02-14-2015, 06:36 PM
[#0000FF]For the "average" fisherman it is true that most of the walleyes caught are accidental...taken while targeting other species...or ANY species. But it is also true that there are plenty of walleyeholics who have invested the time and effort to learn enough about those fish to catch them in numbers...on a regular basis.
There are LOTS of walleyes in Utah Lake. They eat well and they get big. But with the abundance of food they do not need to compete with each other for the silly things that anglers show them. They have their own feeding schedules and tend to ignore food (and lures) when they are full and digesting...or it's not the right time of day...or the moon is wrong...or whatever.
Walleye like the availability of depth and structure. That is why the rocky shelves and dropoffs into deeper water at Lincoln Beach tend to attract walleyes throughout the year. And there are times they are more plentiful and active than others. Those who put in the time and endure all kinds of weather are the ones most likely to get into them when they are in a biting mood.
My favorite times to target them are in the post spawn period...from April to June. Then again in the fall from about mid September to sometime in November...while they are active all day and feeding up before winter. But they can be (and are) caught year 'round...even in the heat of summer and under the ice in winter.
I have been fishing Utah Lake walleyes since the early 1960s and just keep learning how much I still don't know about them. I have caught a bunch but I know the smell of skunk too.
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There are LOTS of walleyes in Utah Lake. They eat well and they get big. But with the abundance of food they do not need to compete with each other for the silly things that anglers show them. They have their own feeding schedules and tend to ignore food (and lures) when they are full and digesting...or it's not the right time of day...or the moon is wrong...or whatever.
Walleye like the availability of depth and structure. That is why the rocky shelves and dropoffs into deeper water at Lincoln Beach tend to attract walleyes throughout the year. And there are times they are more plentiful and active than others. Those who put in the time and endure all kinds of weather are the ones most likely to get into them when they are in a biting mood.
My favorite times to target them are in the post spawn period...from April to June. Then again in the fall from about mid September to sometime in November...while they are active all day and feeding up before winter. But they can be (and are) caught year 'round...even in the heat of summer and under the ice in winter.
I have been fishing Utah Lake walleyes since the early 1960s and just keep learning how much I still don't know about them. I have caught a bunch but I know the smell of skunk too.
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