03-03-2005, 07:46 PM
Hey PrinceFisher, you unknowingly answered all of your questions yourself. If you drove out on the dike just south of the Provo State Park boat harbor, then you drove past the "wood pile". Its all those trees that grow between the provo river where it enters the lake and the dike to the south. For the last few years it has been high and dry, but back in 1997 and 1998 it was fast action for bluegill, crappie, bass, catfish and the like. There is so much brush there that it's a perfect spawning area for all of those species, and they were definitely there spawning. I caught plenty of all those species those two years. Then the drought came and it's been dry ever since. Hopefully the water fills it up this year. Back then, the water came all the way up to the farthest east part of the dike right where you first turn off Center Street in Provo and head out onto it.
Now, Provo Bay is located just south of there. If you follow that same dike all the way to the South as far as you can go, then it turns back towards the east (it encircles the Airport). At that southwest corner of the dike, if you look to the south and the southeast, all of that is Provo Bay. You can follow this dike to the east and see a good portion of Provo Bay. The South side of the Bay is over where the Spanish Fork River enters the lake I think.
Anyway, back in those days, Provo Bay (also known as Mud lake) was about 3 feet deep in most places, and yes, it harbored some NICE largemouth bass in it too. They will definitely spawn in there as well if there is enough water, epecially close to the dike where there is more rocky areas and more submerged trees and not just cattails or bullrushes. Most of the area that is full of cattails and bullrushes is usually too muddy for the bass to spawn in. You can also get some white bass, carp, catfish and anything else that swims in Utah Lake in there in years where the water is deep enough. We'll see if this year provides enough water for that.
Personally, I see that area getting flooded this year, but only with a very shallow amount of water, probably only enough water for carp to tolerate, but we shall see.
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Now, Provo Bay is located just south of there. If you follow that same dike all the way to the South as far as you can go, then it turns back towards the east (it encircles the Airport). At that southwest corner of the dike, if you look to the south and the southeast, all of that is Provo Bay. You can follow this dike to the east and see a good portion of Provo Bay. The South side of the Bay is over where the Spanish Fork River enters the lake I think.
Anyway, back in those days, Provo Bay (also known as Mud lake) was about 3 feet deep in most places, and yes, it harbored some NICE largemouth bass in it too. They will definitely spawn in there as well if there is enough water, epecially close to the dike where there is more rocky areas and more submerged trees and not just cattails or bullrushes. Most of the area that is full of cattails and bullrushes is usually too muddy for the bass to spawn in. You can also get some white bass, carp, catfish and anything else that swims in Utah Lake in there in years where the water is deep enough. We'll see if this year provides enough water for that.
Personally, I see that area getting flooded this year, but only with a very shallow amount of water, probably only enough water for carp to tolerate, but we shall see.
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