Utah Lake help please

[sushihunter]

Taking my nephew fishing for the first time sometime over the next few days. Somehow the fishing bug gene skipped my brother and his 9 year old son has never even touched a fishing pole in his life yet which I feel like is a form of neglectful child abuse [].

Anyway I wanted to take him out on my kayak to Utah and possibly get into some cats since that what the first fish I consistently caught when I was his age down in Texas. I feel like a nice big cat caught on a simple rig would be the best way to get this kid "hooked". From the sounds of things it's not a very productive WB year. I'm most seasoned on fishing Lindon and the bubble up but this will be my first time out this year (since I moved to Idaho last year) so I am looking for any pointers on how those places are fishing or possibly other better alternatives. I even contemplated going to Salem pond since the DWR website says it was stocked with 300+ 17' cats. Not too interested in catching hatchery fish but also feel the pressure of making sure there is something on the other end of the line for this first timer. THANKS!
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Since you are familiar with the bubbleup, that will be my recommendation. The white bass are mostly no-shows this year but the catfish are plentiful and active. There have been a bunch of nice "average" sized cats being caught all along the pipe...in fairly close to the pipe. Use white bass meat (if you can get a couple), carp meat and even plain old worms. Fish either on the bottom or under a bobber. That's the best way to fish if you have a newbie catter.

Water levels are low around the lake so some of the areas we are used to catching them (next to the reeds) are not as productive. The fish are still in the same areas but out a little deeper. In this warm weather the cats are in shallow water...from 2 to 4 feet. So you can also do well on the flats between Lindon harbor and the bubbleup.

Good luck. Hope you patch up the gap in the fishing gene deficiency.
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[FishMcFisherson]

I've been catching a decent amount of cats just south of AF harbor on shrimp. I caught a 26 incher on Monday and let it go.
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