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.

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