
Anywayzzz, around 1/2 hour before sunrise we found a school of miniature wipers running (roughly guessing) 8 to 9 inches. Tiny lil hard fighting suckers. They were hitting glow in the dark chartreuse/white 2 1/2 inch tube jigs (from Sportsman's) with plain lead color round jigheads (1/16oz I think). Oh, one more thing.... The jigheads sported the red hooks (bought from Gander Mtn for $1.00 per 10).
On with the report.. Between the three of us, we caught and released (educated ;D) everything and "everything" was a whole lot. We were getting fish for almost every cast and I lost count after 30 something. The other two caught as much as I did and even more after I left. My buddy caught the one fish that he planned to keep (trout for his boss to grill) and it was pretty big!! I'm guessing that sucker must have been like frikkin 20 inches or over. Unfortunately, she spit the hook right at his foot, took two flops and off into the current the trout went. I was laughing my arse off
It was a fun morning. It woulda been nice to catch some of those fat whitebass that live in Boyd, but it may be a lil early for those. I'll post the pics once developed. Give me like a week to waste film.
Personal Analysis of Boyd Lake: 1st off, I only started hearing of wipers at Boyd for the past year or so. I am assuming this is a new thing. Maybe the DOW just recently stocked these about a few years back. From this experience and the experiences of others I know that have fished there in the past few weeks, there's a crapload of these lil hybrids swimming and growning in there. Boyd is not a bad lake at all. It's got various depths, a decent population of forage fish, some structure and canal-like coves which may serve as hot spots for larger fish in the near future. If people could please release all these lil wipers while they're small and wait til they're at least 15 inches and up to keep them, we may have the next 'big' wiper hotspot of northern Colorado. I sh*t chu not, it is very possible for this lake to be a trophy wiper fishery! But I aint no biologist so I wont go any further with that. Main thing I want to point out is that these lil hybrids must be returned to the waters of Boyd and if we patiently wait, Boyd will be our next Union or Jackson which ultimately gives us..... Another good wiper fishery added to our list.
Hope y'all liked the report. Also, thanks for taking the time to read the additional ramblings.
1eyeReD "HAPPY FISHING!!"