Hey I have been fishing utah lake quite a bit this spring and caught one channel cat a few weeks ago in the evening. My questions is how many and how good is it fishing a full moon for catfish?
Im planning on trying to get my son down there to try to get him hooked up on a catfish as thats all he wants to try to catch, So we are going to head down there and give it a try if I dont have to work satiurday.
thanks and good luck fishing
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The night fishing on Utah lake for me is best most of the time. When it lines up with a full moon it is even better. My biggest fish are caught at night. You can fish in the shallows in as little as one foot. Those big cats come into shore at night to chase bait fish hiding in the reeds. Even a walleye now and then takes the bait. I never catch walleye during the day on bait. Catfish eyes glow red at night when your light hits there eyes. kinda spooky. I have caught them in pitch black conditions, and any moon phase. The full moon is best when directly overhead. The best times seem to be one hour before dark to about 11:00 pm and 3-4:00 am to 9:00 am At night you miss all the nasty boat traffic. I use a head light with red LED light not to attract bugs. But beware there are some spooky sounds come from that lake at night. One night near the mouth of the Lake Shore drain ditch we heard a noise close and around the reeds came a buffalo wading belly deep right to our boat. Needless to say I fired the motor and moved. We didn't even have all our lines reeled in. Catfish caught in shallow water jump instead of dive when hooked. They will jump several times, pretty cool.
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In case people think you're crazy seeing a buffalo out there, I've seen them there before too. I'd have to agree it gets a little creepy out there on the lake at night, but it seems to make the fishing that much more fun.
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[#6000bf]Hey thanks guys for the information Its looking like I will be able to get my son down there in the afternoon for some panfishing and then catfishing in the evening tomorrow. I dont think your crazy for saying you saw a buffalo as I was driving between the lindon harbor over to american fork and looked over and said WHAT THE HELL [shocked] There was a nice bull elk laying out in the grass[/#6000bf]
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[#6000bf]I drove up past the house then saw the sign that said domestic elk ranch I said wow wasnt expecting to see that but thats cool I love elk but not as much as fish [/#6000bf]
[#6000bf][fishin] Well good luck fishing and FISH ON[/#6000bf]
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[#6000bf]Maybe I will see you along the shore fishing tomorrow. [/#6000bf]
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