Pineview Action?

[DailyAngler]

Planning a fishin trip for this weekend, thinking about heading to pineview. If anyone has any info about the fishin situation there this time of year would be greatly appreciated. Trying for musky or bass.

Thanks a lot,
Eric
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[SmokeOnTheWater]

Headed out tomorrow morning after it warms up a bit. Had my prop reconditioned recently and want to give it a try. It's supposed to be in the low teens here in the Valley tonight (already down to 35 degrees) so I'll be in no hurry to break ice. [cool] I'll post my report with pics upon my return but I'm not expecting much action this early. Ice off completed earlier this week with the recent storm and high wind.
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[SmokeOnTheWater]

It was a nice day to be on the water finally after a long winter. The boat ran well with the reconditioned prop. I'm not really sure how accurate my tach was because the first fast run I managed to top out at 5700 rpm (not bad). I could only manage 5200 rpm at full throttle from then on. Any ideas???

Fishing success was as I predicted for the full three hours. Ice out is usually one of the best times for cold water species like trout but the DWR has turned Pineview into a warm water fishery and I don't really understand how to fish this yet. I tried trolling for the toothy critters - no bites. I then found fish stacked up near sun-drenched bays and tried to drop shot a gulp minnow. I thought using a ice fishing approach (sloooow)might work but then the North wind picked up and I just drug the presentation around anyway. I think drowning a real worm may have worked better?

Water temp in the main lake topped out at around 46 degrees, but where the sun was hitting the temp was nearing 52 degrees. The lake is below winter level because they're letting as much water out as they can. Ogden River, below the dam, is running bank full. They would be flooding homes if it were any higher. Now this rain might make things worse?
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[DailyAngler]

Thanks a lot for the info, It does feel great to get back on the water, but the fishin has been slow for me too. The vertical approach is the way to go for the various panfish/bass i would think, and it never hurts to try the good old worm. So muskys and pike spawn in the low to mid 40s water temp, but do tiger muskys get that urge and head to the shallow/weed beds around this time of year?
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[SmokeOnTheWater]

Keeping in mind that hybrid species are sterile, I posed that very question to the staff of In-Fisherman about a year ago. They responded by saying that eventhough the hybrids are sterile, they exhibit similar characteristics as their fertile parents when it comes to the things we fisherman like to pattern. This includes movement throughout a body of water, feeding cycles and spawning rituals.

Heading to shallow weedbeds when the water level is as low as it is would prove to be difficult at Pineview in my opinion. As the water level receeds in the fall prior to the ice forming, the exposed shoreline shows little vegetation other than moss/algae covered rocks and sand. Only when the lake is allowed to fill and flood the shallow bays back into the brushy shoreline is basically the only vegetation in the lake. Fishfinders and underwater cameras show little evidence of any weed growth. Weed beds are typically found in natural lakes where both water levels and available sunlight fluctuate very little and the vegetation has an opportunity to establish, develop and mature without becoming high and dry during summer draw down of the water levels.

Living so close to Pineview, you would think I would know it like the back of my hand but I don't. There are far too many pleasure boaters on the lake when the weather warms that don't want to share. All I want to do is fish. Water skiers and PWCs pretty much take over Pineview when the weather turns warm. Enough said!
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