2023 Flotilla

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Mid May is historically right in the middle of the white bass spawn.  So there should be some available.  However, with last years's big die-off it remains to be seen how many will show up.

Hey Pat do the White bass typically spawn in the Provo River?  I know I've read posts about great fishing that time of year in one of the river mouths, I don't remember which.  But if they do spawn in the Provo, then I would suspect they will be back.  How did the new river project change the river delta?  Did it fan it out more and make it more shallow and unable to get a boat in there to fish? Seems like I read they wanted to make better spawning habitat for the suckers, so I'm not sure that will be very deep if that is the case...  Hope it will make a great area for the fish to do their thing and make for better numbers down the road...

I know that die off will greatly reduce the numbers this year, but I hope there are still a few to try... Be fun to catch a couple, I've only caught one before and that was on the last flotilla... Don't know why I like the panfish so much, but they sure are fun to catch... Maybe the run off will be so high about then, that we'll want to stay away from the river inlet...  Seems like that is during the high runoff period... Well keep us informed if your fishing in that area... That time of year is usually pretty good fishing in a lot of areas, hope it will be this year... Later Jeff

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The Provo River has always been one of the primary spawning tributaries for white bass.  It will be interesting to see how they respond this year.  They can scoot up some fairly shallow water to reach deeper spawning water.  And they spawn in several fairly small inlets around the lake.  But they also spawn along wave washed rocky shorelines where their broadcast eggs (no nests) can be aerated enough to survive to hatching.

For the benefit of anyone who has missed previous posts of information on the "Delta", here are a couple of articles.