11-09-2019, 04:46 PM
[#0000FF]I have never heard of any browns spawning in main lakes. Rainbows, sometimes, but seldom if ever for browns. They need running water.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]In Deer Creek they run up the Provo. Ditto for Jordanelle. And those that are spawning should be getting close to finishing by now and heading back down to the lake to feed up a bit. I do not fish either DC or Jordanelle as much as I used to, but I catch browns both before and after the spawn. And I have caught a lot of browns from both lakes while ice fishing.
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[#0000FF]Best place to catch browns right now will be near the river mouths. But they quickly spread out in the lake and can be found all over...usually near the bottom...feeding on baby perch. Most of the browns I have caught in Deer Creek and Jordanelle have been actively chowing down on young of the year perch...and hit small plastics or jigging spoons with perchlike colors...and either worm or perch meat sweetener.[/#0000FF]
[#0000FF]The first pic below is of a December brown caught near the Island at Deer Creek from my tube. The second is a tube caught late November brown from the Rock Cliff area of Jordanelle...in only about 10 feet of water. The third pic is an average brown I used to catch in Jordanelle every winter. They love fire tiger jigging spoons with worm on the..[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]In Deer Creek they run up the Provo. Ditto for Jordanelle. And those that are spawning should be getting close to finishing by now and heading back down to the lake to feed up a bit. I do not fish either DC or Jordanelle as much as I used to, but I catch browns both before and after the spawn. And I have caught a lot of browns from both lakes while ice fishing.
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[#0000FF]Best place to catch browns right now will be near the river mouths. But they quickly spread out in the lake and can be found all over...usually near the bottom...feeding on baby perch. Most of the browns I have caught in Deer Creek and Jordanelle have been actively chowing down on young of the year perch...and hit small plastics or jigging spoons with perchlike colors...and either worm or perch meat sweetener.[/#0000FF]
[#0000FF]The first pic below is of a December brown caught near the Island at Deer Creek from my tube. The second is a tube caught late November brown from the Rock Cliff area of Jordanelle...in only about 10 feet of water. The third pic is an average brown I used to catch in Jordanelle every winter. They love fire tiger jigging spoons with worm on the..[/#0000FF]
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