Sand Hollow Question

[Live2Fish84]

I'm heading to St George over Thanksgiving and was thinking about taking the boat down and trying Sand Hollow. I've never fished there and wondered if anyone could offer some advice about how to fish Sand Hollow. What technique works there? What kind of fish can I expect? Any good spots to try so I can get my kids into some action? Thanks in advance!
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[albinotrout]

Large mouth bass and crappie.
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[HockeyMan]

L2F - Plan on a slow presentation. The water will be cold so think slow. I would be throwing the usual finesse type baits...shaky head, drop shot, Senko should work. I wouldn't even be opposed to slow rolling a large 1 oz spinnerbait deep. Start with the natural colors then go more ostentatious if the bite dictates. Sounds likea good time.

HM
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[TroutBumDave]

[quote HockeyMan]L2F - Plan on a slow presentation. The water will be cold so think slow. I would be throwing the usual finesse type baits...shaky head, drop shot, Senko should work. I wouldn't even be opposed to slow rolling a large 1 oz spinnerbait deep. Start with the natural colors then go more ostentatious if the bite dictates. Sounds likea good time.

HM[/quote]

Pretty much what he said, but I would say that a drop shot, presented veeery slowly, with either a skinny dipper (the smaller ones) or the smaller Beaver's in Sprayed Grass or any type of dark green/olive. I don't know how the grass is this year, but I'd guess that a drop shot in 25-35 feet of water, with a tag end of maybe 18 - 24 inches. Slow rolling big spinners is also a good idea. I like to use dark purple, 1 oz. with a stinger hook.

Don't get your hopes up with Crappie though... I saw ONE caught there last year, and it was on a giant bass crank. They're in there, but you'll catch 10 billion bluegill to every crappie -- at least, in my experience.
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[roosevelt]

Worm and bobber for the kids, throw near any brush....bluegill are there...

Dark green sparkle worm on bottom for the bass
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[utahgolf]

drop shot robo worm, 4.5 inch size, blue gill or green pumpkin color.
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[Live2Fish84]

Awesome thanks everyone! These are some great ideas and I appreciate the shared information!
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[BoBooty]

I think this year has been the best so far for the Crappie in SH. Should be a great time of year to target them. Here are a few my little nephew and I caught (albeit a couple months back)
Fish will definitely be a bit deeper, but just find the structure and you'll find the Crappie. We caught all these tossing small 2-3 inch swimbaits
Good luck!
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[SBennett]

Those are some great crappie!
We caught limits of crappie at Pineview two weeks ago and I would trade 10 of my fish for one of yours.
Are the bluegill also that big?
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[TroutBumDave]

Heh, good luck finding structure in SH... The black pipes that hang down the face of the dykes are about the only decent cover, unless you know where the bass clubs dropped their Christmas trees and cages.
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[lakepowellnut]

Those are some great looking Crappie! Reminds me of the Crappie we used to catch back home in California.
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[Koko21]

[quote TroutBumDave][quote HockeyMan]L2F - Plan on a slow presentation. The water will be cold so think slow. I would be throwing the usual finesse type baits...shaky head, drop shot, Senko should work. I wouldn't even be opposed to slow rolling a large 1 oz spinnerbait deep. Start with the natural colors then go more ostentatious if the bite dictates. Sounds likea good time.

HM[/quote]

Pretty much what he said, but I would say that a drop shot, presented veeery slowly, with either a skinny dipper (the smaller ones) or the smaller Beaver's in Sprayed Grass or any type of dark green/olive. I don't know how the grass is this year, but I'd guess that a drop shot in 25-35 feet of water, with a tag end of maybe 18 - 24 inches. Slow rolling big spinners is also a good idea. I like to use dark purple, 1 oz. with a stinger hook.

Don't get your hopes up with Crappie though... I saw ONE caught there last year, and it was on a giant bass crank. They're in there, but you'll catch 10 billion bluegill to every crappie -- at least, in my experience.[/quote]

Trout Bum Dave is right on!!!

I have been hitting Sand Hollow hard on my float tube and pontoon boat these last few weeks - always walking away happy. I have been fishing the rocks just to the right of the boat launch...unfortunately boats are not allowed in some of that area, but I have been fishing the outside of the islands with good luck as well.

I haven't set up my electronics yet, so been really playing some guessing games. Smallie Beavers in sprayed grass have been doing the trick, although this last weekend the fishing seemed to be slower....rig the drop shot as suggested. I caught I really nice largemouth on Sunday with a Yamamoto green pumpkin worm. Caught him while dragging it through same grass about 30-35 feet deep. They seem to be around the 25-35 foot depth range.

Good luck!
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