Decided to try and give Utah Lake another shot yesterday down at the Provo Boat Harbor to see if I could replicate the crankbait bite I found last week. I was hoping the water temps hadn't changed much...but they did...seems as though the last few cold nights had an impact. Water temp in the back of the harbor was 46 degrees as opposed to the 50 it was last week. The closest I got was having a 2.5lber snap at my crankbait right at the boat...but didn't actually manage to put any in the boat. I did catch a pair of 16" White Bass on the crankbait though. I also managed to get my photo in the Deseret News today. There was a photographer at the harbor yesterday taking pics for a story on Utah Lake. I think my picture is on pg B1 of the Deseret News today. Anyways, I thought about going and fishing some of my cold water areas to see how I could do, but instead I decided to take some exploring time. I haven't ever really been south of the Provo Boat Harbor before. I headed south and found Bird Island...also discovered why it's called Bird Island. I received a barrage of duck poop across my boat as I sped by the island and sent hundreds of water fowl into the air. Went down and explored along what I'm assuming was Lincoln Beach...I found a few areas that looked like they might hold some bass if the water was a foot or two higher and in the warmer months. I also found the boat ramp down there...has anyone ever caught any largemouths down at that end of the lake before? The harbor there looks like it could hold some...
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That end of the lake has some monster LMBs. I have caught many of greenfish around LB.
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[cool][#0000ff]There are sometimes largemouth inside the boat harbor, but the best places are in and around the springs. There are several warm springs that come in along the rocky shoreline and if you know where they are you can usually find some fish. In really low water years the springs are much easier to see, especially in the early morning with steam rising out of the water over the springs. When the water levels are up a bit, you have trouble finding them unless you know exactly where they are.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are also lots of bass that go shallow, in the reeds. Last year while wading the shallows and shooting carp with my bow, I saw several largies blow up on bluegills or some other forage in less than 2 feet of water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since the water levels came up in 2005, after the end of the drought the previous winter, there has been a lot more habitat and food for largemouth. Populations have grown, but a lot of the fish are back in the cover. Good for some topwater in warmer weather.[/#0000ff]
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the biggest largmouth I have caught out of utah lake came out of that area. It was 19" and I have forgotten the weight by now, but it was a fat one,
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there are some LM in that harbor I never gotten one over 17 from there but the hot spring has some better ones. the water coming in the spring is about 50 deg. when the spring was out off the water, if you were the first one there you could get a good LM just about every time. but now the spring is under water makes it harder to find. read you pm and let me know. talk to you later chuck
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