pineview launching

[Lundude]

Anyone know about boat launching conditions?
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[wiperhunter2]

No problem launching at the Port ramp. If you make it up there, please let us know how you do.
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[Lundude]

Thank you Wiperhunter. Never fished there in my life. Hope i do ok. Getting tired of the drive to strawberry. Time to try a place closer to home
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[Sirfilletalot]

The boat ramp is fine for launching, even though it is a little rough. The walkway and slips have been pulled away for the winter, you have to beach your boat in the mud to get in and out.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]There are some good blue and white maps available at Sportsmans and other outlets. The lake takes a long time to learn...through various water level changes, different seasons, etc. But the research is the fun part.

Here is a digital map to help.
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[Lundude]

Tand thank you also Tubedude,that map will help me for sure. Iam no bass fisherman for sure.so this will be totally foreign for me. I am a trout guy.time to learn an new fish.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]There have been many good posts by knowledgeable Pineview anglers over the years. Play around with the search button and look up past posts...either in general or by specific BFT members.

PS...the search button is up near the top in the light blue bar. Can be confusing and aggravating to use at times but worth learning. Also look in the archives section of the Utah Board.
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[Tin-Can]

Lundude, (I'm a Lund owner myself) It has been probably 3 years since I was on Pineview. But this time of year, with the water fairly low (I assume) I have had fair success in the past by finding any of the almost exposed sand bars. The map TD posted is a great aid. Most of the points around the lake, when the water is low, have a sand bar that comes out from them. In normal water conditions, they can be 20 to 50 feet under water, so they aren't always noticed. But at low water, if you see a barely exposed sand bar, or you can see the bottom come up sharply and you get into about 2-3 feet of water off one of the points, go SLOW. If you have a bow mount, use it to navigate along the edge. If not, drop your anchor and cast out over the sand bar. I have had consistent good luck in the past with a 3 inch Tube Jig on a 1/16th oz. jig head. Try various different retrieve methods over the bar. You just may be surprised at the fight in some of those Smallies. Good luck at what ever you try.

Just a couple of the Smallies we caught, and remembered to photo
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[Lundude]

Thank you Tin Can. I will certainly put these tips to use tomorrow. I appreciate the help immensely. Will be fun learning new fishing. I am looking forward to it.
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[BSF]

Lundude,

How did you end up doing at Pineview? I have never done much Crappie fishing, but also wanted to go some place closer to home this weekend, so I took my Kayak up yesterday and launched first thing in the morning at the Port ramp.

Good thing the water was nice and calm so I could locate them on the fishfiner, and drop the lure down a few times before slowly drifting off the school. I found them sitting on the bottom in 30 to 38 feet of water. They were mostly six to eight inches long with a couple ten inchers mixed in. I was able to release a couple small ones that swam back down fine, but most just floated on top so I ended up taking 14 home to eat.

I think the guys in the anchored boats were doing the best. I'm not sure if they were jigging or casting out slip bobber rigs.

There were a lot of boats out, if any other BFT followers were there how did you do.
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[Lundude]

still up here now looking for the Tigers.have caught nothing so far
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