04-23-2018, 10:29 PM
BTW, I thought of a question for you. Do you have any knowledge/info/experience with temperature gradients in Utah Lake?
[#0000FF]You are right in your evaluation...that the lake is so shallow and wind influenced that there will seldom be much (if any) difference between surface temp and temp at several feet deep. And there are times when a cold north wind is blowing across the surface that the surface temp is likely to be at least a couple of degrees lower than at the bottom.
That area just out from all the reeds...south of the boat channel...is often a tad bit warmer than surrounding lake water. For one thing it is slightly protected from mixing winds. For another, there are some warm spring seeps along that area. The cove with the little pump house can be a good place to fish right after iceout...when water levels are up. Depth might only be a couple of feet but temps can be several degrees warmer than the rest of the lake. I have had days in early March where I caught nice white bass every cast...at least those casts where I didn't get a walleye or catfish...and I was fishing in the only open water. The rest of the lake was still covered in ice.
I used to have a depth/temperature gauge that I could lower for variation readings. I never noticed much change anywhere on Utah lake. In fact, when I lowered it into the springs the water temp was pretty close to main lake temps. No more ultra warmed water as in days of old.
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[#0000FF]You are right in your evaluation...that the lake is so shallow and wind influenced that there will seldom be much (if any) difference between surface temp and temp at several feet deep. And there are times when a cold north wind is blowing across the surface that the surface temp is likely to be at least a couple of degrees lower than at the bottom.
That area just out from all the reeds...south of the boat channel...is often a tad bit warmer than surrounding lake water. For one thing it is slightly protected from mixing winds. For another, there are some warm spring seeps along that area. The cove with the little pump house can be a good place to fish right after iceout...when water levels are up. Depth might only be a couple of feet but temps can be several degrees warmer than the rest of the lake. I have had days in early March where I caught nice white bass every cast...at least those casts where I didn't get a walleye or catfish...and I was fishing in the only open water. The rest of the lake was still covered in ice.
I used to have a depth/temperature gauge that I could lower for variation readings. I never noticed much change anywhere on Utah lake. In fact, when I lowered it into the springs the water temp was pretty close to main lake temps. No more ultra warmed water as in days of old.
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