Fishing Time: 6:00 am to 8:00 am
Weather: Cloudy, breezy, T-50s
Moon Phase: 16% Moon
Location: Utah Lake (Pelican Bay Harbor)
Best Bait: Jig/trailer
Who Went: Dunc
I had the day off today because we are heading to St. George
for the weekend with the family. I took
the opportunity after waking up at 5:30 AM and not being able to go back to
sleep to run down to Utah Lake and get a couple hours of fishing in. The
month of May has been extremely wet this year with rain almost every day. We need it after the warmest and driest
winter I can ever remember, but it has ruined my plans for bass fishing Utah Lake
during the spawn this year.
Today was no different with rain in the forecast, but I went
anyway. It didn’t rain, but it was
cloudy and cold. I quickly realized the
bass have had to brave the rain and cold to spawn anyway and found this guy
doing his thing in the shallows. He
wouldn’t have anything to do with my jig/trailer, but I did get a kick out of
watching him for a bit.
I worked the
shoreline around the Pelican Bay Harbor and finally got a bite along the docks
by the boat ramp but didn’t hook up. I
moved on down the shoreline with no more bites before returning to the dock to
make another cast in the same spot I got hit.
This time I connected and landed this chunky largemouth. It ended up being the only fish of the
morning, but a good way to start a four day vacation.
