UL water temp

[jsimmy]

Those slackers at the State Park marina haven't updated the water temp on their website in 10 days. Does anyone have any idea (tubedude??) where the current water temp is at in UL? Taking the boat to the dry storage at Lindon this weekend and was thinking I might wet a hook for the fun of it and if it wouldn't be too much of a waste of bait and time.

Thanks in advance!
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]This time last week it was 43 on a cold morning and had warmed to 45 by afternoon. With the up and down weather we have been having I would guess that the avg. temperature is still around 45. That is supposedly the temperature most favored by walleyes for spawning. If it warms up a bit the spawn will accelerate, but I suspect it will stretch out until the full moon around the middle of next month.

Daytime temps are not going to get much above the mid 50s to early 60s for the next week. With nighttime temps still getting down to just above freezing it does not jack up the water temps much.

Channel cats are getting more active but are still slow. Look for them to bite better after the water warms to over 50. 60 is even better and they will be spawning after it hits 65.

65 is also a good number for largies and white bass to spawn. But both of those become more active and cooperative during the prespawn periods after the water starts going over about 60. That could be by the end of April but didn't happen until about mid May last year.

In order to keep from jumping off my tackle box...with all this funky weather...I had to remind myself that it is barely past mid March. Most years we are just seeing the ice come off Utah Lake and it is too early for wide open fishing. And the best fishing is still a month or two away. But, like most fishermen I tend to operate more on my excitement calendar than on the fishes' reality calendar. We got a lot of good fishing ahead. Anything we can find sooner is bonus.

Good luck.
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[jsimmy]

Thanks TD. You're wealth of knowledge never disappoints. And honestly, I'll probably get a hook wet this weekend around Lindon harbor anyway. Taking the boat down there to the dry storage and can't see a good reason not to fire her up. I'd rather fish all day and catch nothing than do yard work, go grocery shopping, or just about anything else. I've never caught a walleye, so maybe I'll actually try to this weekend. Feel free to offer any advice.

Take Care.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Good luck. If you are fishing around Lindon, try just outside the harbor and along the outside rocks along the dikes. Walleyes will also show up off and on along the bubbleup pipe...looking for flowing water and/or white bass. Another potential spot is off the inlet of Battle Creek (dump ditch). Unless you know the channel that can be tough to find.

Throw 3" to 5" plastics...chartreuse, white and chartreuse, black and chartreuse or something with orange in it. Add a bit of crawler for added attraction. You can also fish lipless cranks...like RatLTraps...in blue and white, fire tiger, etc.

For catfish, try dragging white bass meat, chub minnows, carp meat or crawlers in about 5-6 feet of water...maybe moving as shallow as 4'. That might mean going a ways offshore with the current low water conditions.

Inside the harbor you might find some early crappies around the docks. Also around the reed beds off the mouth of Battle Creek.

Here are a couple of maps.
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