Utah lake question

[familyteacher]

Hey just wondering what things people use for all these walleye, white bass and like being caught at utah lake? I haven't fished there much and am headed sometime this week but wasn't sure what things to try any help is appreciated
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[PACKFAN]

Hopefully Tube Dude will help you out with that he is one of the Gurus on that body of water.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000ff]Everybody seems to develop their own "can't miss" lure choices. But, as a general rule, use small tube jigs or twisters (1.5 - 2 inches) for white bass. Chartreuse is most popular but white, black, pink and two tones with some chartreuse in them are usually best. Use the lightest heads you can cast and still fish. The best spots are often shallow and rocky (at Lincoln Beach) so anything bigger than 1/16 oz. is likely to have you spending more time fighting snags than fish. Reel just fast enough to keep the jigs slightly off the bottom.

3" - 5" plastic twisters and shad bodies are most popular for walleyes. Again, all chartreuse or something with chartreuse usually works best. Other good solid colors can be white, purple, yellow or black. One of the fave two-tones is black and chartreuse. Again, use light heads...1/16 or 1/8 oz.

It can help to tip your jigs with a piece of crawler. But adding a small 1" Gulp Minnow works well too.

Both white bass and walleyes will hit hardware when they are active. Small shallow diving crankbaits...like the Storm Thin Fins...have long been popular on Utah Lake. Any dark back and lighter bottom color combos will work. But blue back chrome or white makes the best imitation of the white bass upon which the walleyes feed. Fire tiger finish hardbaits work well too.

Some folks like lipless cranks...like RatLTraps. But you can lose a lot of gear if you are fishing spendy lures around the rocky areas walleyes prefer.

Small spinners in silver, chartreuse, white, pink or a combo of these colors will catch all species. Again, tipping with crawler can help the success rate.

EDIT: I am attaching an excerpt from the chapter on Walleyes from my Utah CD/book...now under revision.
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[familyteacher]

Thanks that was a ton of good info! I just got back, it was pretty slow today there was maybe 15 people and not very many fish being caught. I didn't get there until about 9:00, caught 1 white bass, had another one on and has one fish (I'm assuming catfish but I never saw it) grab my line and fight me for a good 5 minutes before it can in buttoned.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Glad you avoided the skunk...barely. Likely to get better in the warmer days ahead. I plan to test that theory myself.

About the big one that got away...it can be anything you want it to be...if nobody else saw it to dispute it.
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[MSM1970]

I bet it was BLK's 36 incher[]
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[Tin-Can]

Believe it or not, my wife caught a couple nice Cats 2 years ago on Swedish Fish candies......
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[wagdog]

I believe it. Before I started fishing with cut bait or dead minnows for cats, I used to make dough baits. I would use things like strawberry soda for both color and flavor. I've caught carp on sweet candies before as well. I caught plenty of cats on my dough bait but using baits that are on the menu already (white bass, perch, chub, etc.) has been way more effective for me.
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[Tin-Can]

I didn't have the photos on my computer at work. But here are some of those Swedish fish Cats..... one with the candy, and one with a worm and candy mix
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[wagdog]

Nice. I like it! That red color doesn't hurt things either. Thanks for sharing.
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