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Willard will be soon like three weeks. Strawberry will be two more months. I throw gulp minnow at the berry at ice off.
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[cool]Rockport it usually ice free by late March or so depending on how cold the winter. This year I'd say Late March at the latest...
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willard for sure will be the first and it is still a month or more untill complete ice off i would say.
strawberry fish shallow, the bows will be returning to the there birth site (boat ramps) to do there thing .
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I passed Willard Monday evening going south on I-15. The light was dim but it was easy to see it is still iced over. Still too early for launching.
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how's willard right after ice off? How do you fish it until things really warm up?
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I was at Rockport on Sunday, it still has a good 12" of ice. The west side edges appeared to be "iffy" in some places, but the east side is still solid. I don't belive it will be ice free for at least 3-4 weeks if not longer. It would take a really good warm spell and a lot of wind to get it off earlier. Strawberry is usually April. Deer creek and Jordanelle will be much sooner.
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[size 4][font "Garamond"][#000000]How’s Willard right after ice off? How do you fish it until things really warm up?[/#000000][/font][/size]
[size 4][font "Garamond"][#000000]I do OK after ice off at Wuillard, I troll at a very slow rate 1.0-1.5 at the most, line out 100’ and jigging works, look for the deeper parts of Willard that’s where the big ones hung out during the winter. When trolling use white bottom blue gray top and a touch of red around the face, about 2” long, and a med diver. For jigging use white with green specks, curly tail, drop to the bottom then raise up 6” off the bottom, if you want put some chub on the hook and you will do OK.[/#000000][/font][/size]
[font "Garamond"][#000000][size 4]Looking at my notes I did this last year and landed some wiper, the walleye was not active till later on in the year. GOOD LUCK[/size][/#000000][/font]
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(Willard Ice conditions)
N. Marina:
Yesterday I was fishing on the main lake at willard out from the N. Marina (skunked). Ice is a clear foot and a half thick. Temps up in this area have only been getting a few degrees above freezing during the day so unless that changes, it will be a while before willard has open water.
S. Marina:
A considerable amount of water is dumping into willard from the canal and the channel is open from the spillway to about 100 yards towards the bay. The lake level is beginning to rise.
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Any updates on Strawberry ?
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Really?? Are we asking about ice off at Strawberry in MARCH????? Last year it was like May 8th. Look at the pics people are posting. 30+ inches of ice still...
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Here is a link for all state wide lake reports.
Its updated weekly.. have fun & be safe this time of yr..
[url "http://www.utahfishfinder.com/fishing.shtml"]http://www.utahfishfinder.com/fishing.shtml[/url]
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Is Strawberry Ice free and is the ramp free?
Is Willard all Ice free?
Is Rockport Ice free?
Is Utah Lake Ice free?
Has any one been to these areas? Planing a trip soon. THANKS
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Both Willard and Utah lake is ice free, but the berry and Rockport still have ice and lots of it...
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Yeah, so on May 1st the ice starts to pull on some years. Believe me you have 5 weeks before any open water there.
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