10-24-2017, 09:47 PM
I have been fishing the fall and winter for the last 4 to 5 years..
Fishing in winter is like fishing in summer, look for the food they eat.. At Powell find the shad, on some days in winter I have had 100 fish days with Stripper Small mouth and Wall Eye..
There are lots of myths about cold water bass fishing made up by people that just do not fish for bass in winter..
Lets brake it down, in summer you fish for bass by moving around a lot by waking the shore or by boat..Here in Utah our lakes ice over so that's out, but Powell is open and fishing is great..
This is what I have found out winter fishing in Utah..
1. Bass feed ALL year long and are easer to catch in winter or cold water if no ice..
2.They school more in cold water (find the food).
3. They are picky-er on lures or bait.
4. You need GOOD electric..( if you don't seeing marks don't fish)
A few years ago when Jordanelle had great bass and lots of water I tried to fish it till I could no longer get my boat on the water, on Jan. 15 the air temp. was -8 and the water was 34 and ice was forming in places I went fishing Jordanelle, CBR was going to go with me but had to work.. I found the bass on the east bank across from the boat ramp and caught bass one after another I called CBR and he put the camera that they use to have at Jordanelle on me and watched me catching bass in -8 temps.. most of the bass was over 3+ lb..And I caught over 50 bass in 3 hr.
Don't put your boats away for the winter head for Powell its great..[crazy]
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Fishing in winter is like fishing in summer, look for the food they eat.. At Powell find the shad, on some days in winter I have had 100 fish days with Stripper Small mouth and Wall Eye..
There are lots of myths about cold water bass fishing made up by people that just do not fish for bass in winter..
Lets brake it down, in summer you fish for bass by moving around a lot by waking the shore or by boat..Here in Utah our lakes ice over so that's out, but Powell is open and fishing is great..
This is what I have found out winter fishing in Utah..
1. Bass feed ALL year long and are easer to catch in winter or cold water if no ice..
2.They school more in cold water (find the food).
3. They are picky-er on lures or bait.
4. You need GOOD electric..( if you don't seeing marks don't fish)
A few years ago when Jordanelle had great bass and lots of water I tried to fish it till I could no longer get my boat on the water, on Jan. 15 the air temp. was -8 and the water was 34 and ice was forming in places I went fishing Jordanelle, CBR was going to go with me but had to work.. I found the bass on the east bank across from the boat ramp and caught bass one after another I called CBR and he put the camera that they use to have at Jordanelle on me and watched me catching bass in -8 temps.. most of the bass was over 3+ lb..And I caught over 50 bass in 3 hr.
Don't put your boats away for the winter head for Powell its great..[crazy]
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