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I just moved to SLC this week and took a job five minutes from Jordanelle. I've fished for largemouth quite a bit, but only a time or two for smallies. I've herd there are perch in 'nell also. Are the big enough to fillet? Are there Walleye? How do I chase them? I only have a pontoon boat and small trolling motor, so I am somewhat limited in my mobility around the lake. I am interrested in any info on bait, hot spots, time of year, etc. I am from Vernal and I used to live at the Green. I would be more than happy to share any info I have on the green.
p.s. any info on rockport, deer creek, utah lake, or pineview would be greatly appreciated
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I use small, white curl tail jigs for both smallies and perch. I usually fish the cove just North of the main ramp. Most perch I've caught there are small (6 in. or less) but sometimes you hook into a big one. The perch in that cove are so abundant you can easily catch a limit in an afternoon, and there's nothing small about the smallies there.[cool]
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When you say pontoon I assume you mean a inflateing type. Thtere several areas thast are good by tube.
The mouth of the provo is a nice protectec ares that you can stay out of the way and fish. Just statr up a shore line and start fishing. The south side has steeper rocky area for quite a wayst. I like to verticle jig with the above mentioned white, rootbeer, and green sparkle in sizes from 1/16 to 1/2 oz or so, what ever is needed to get down to the fish> I go with the lighest one that I can and still feel the bottom. Another area is the corner by the camp ground,Put in and fish twords the dam.
Rock port has nice tube access too. It has a nice rochy shore line that lends itself to stealing jigs, sometines one right afrter another. If your not losing them your not fishing in the zone. I like to hang about 20 to 30 ' depth and look for them on the depth sounder. I can usally see my jig on the screen too.
I like to use a good size bait so I catch good size fish. A 5" tail or craw is not to big.
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Jordanelle is a great place to fish. If your toon is a small inflatable, I would stick to the rockcliff area. It's a large wakeless zone, so the big boats usually don't cause you much grief...althoug occasionally you get some moron back there who cannot read! Anyways, I love using Senkos up there. You can rig them up Texas, Carolina, but my favorite is to rig them Wacky style. White is usually productive, but other colors work as well. The nelle has a lot of structure you can use to your advantage. It does take some getting used to. But there sure are some good sized smallies in there. With an occasional LMB. Perch are abundant, small curly jigs will knock them dead. There are also a few walleye in there, but I've never hooked into any. Hope this helps, good luck heading out there.
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[#800080][size 2]When I tube Jordanelle the Rockcliffs are the best, easist, and safest place to go. If you have a powerful enough engine, main lake is where the big'uns live. The big fish live by access to deep water, unfortunately the tube/toon areas are shallow and flat. The good thing about the Rockcliffs is the nasty structure is above water so you can drag wacky style, texas rigs, split shots, and inline spinners. Plus, you can drift flys and woolly buggers too.[/size][/#800080]
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Thanks for the help everyone. I just took a new job at a new golf course just above the lake on the northeast side, so I'm planning on hitting the lake a couple of times a week on my way home. Sounds like rockcliffs is going to be my first destination, I'll be sure to keep everyone updated.
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