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Hi.
Does any one know about an old chanel that ran from the sloogh Outlet ,by the lincon beach harber, Out to the west side of bird islands hot springs??
My dad said you could find a lot of white bass there. about 2 and a half miles n,w of the harber any thoughts.Thanks
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[#0000FF]I suspect that whatever your dad experienced was only a temporary thing. There are no permanent channels in the lake bed. Instead, there are varying depths that are often all filled in level with shifting sediments.
For example, there is a deeper depression (up to 20' deep) off the west side of Bird Island. But 90 percent of the time it will be no deeper than the surrounding bottom. However, when a strong west wind blows in it can scour out that depression and suddenly there is a big hole where there was none before.
The slough you are referring to is Benjamin Slough. It is also known as Beer Slough. Some years there is a fair amount of spring runoff pouring in there but never enough to create a long channel out into the lake. To the contrary it dumps mud and sediment into the lake so that the depth at the inflow is often shallower than areas to the east or west.
I fish that whole area a lot from my float tube...with sonar. And I can assure you there are no secret holes between the mouth of the slough and Bird Island. However, there are lots of humps, bumps, holes and channels out off Lincoln Point. If you learn them you can almost always find something to bite your offerings.
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Thanks for the info. My Dad took all his secret spots to the grave with him. And he knew plenty. Wish he would have kept a journal.
If you want to see some big white bass caught. go to Utube an look up catching white bass in Texsas epecially the Trinity river. Makes me almost want to move there.
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[#0000FF]I have fished white bass in several spots in Texas and Oklahoma. 3-4 pounders during the spring run with the potential for a 5. They call them "sandies"...or sand bass down there.
When I first fished white bass in Utah Lake, back in the early '60s, a 2 pounder was not uncommon. And there have been a few cycles since where some whities approached 3 pounds often enough to get folks excited.
There are some "interesting" spots around Utah Lake. There are some warm springs coming up in several places...some pretty large and flowing fairly heavy a good part of the year. Also some rock piles way out in the middle of nowhere. You can bet that the Loy boys have found a few of them with their nets.
The heavy flowing springs around Lincoln Point are only a shadow of what they used to be. In the early 1900s they were full flowing gushers of hot water boiling out into the lake. Several resorts sprung up to take advantage of the warm water for their pools. Even when I first fished Lincoln Beach, around 1962, there was a good flow of warm water running down into the lake. The white bass swarmed in and would hit even a bare hook.
In recent years the water table has dropped very low and there is no longer much water coming in from the Lincoln Beach springs. Only a bit of steam around the edges on the coldest mornings. But the water around them is no warmer than the main lake. Not nearly the fish magnets they once were.
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You ever hear of my dad Lived in lehi Joe Giovannoni.
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Hi Tub dude. I have tried 5 times to leave you a reply and I just about get it done and this Rotten no good computer zaps it gone.
so before it does it again. Utah lake Rock ,But not like it used to be. Fish all hundred miles around the lake and across its many dangeras waves. Hope to see ya on the wqater mayby this year. Paddling my ass off. good fishingbto you.Joe
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[#0000FF]Sorry Joe. I never had the pleasure of meeting your dad. Sorry he is no longer around but that is the progression of life. And too bad he took so much valuable information with him.
I too have covered just about the whole lake, at one time or another. But I still don't claim to know it all. And I learn new things every trip. I agree with you though. There were better times in the past. That's the price we pay for all the growth in population and the increased pressure on the lake. A whole lot more anglers fish it these days.
Hope we get some more water in Utah Lake this year and that we all have good fishing.
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