05-11-2006, 05:48 AM
Welcome to BFT!! Yes you have lots of questions, but you've come to the right place.
For starters, yes there are chubs in Utah Lake, but not in very large numbers. Mostly the lake is full of carp (as you probably already know). Carp meat works great as channel cat bait, casted out with no weight and let it sit on bottom. Chubs, Utah Suckers (NOT JUNE SUCKERS, lol), shiners, anchovies, white bass, and perch all make great bait as well. It really doesn't matter if the fish is naturally in the lake or not, the kittys don't mind.
The key is to fish in the right place at the right time. Lincoln can be excellent fishing from shore. You can fish off the two dikes that form the channel from the boat ramp out to the main lake. You can fish inside or outside the channel.
It all depends, sometimes it is better at night, and sometimes it is better in the day, however right now, I'd bet the mornings should be really good. Don't bother getting up really early, late morning the water will warm a bit and may turn the bite on.
Lincoln Beach is located on the South end of Utah Lake. The directions have been posted several times, so if you do a search on Lincoln Beach you should be able to find it. Or, just [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=114484;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"]click here[/url] for the instructions.
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For starters, yes there are chubs in Utah Lake, but not in very large numbers. Mostly the lake is full of carp (as you probably already know). Carp meat works great as channel cat bait, casted out with no weight and let it sit on bottom. Chubs, Utah Suckers (NOT JUNE SUCKERS, lol), shiners, anchovies, white bass, and perch all make great bait as well. It really doesn't matter if the fish is naturally in the lake or not, the kittys don't mind.
The key is to fish in the right place at the right time. Lincoln can be excellent fishing from shore. You can fish off the two dikes that form the channel from the boat ramp out to the main lake. You can fish inside or outside the channel.
It all depends, sometimes it is better at night, and sometimes it is better in the day, however right now, I'd bet the mornings should be really good. Don't bother getting up really early, late morning the water will warm a bit and may turn the bite on.
Lincoln Beach is located on the South end of Utah Lake. The directions have been posted several times, so if you do a search on Lincoln Beach you should be able to find it. Or, just [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=114484;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"]click here[/url] for the instructions.
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