01-15-2015, 04:38 PM
Pat's given you the details. It has been a rough few years for crappie with decent (~10 inches) size at Utah Lake. There are some but they (for me at least) are few and far between. Most of them seem to be 7-9 inches. About 4 years ago I could steadily catch crappie that were 8-9 inches and healthy and not just during the spawn or through the ice. I have personally landed only one 12 incher from Utah Lake but this was years ago when the water levels were staying higher and the fish had more to feast on.
I have always been able to catch crappies around docks in Utah Lake through the ice. Sometimes it is one or two. Sometimes I would get as many as I felt like cleaning.
I lucked out years ago (and I have never had this happen to me again) where I punched one hole and found a school of crappie about 3 feet under the ice. The funny thing was (and I believe Pat mentioned this), I wasn't catching them one after another for about 10 minutes. People were walking out onto the main lake and using the docks to do that. After about 10 minutes of no noise around the docks, it was fish on every drop until I got tired. Here's to hoping the lake fills up and stays high enough to facilitate a good spawn for all species.
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I have always been able to catch crappies around docks in Utah Lake through the ice. Sometimes it is one or two. Sometimes I would get as many as I felt like cleaning.
I lucked out years ago (and I have never had this happen to me again) where I punched one hole and found a school of crappie about 3 feet under the ice. The funny thing was (and I believe Pat mentioned this), I wasn't catching them one after another for about 10 minutes. People were walking out onto the main lake and using the docks to do that. After about 10 minutes of no noise around the docks, it was fish on every drop until I got tired. Here's to hoping the lake fills up and stays high enough to facilitate a good spawn for all species.
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