02-01-2016, 04:35 PM
[#0000ff]A few random notes...from a fellow float tuber who loves Deer Creek.
1. Don't forget. Deer Creek is now listed as an "infested" lake (Quagga mussels)...so you have to have your float tube decontaminated...along with waders, fins, net and anything else that gets wet.
2. You can catch trout anytime after iceout...on all the standard trout flies, lures and baits. Flies and spinners near the top are especially good until the water begins warming in late spring. Actually, trout can be taken all year, but during the summer they usually hang out in deeper water...especially during the day. You need downriggers or something else to get your offerings down to the fish.
3. Perch are not very plentiful these days, but they start hitting best after about mid June...when they move in toward shore for the summer. Lots of different jigs...tipped with crawler...or just plain crawler.
4. Smallmouth bass move into the rocky shorelines to spawn when the water warms above about 60. They usually stay shallow until late fall, when the temps cool down again. Almost any plastic, spinner or crankbait will catch them. They feed mostly on crawdads and the fry of perch and crappies so use patterns that represent them. Also, there is some great topwater action next to rocky shorelines in late summer.
5. Crappies are showing up more often these days. Some of the better spots are back in Walsburg Bay, around the outside point of the island and along the rocky shoreline below the Heber Creeper tracks.
6. Walleyes? The spawn is actually not the best time to find and catch active biters. That is when the locals snag the fish running up into the Provo River. But sometimes you can find some along rocky shorelines where they might spawn at night if the wind is blowing to aerate their eggs. The bite gets much better post-spawn...from around the first of May through late June. That's when you can catch them both around rocky shorelines...on plastics and crankbaits...and over the flats between the island and Charleston...using standard bottom bouncing crawler gear. And don't overlook night fishing during the summer. Some big ones are taken at night during the "full moon in June"...and in July and August too. During the fall the wallies move back into shallower water along the shores and are often caught early and late in the day by anglers working the rocks for smallies. [/#0000ff]
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1. Don't forget. Deer Creek is now listed as an "infested" lake (Quagga mussels)...so you have to have your float tube decontaminated...along with waders, fins, net and anything else that gets wet.
2. You can catch trout anytime after iceout...on all the standard trout flies, lures and baits. Flies and spinners near the top are especially good until the water begins warming in late spring. Actually, trout can be taken all year, but during the summer they usually hang out in deeper water...especially during the day. You need downriggers or something else to get your offerings down to the fish.
3. Perch are not very plentiful these days, but they start hitting best after about mid June...when they move in toward shore for the summer. Lots of different jigs...tipped with crawler...or just plain crawler.
4. Smallmouth bass move into the rocky shorelines to spawn when the water warms above about 60. They usually stay shallow until late fall, when the temps cool down again. Almost any plastic, spinner or crankbait will catch them. They feed mostly on crawdads and the fry of perch and crappies so use patterns that represent them. Also, there is some great topwater action next to rocky shorelines in late summer.
5. Crappies are showing up more often these days. Some of the better spots are back in Walsburg Bay, around the outside point of the island and along the rocky shoreline below the Heber Creeper tracks.
6. Walleyes? The spawn is actually not the best time to find and catch active biters. That is when the locals snag the fish running up into the Provo River. But sometimes you can find some along rocky shorelines where they might spawn at night if the wind is blowing to aerate their eggs. The bite gets much better post-spawn...from around the first of May through late June. That's when you can catch them both around rocky shorelines...on plastics and crankbaits...and over the flats between the island and Charleston...using standard bottom bouncing crawler gear. And don't overlook night fishing during the summer. Some big ones are taken at night during the "full moon in June"...and in July and August too. During the fall the wallies move back into shallower water along the shores and are often caught early and late in the day by anglers working the rocks for smallies. [/#0000ff]
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