http://bluefrontosa.com/blog Hobbies and experiences while hunting, fishing and riding Utah ATV trails. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:13:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went ice fishing for my first time. My friend and neighbor Bill Anderson was kind enough to show me the ropes. I'm sad to say we caught our limits in less time than it took to drive the one hour to fishlake. But, the sun was shining and the trout were beautiful. ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2008/01/16/how-to-fillet-a-trout/ This past week I was able to dust off my fly fishing gear and finally explore some of the local tributaries. I failed my fishing companions as a guide but they were able to each catch one small trout in the icy waters. The weather was a bit windy ahead ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2008/01/09/fly-fishing-new-waters/ We were able to sneak in a few days of bass fishing this past week at Lake Powell. We mostly fished right around the bullfrog bay and bullfrog marina. Fishing was hard work but the weather and scenery were wonderful. The afternoon winds stayed away and the temperature was in ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/05/22/lake-powell-largemouth/ It's been a little more than a week since I placed these eggs in the tumbler. I have not lost any of the babies at this point. Typically, 10-20% of the eggs will simply not make it. You can see that the frontosa fry are starting to form their stripes. ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/04/18/frontosa-egg-development-week-2/ I emptied my 125 gallon frontosa tank of all rocks and decor so I could catch the Kigoma seven stripe female that was holding these eggs in her mouth. Mouthbrooders incubate their eggs in the mouth and swish them around until the fry are fully developed. The egg tumbler mimics ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/04/10/cyphotilapia-frontosa-eggs-in-tumbler/ Any day fishing is better than any day at work. My first trout caught using nightcrawlers and jet puffed mini-marshmallows. Antimony burger lunch enjoyed at the nearby Antimony Mercantile after a hard morning of trout fishing. Later that evening we grilled our trout on the BBQ and enjoyed a delicious trout supper. http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/04/08/fishing-otter-creek-reservoir/ Today we set the posts and installed the top and bottom rails. I spent most of my time attaching the chicken wire to the framework. It went really smoothly with the air powered staple gun and half inch staples. I probably put more staples than necessary as I was trying ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/03/24/chicken-coop-framed-up/ I gave my friend John a few of our chickens last year. They are doing well and are laying 3-4 eggs per day. Currently they call the garden spot their home, and they sleep up in the hen house at night. But, now that it's time to till the garden ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/03/23/building-a-chicken-coop/ This morning I went with a friend into the mountains in search of elk antler sheds. The big bulls drop their antlers every year around the first of March. A lot of hunters in the area like to hike in search of these discarded antlers. It was interesting to learn ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/03/21/hunting-for-elk-antlers/ We went on a drive on one of the local trails. We wanted to test my friends Polaris Ranger in snow conditions on and off the trail. The depth of the snow was around 12 inches when we started up into the foothills. We went quite a ways before we ... http://bluefrontosa.com/blog/2007/01/24/polaris-ranger-in-snow/