Thursday, May 14, 2015

Early morning at Utah Lake

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.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Utah Lake Bass Fishing

Fishing Time:  7:00 am to 12:00 pm
Weather:  Partly cloudy, T-50s
Moon Phase:  Full Moon
Location:  Utah Lake Harbors
Water Temp: 60 degrees
Best Bait: Jig/trailer
Who Went: Bobber John, Dunc

It’s time for the Utah Lake largemouth spawn and I want to hit it hard this year because there are some monster bass in there and it’s some of my favorite fishing of the year.  Bobber John and I got it started today by taking the boat down and making the rounds on the harbors.

Today’s weather was okay, but yesterday was cold and extremely windy, so I was hoping it didn’t affect the fishing.  Strong wind and cold weather can push spawning bass off their beds.  Unfortunately that may be what happened.
  
We launched at AF Boat Harbor and fished the entire shoreline without a bite.  We moved on to Lindon Harbor and besides a couple “phantom bites” no fish were landed.  We thought about calling it quits, but decided to make the run down to Provo Boat Harbor.  I was able to land one chunky bass right off the boat ramp in Provo, but that was the only bite of the day.  I hope the weather and fishing gets better soon.  Either way it was a beautiful day to be on the water and soak up some spring rays.