03-21-2013, 09:02 PM
[#0000FF]By "inlets" I am assuming you mean the main tributaries...like the Provo River. The generalized answer is that spawning in any given large body of water and its tributaries are usually at about the same time. There will be variables based upon weather, water temp fluctuations, water flow and depth, etc. But all of the fish start out in the main lake...under the same basic triggers to spawn. Beginning and end of the respective spawns should be pretty close.
Back in the pre-closure days it was not unusual to see a few walleyes coming up into the lower Provo before the end of February...even if there was still ice on the lake. Almost always a bunch of fish in the river before the end of March...and usually in full spawn. That is the reason for the timing on the closures.
Out in the open lake the fish are sometimes unpredictable. They may show up at one spot two nights in a row and then nothing for the rest of the spawn. But generally if a spot has good conditions (for the walleyes) they are likely to use it repeatedly on any night when conditions are to their liking.
The faster the temperatures rise, the faster the spawn is completed. On cold springs when it just won't warm up the spawn may stretch out over a longer period.
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Back in the pre-closure days it was not unusual to see a few walleyes coming up into the lower Provo before the end of February...even if there was still ice on the lake. Almost always a bunch of fish in the river before the end of March...and usually in full spawn. That is the reason for the timing on the closures.
Out in the open lake the fish are sometimes unpredictable. They may show up at one spot two nights in a row and then nothing for the rest of the spawn. But generally if a spot has good conditions (for the walleyes) they are likely to use it repeatedly on any night when conditions are to their liking.
The faster the temperatures rise, the faster the spawn is completed. On cold springs when it just won't warm up the spawn may stretch out over a longer period.
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