03-23-2011, 08:25 PM
Makes you wonder what DC and some other lakes in Utah would be like without smallies. They sure do take over the rocks. In just about every lake there is with smallies, the crayfish population takes a dive. Then the smallies stunt. Go to a lake with smallies at night with a real powerful light, look in the rocks... they are full of baby bass. (3-6"). (Good thing walleyes and cats and other predators enjoy snacking on bass)
Speaking of bass, I've caught a few largies out of Deer Creek - surprised me.
We used to fish the island with frozen baby crayfish on jig heads for perch. You wanna talk about some nice perch, 5-8 years ago the average size perch we caught was amazing. Haven't seen perch like that since then.
I've also caught some decent walleyes (5-6lbs) trolling worm harnesses on the flats right off the island.
The white bass and crappie must be really recent additions. They might have been around when I used to fish DC but not in any kind of #'s.
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I almost hate to bring it up - and I'll make an effort not to after this... but I'm still just waiting for a thread on the Utah board that says "Burbot found in _____". I swear I thought Wyoming had lots of bucket bio's, but Utah is even worse from the sounds of it.
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Speaking of bass, I've caught a few largies out of Deer Creek - surprised me.
We used to fish the island with frozen baby crayfish on jig heads for perch. You wanna talk about some nice perch, 5-8 years ago the average size perch we caught was amazing. Haven't seen perch like that since then.
I've also caught some decent walleyes (5-6lbs) trolling worm harnesses on the flats right off the island.
The white bass and crappie must be really recent additions. They might have been around when I used to fish DC but not in any kind of #'s.
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I almost hate to bring it up - and I'll make an effort not to after this... but I'm still just waiting for a thread on the Utah board that says "Burbot found in _____". I swear I thought Wyoming had lots of bucket bio's, but Utah is even worse from the sounds of it.
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