Two Lakes One Day

Fishing Time: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Weather: Clear, breezy, low 60's
Water Temp at Utah Lake: 52-56
Who Went: Hunt, JJ, Dave, Me

My buddy Justin Hunt was coming into town from Oregon this weekend and he wanted to fish in my new boat. We planned a trip to Deer Creek since its one of the only lakes with out ice on it. JJ and Dave also wanted in on the action so we all loaded up and headed out at 6:00 a.m. When we got to the lake it was balmy at about 40 degrees. The lake was glass and we went straight across the lake to see if we could pull in some Walleye off the rocky structure on the north side. We didn't have much luck so we moved as close as we could to the Provo River Inlet. This is where Hunt hooked up with this small rainbow. We didn't hook up with any more by the river inlet so we moved again. I finally caught another rainbow and that was going to be it for the day. The wind came up at about 12:00 so we decided to get off the water. We loaded up the boat and said good bye to Deer Creek. The only problem was that it was noon and Hunt

and I had planned an all day trip not a half day! We made an executive decision and headed towards Utah Lake. Dave and JJ had enough for one day so they headed home and called it a day. (They drove separate) When Hunt and I got to American Fork Boat Harbor we were shocked to find a calm Utah Lake. I thought with Deer Creek being windy that Utah Lake would be also. We launched and headed straight over to Saratoga Springs Boat Harbor.

We wanted to see if I could break the curse and pull out a Largemouth Bass from Utah Lake. We fished it hard but to no avail. We finally gave up and moved to the inlet from the sewer treatment plant in American Fork and set up shop there for the rest of the evening, hoping to find a straggling Walleye or a school of White Bass. When we got there we were greeted by some Pelicans that were in search of the same thing. We didn't find any Walleye, but we did
manage to find a few White Bass that wanted to play. Funny thing was, they would not hit a jig for anything. We caught them all off a worm and a bobber. Right at dusk we gave it one more

chance to catch a Largemouth by hitting the inside of the American Fork Harbor. Hunt had something on and I thought I was finally going to get to see a Largemouth come out of Utah Lake, but it came unbuttoned right at the boat! Someday I will figure out this lake for bass! What an awesome day with friends and good weather!