Slow Fishing at South End of Utah Lake

Fishing Time: 8:30 am to 1:00 pm

Weather: Sunny, Warm, T-60s

Moon Phase:  88% Moon

Location: Utah Lake (Lincoln Boat Harbor)

Best Bait: Worm fished on the bottom

Who Went: Devin, Dayton, Dunc

A coworker invited me and my boys to fish with him at Utah Lake and told me he had a catfish honey hole.  We met him down near Lincoln Boat Harbor, but unfortunately it seemed the entire state wanted to fish Utah Lake the same day and all the shoreline spots were filled.  My coworker tried to battle the crowds, but my boys and I left and went back to the Lincoln Boat Harbor to get away from the crowds.

The fishing was stagnant, but I was able to land this little sunfish on a worm fished on the bottom, and  Dayton caught one white bass while casting a curly tail grub from the docks.

After an hour with no bites we hit the road but made a pit stop on the way at a small warm spring I just learned about in Saratoga Springs.  I’ve heard there are big largemouth bass in there, but it’s crystal clear and I never saw a bass.  However, it’s littered with little sunfish, so Devin was able to get off the skunk list.  Kind of a slow day of fishing, but it’s always good to get the boys out in nature.

Fishing Duo Kills it at Utah Lake

Fishing Time: 7:30 am to 1:00 pm

Weather: Sunny, Warm, T-60s

Moon Phase:  50% Moon

Location: Utah Lake (AF Boat Harbor)

Water Temp: 63 degrees

Best Bait: curly tail grub in any color (1/8 oz jig head)

Who Went: Devin, Dayton, Dunc

The boys are excited to fish this year and Utah Lake seems to be their favorite place.  We have had a lot of success there, so it makes sense why they continuously want to go back.  Today was no different, although it didn’t start off the way we hoped.  To start… we were the only boat in the parking lot.  This was probably because of COVID-19 and it wasn’t a weekend.

We launched at American Fork Boat Harbor and drove the boat over a glass surface to Lindon Boat Harbor.  We were hoping we could put a couple largemouth bass in the boat and the conditions seemed perfect.  We worked the entire harbor without a bite.  I could tell the boys were getting bored, so I asked them if they wanted to chase some white bass, and they of course said yes.

We motored over to the sewer outlet and were the only boat there.  It seemed like we were the only boat on all of Utah Lake.  I anchored in close to the outlet and the boys went to work.  They were catching white bass on almost every cast.  We had double ups, and fish flying in the boat from every angle.  The boys impressed me by pulling the hooks themselves unless they were hooked deep.  I just sat back and enjoyed the show. 

On one cast, Dayton’s rod doubled over, and the line started screaming.  I figured it must be a carp, but I just watched and let him do all the work himself.  It made my day to watch Dayton reel it in and Devin help net it.   The two are turning into quite the fishing duo.

We lost count of the white bass, and soon the boys had their fill, so we left.  You don’t get many perfect weather days like that with no other boats on the water.  Probably a trip I will never forget.