Huntington (north) Reservoir

Fishing Time:  8:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Weather:  Sunny, clear, slight breeze, T-90s

Moon Phase:  74% Moon

Location:  Huntington (north) Reservoir

Water Temp:  70 degrees on arrival, 72 degrees when we left

Best Baits:  Jig/trailer (light brown/olive)

Who Went:  The Trio (Bobber John, Rick, Dunc)

The self titled “Trio” wanted to go fishing this weekend, but couldn’t come up with anywhere that raised much excitement, so we took a chance and headed somewhere we have never fished before.  Huntington (north) Reservoir is located in the small town of Huntington, Utah.  The reservoir is small at just over 200 acres and is home to the following fish: bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, rainbow trout, wiper, and Utah chub.  It was mainly the largemouth bass and wiper that peaked the trio’s interest.

After a slight detour up the wrong canyon we finally launched the boat around 8:30 am.  We headed to the dam where the only visible structure was located and threw an assortment of plastics and lures trying to entice some largemouth bass.  We began getting hits immediately, but quickly realized these were not bass, but green sunfish (not bluegill).  We beefed up our baits a bit to avoid the pesky little sunfish and soon after, Rick stuck a hefty largemouth bass on a jig/trailer. 

Our spirits were high and we continued to work the entire rock dam hoping to land another nice fish.  We used a variety of plastics and lures including:  jig/trailer, roboworm rigged on a drop-shot weight, Texas rigged creature baits and senkos, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits.  Unfortunately, Rick’s bass was the only fish landed, along with a few pesky green sunfish.

We turned our focus to trolling and tried a variety of deep diving crankbaits, rattle traps, and a kastmaster.  Bobber John had a good fish bite his crankbait, but halfway to the boat the fish spit the hook.  I’m guessing it was a wiper because of the way it fought, but rainbows can put up a decent fight to, so who knows.

 

After a few more trolling passes across the small reservoir we tried another run down the rip rap of the dam.  We washed a variety of baits and lures, but just couldn’t get any bass to bite.  So, back to Trolling. While trolling we got excited when a school of fish showed up on the fish finder.  Hoping it was a wiper school we dropped some jigging lures and Bobber John immediately hooked up.  We had found a school alright.  A school of Utah Chubs!  Disgusted with our find we called it a day.

Huntington (north) Reservoir was a fun body of water to fish and I’m sure the results can be much better than it was for us.  It’s a bit out of the way with about 2.5 hours drive time, but the scenery is nice and I would consider going back.  With the crystal clear water I can imagine the sight fishing during the largemouth bass spawn would be fun, and wipers are always fun when you can catch them.