07-10-2013, 02:55 PM
[quote PBH][quote Troll]Our best wiper lake is a lot shallower than yours and almost devoid of structure. [/quote]
I'd argue that Utah has better wiper lakes than Willard!!
Like you mentioned, Willard is shallow, warm, and devoid of structure.
Newcastle, Piute, Minersville, Otter Creek -- they all have better structure, deeper and cooler water, and lots of forage (exception: Newcastle -- the wipers cleaned all the shiners up!). They are much better wiper lakes. Popularity is a whole different deal -- willard is by far the most popular.
But, all your other advice is pretty good. Look for boils. Troll cranks until you find the school.
Early morning, and late evening. They seem to be much more active when the sun isn't blazing down on the water.
Also -- we like to target them on flies. Big zonkers, deceivers, etc.[/quote]
The only fly I know how to operate is on my shorts. I tried fly fishing a while back, and I just couldn't get into it.
We have a great resource for true stripers here, as I live just a few hours from Cape Hatteras, NC. But, I typically prefer deep water fishing for grouper and snapper if i'm going to pull a boat that far, rather than hanging around the inshore stuff. I also don't know the inlets there, and they are known as some of the most treacherous in the united states.
In my younger days, I'd be all over navigating Oregon inlet in december for the striper run. but, i've got a family now, my back and knees hurt all the time, and i'm lazy.
I'm looking forward to trying out some of these tactics in some areas of structure I found. I'm going to get there early and look for surface feeding fish as well. My boat is getting an updated chartplotter installed on it, and i'm ready for round 2.
Thanks for the info guys!
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I'd argue that Utah has better wiper lakes than Willard!!
Like you mentioned, Willard is shallow, warm, and devoid of structure.
Newcastle, Piute, Minersville, Otter Creek -- they all have better structure, deeper and cooler water, and lots of forage (exception: Newcastle -- the wipers cleaned all the shiners up!). They are much better wiper lakes. Popularity is a whole different deal -- willard is by far the most popular.
But, all your other advice is pretty good. Look for boils. Troll cranks until you find the school.
Early morning, and late evening. They seem to be much more active when the sun isn't blazing down on the water.
Also -- we like to target them on flies. Big zonkers, deceivers, etc.[/quote]
The only fly I know how to operate is on my shorts. I tried fly fishing a while back, and I just couldn't get into it.
We have a great resource for true stripers here, as I live just a few hours from Cape Hatteras, NC. But, I typically prefer deep water fishing for grouper and snapper if i'm going to pull a boat that far, rather than hanging around the inshore stuff. I also don't know the inlets there, and they are known as some of the most treacherous in the united states.
In my younger days, I'd be all over navigating Oregon inlet in december for the striper run. but, i've got a family now, my back and knees hurt all the time, and i'm lazy.
I'm looking forward to trying out some of these tactics in some areas of structure I found. I'm going to get there early and look for surface feeding fish as well. My boat is getting an updated chartplotter installed on it, and i'm ready for round 2.
Thanks for the info guys!
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