07-08-2021, 11:21 AM
(07-08-2021, 04:13 AM)doitall5000 Wrote: Great report pat, I remember when the bubble up was flowing and fishing from shore was always good and crowded. Watched my twin 7 year old boys have a great day.
So can we cast from shore to your whites now? Like to take grand son and catch a few.
Yeah, I remember the olden days...when the bubbleup was gushing warm water all year. And the bad taste in the fish you caught there...from the chemical soup from the smelting process. And the black soot all over your vehicle when you returned...from the furnaces at Geneva. All that pollution is history. And whatever water enters Utah Lake through the remaining pipe comes from small springs onshore that flow into the old settling ponds and then through a downspout and out into the lake. That pipeline is one of the very few bits of structure in a big shallow bowl so it almost always attracts a few fish. And the inflow of water is also a draw.
Howsomever...the water is low right now and the pipe is already out of the water for quite a few yards out into the lake. It is just a bit less exposed than in the following picture. And the water is very shallow for a long way out. It is only a bit over 4' at the very end of the pipe. So...I'm guessing you would not do well casting from shore. And I wouldn't advise wading. When I came into shallow water to stand up and make some adjustments to my float tube I almost lost a fin in the sticky mud on the bottom. I fished along a good bit of the pipe yesterday and I only found fish between the last two buoys at the end of the pipe.