02-04-2013, 08:11 PM
[cool][#0000FF]Yes, there are several deep spots...mostly with incoming springs. Waljustia did some educated searching this last week to locate another spring that he had been given "numbers" for. He found it but also determined it was smaller and not as deep as the "abyss".
In the past three years I have spoken with several folks who have spent a lot of time on the lake and who all know of SECRET spots. Some of the reports are still a bit suspect but others have offered to show me. There are surprisingly few people who know exactly where that deepest hole is or any of the details...like how deep and how wide it is. Dave found it while out fishing in his boat several years ago and has fished it both from his boat and through the ice. He reported dropping a camera down on a 50 foot cord and it did not reach the bottom. The temp probe read over 90 degrees and the water was so turbid that nothing showed even with the light on.
I suspect that the inflow is warm and highly mineralized. Fish do not seem to like it near the center but hang out around the edges where the water is cooled and oxygenated better.
While the depth is great enough that the warm inflow does not keep the ice off in the center, two years ago it did create a noticeable bulge in the ice.
I suspect that you may have been shown one corner of the big hole. It is like a morning glory, with a deep center and upward slanting edges around the center. There seems to be a fairly wide semi flat area around the edges...dropping quickly from 6-8 feet down to the "flats" in 20 - 25 feet.
But, in spite of seeing it with my own "lying eyes" I still get challenged by the know-it-all goobers who have been fishing Utah Lake for at least half as long as I have.
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In the past three years I have spoken with several folks who have spent a lot of time on the lake and who all know of SECRET spots. Some of the reports are still a bit suspect but others have offered to show me. There are surprisingly few people who know exactly where that deepest hole is or any of the details...like how deep and how wide it is. Dave found it while out fishing in his boat several years ago and has fished it both from his boat and through the ice. He reported dropping a camera down on a 50 foot cord and it did not reach the bottom. The temp probe read over 90 degrees and the water was so turbid that nothing showed even with the light on.
I suspect that the inflow is warm and highly mineralized. Fish do not seem to like it near the center but hang out around the edges where the water is cooled and oxygenated better.
While the depth is great enough that the warm inflow does not keep the ice off in the center, two years ago it did create a noticeable bulge in the ice.
I suspect that you may have been shown one corner of the big hole. It is like a morning glory, with a deep center and upward slanting edges around the center. There seems to be a fairly wide semi flat area around the edges...dropping quickly from 6-8 feet down to the "flats" in 20 - 25 feet.
But, in spite of seeing it with my own "lying eyes" I still get challenged by the know-it-all goobers who have been fishing Utah Lake for at least half as long as I have.
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