02-11-2004, 11:17 PM
[cool]While I don't have much experience in trolling Utah Lake (cause I don't have a boat yet), I have trolled for white bass in my stepdad's boat on a reservior in Northern Nevada called "Lahontan." That lake is deeper than Utah Lake, but similar in the muddy green kind of water, and also in fish species. We used to catch white bass there by the stringer fulls by just trolling. We'd get multiple hook-ups at the same time quite often. We'd use (believe it or not) Rooster tails (red, white, yellow)and also mepps spinners (especially the one with the minnow on the bottom). Those were the killers for white bass (and also walleye sometimes) on that lake, and I don't see why those wouldn't also work at Utah Lake while trolling. When we'd run into a nice school of them we'd sometimes stop the boat and just cast out to them for a while, or keep trolling but turn around and head back into the direction that we'd just nailed them at.
Hope that helps. When I get my boat, you can bet that I'm going to try this method at Utah Lake in the summertimes. I know that most people go out there in float tubes and throw out those rubber grubs and tube jigs at them and have success, but I think you could do well in a boat trolling for 'em too. Good luck!
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Hope that helps. When I get my boat, you can bet that I'm going to try this method at Utah Lake in the summertimes. I know that most people go out there in float tubes and throw out those rubber grubs and tube jigs at them and have success, but I think you could do well in a boat trolling for 'em too. Good luck!
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