In Need of Help

[Salmotrutta81]

Hello everyone! I am looking to take my kids fishing this week. Just keeping it simple with kids fishing poles, and hoping to go to a nearby lake. We live in Davis County. Any advice? I have struck out twice this summer (taking the kids) and really want the kids to have a blast fishing. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank You!
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[Lundman]

(I'm guessing you're shorebound)
Shore fishing suggestions....

Bear River for cat fish
Lost creek Reservior for planter trout
Upper end of Pineview for small crappie - if there is an brush in the water you kids should be able to at least catch some.
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[wiperhunter2]

Mantua for gills and maybe a bass. Almost all the community ponds can be good for cats and gills.
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[Salmotrutta81]

When fishing lakes/ponds from shore is it best to sink the bait or use bobber? I haven't really bait fished since I was a kid.
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[GEEZER]

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[BigWalleyeBud]

Over the years I've come to rely on a night crawler on a regular hook, with a couple split shot 2 or 3 feet up. Cast out and let it sit on the bottom. If that's not working, then try a bobber. That's it... I've caught everything on that setup, Perch, cats, Tiger Muskie, blugill, and trout. Before this year I only fished the shores. The lakes I went to are Newton, Payson, Mantuua, Willard (not as much luck here tho), and Holmes Creek. (And anywhere I could while out camping)

Good Luck!
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[wiperhunter2]

[quote Salmotrutta81]When fishing lakes/ponds from shore is it best to sink the bait or use bobber? I haven't really bait fished since I was a kid.[/quote]

You can do both, some fish will pick up the bait off the bottom others will take a bait under a bobber but the here is the rule I use, if the lake or pond has a rocky bottom, fish on the bottom, if it is mossy or there is a lot of weeds growing around the edges in the water, I'll use a bobber.
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