# 05/19 UL White Bass Trip **URL:** \ **Category:** Willard & Utah Lake Fish Report Archive\ **Created:** [May 20, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/05-19-ul-white-bass-trip/323434 "2022-05-20T17:01:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HuntNFishUT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d2c977/32.png) [@HuntNFishUT](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/HuntNFishUT)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/05-19-ul-white-bass-trip/323434/1 "2022-05-20T17:01:34Z")
With the warmer weather and nights, I thought the white bass might be moving. I took the day off and headed south to Utah Lake to check a few spots. I started with a small creek where I have had success in the past. First, the water flow was much lower than years past, but there were still some holes and places that were fishable. I tied on a small Panther Martin and saw a flash in my first cast, so I knew there were at least some fish in there. I landed a wb on the next cast. Fishing was not fast and furious by any means, but it was steady. I moved up and down the creek fishing different holes. I ended up just staying at that one creek and landed 67 wb in about four hours of fishing. The small spinner was the most effective for me and I saw much better response with it tied directly to the line rather than attached to a swivel. I played around with other lures before leaving and also had decent success on a pink crappie lure but not a lot of love on the white curly tail with pink jig (which often produced in past years). I wasn’t sure what to expect with the potential wb die off earlier this year and the water levels. It was fun to catch a bunch of fish and I think I will head back down there a few times in the next two weeks. Happy fishing. ---
**Author:** ![Piscophilic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.bigfishtackle.com/piscophilic/32/53755_2.png) [@Piscophilic](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Piscophilic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/05-19-ul-white-bass-trip/323434/2 "2022-05-20T17:54:42Z")
> [@HuntNFishUT](#): > > With the warmer weather and nights, I thought the white bass might be moving. I took the day off and headed south to Utah Lake to check a few spots. I started with a small creek where I have had success in the past. First, the water flow was much lower than years past, but there were still some holes and places that were fishable. > > I tied on a small Panther Martin and saw a flash in my first cast, so I knew there were at least some fish in there. I landed a wb on the next cast. Fishing was not fast and furious by any means, but it was steady. I moved up and down the creek fishing different holes. I ended up just staying at that one creek and landed 67 wb in about four hours of fishing. The small spinner was the most effective for me and I saw much better response with it tied directly to the line rather than attached to a swivel. I played around with other lures before leaving and also had decent success on a pink crappie lure but not a lot of love on the white curly tail with pink jig (which often produced in past years). > > I wasn’t sure what to expect with the potential wb die off earlier this year and the water levels. It was fun to catch a bunch of fish and I think I will head back down there a few times in the next two weeks. > > Happy fishing. > > Thanks for the report! Since seeing all the floaters earlier in the year I was wondering what the spawn would look like. It sounds like there were plenty of fish, but maybe not as many as past years. keep having fun! ---
**Author:** ![Cowboypirate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.bigfishtackle.com/cowboypirate/32/53741_2.png) [@Cowboypirate](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Cowboypirate)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/05-19-ul-white-bass-trip/323434/3 "2022-05-21T02:37:57Z")
That sound encouraging. Sounds like a few breeders doing thier thing, so maybe the die off will prove to be not as bad as as feared ---
**Author:** ![doggonefishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@doggonefishin](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/doggonefishin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/05-19-ul-white-bass-trip/323434/4 "2022-05-23T02:28:26Z")
I also found a decent white bass bite last week before the cool front came in. The fish are mostly the smaller age class but they are ready and able to procreate. I think the white bass will be ok in UL, assuming we get some water in there.