# 7-12 at the Bay **URL:** \ **Category:** Utah Fishing General\ **Created:** [July 13, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494 "2012-07-13T02:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paddler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@Paddler](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Paddler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/1 "2012-07-13T02:00:52Z")
Fished WB today, on the water at 7:30, off at 2:20. Water temp ~79F-83F. Started just outside of the North Marina, down to Freeway Bay, passed the Feedlot, out to the Island, then over to the Light Pole. Water clarity was good for WB, not too many bugs, but quite warm. Lots of mid lake surface activity today, a couple of all out boils in addition to lots of small groups breaking the surface. We caught one catfish, two dink wipers, one nice wiper, and a total of 13 walleye. Most of the walleye were ~16", one was 18", and the largest was 20". Almost all the fish came on a SR5 in what I think is a Blue Shiner, though mine are older and may not still be in production. I really expected the fish to be deeper, and tried a number of different cranks, but they really wanted the SR5. We ran them 60’ behind the planer board, which is ~7’ down per the book. Here are some photos. First fish of the day, trophy wiper: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/2/8/28d5a01ccdea726ae3441b27ba24b76e1381608a.jpeg) Kitty: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/7/0/702c3eb9a29d8bb5e7f32c07d7fd1e6611860a96.jpeg) Average walleye: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/1/6/167fba033c7b73a08a83efad6fdcb998f1972108.jpeg) The lure: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/0/1/012a0712976b0a7f92d13e42197f7c2e33aa87f8.jpeg) Group photo: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/7/d/7da1408b5b34cbb0acaeed3dfc3b90a9a7fc5ad1.jpeg) Ed’s wiper: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/8/b/8b5d1e79915bf29185760900cae694251e9e9348.jpeg) Walleye O’ the Day: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/c/4/c4e0ae7451a869d5dcc9fe01057ef5a8b5dd0b15.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jmaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jmaze](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Jmaze)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/2 "2012-07-13T02:08:51Z")
Hey you stole my crank bait! J/k. Good on ya. I hope you kept all those delicious eyes! ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteSpinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@CoyoteSpinner](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/CoyoteSpinner)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/3 "2012-07-13T03:02:06Z")
Nice. Good day on the bay - I’d say! The eyes are hitting the cranks - good to know. Seen any boils? Sounds like you covered some good ground, uh, er, I mean water! ---
**Author:** ![TyeDyeTwins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@TyeDyeTwins](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TyeDyeTwins)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/4 "2012-07-13T03:09:21Z")
Mighty fine report and and mighty fine day indeed sir. Well done all the way around! ---
**Author:** ![SBennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SBennett](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/SBennett)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/5 "2012-07-13T04:00:46Z")
John, Please refresh my memory, what kind of boat are you running? Mine is a extra wide (tournament series) 18’2" Crestliner and it looks like it could totally fit inside yours! Did you see the duck forecast numbers this year,wow. Shane ---
**Author:** ![COLETRAIN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@COLETRAIN](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/COLETRAIN)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/6 "2012-07-13T04:05:57Z")
Great post Paddler. I’m glad to hear you had success at WB. Love the pictures. If you don’t mind me asking. Was there any speed that seemed to work better then another? ---
**Author:** ![Paddler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@Paddler](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Paddler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/7 "2012-07-13T04:11:15Z")
My boat doesn’t have a kicker, just a main engine. So it has a minimum speed of ~2.8MPH. Hi Shane, how have you been? My boat is a Hewescraft 20’ Searunner with a Mercury 115EFI. It’s a fish killing machine, complete with Simrad AP 14R autopilot, Lowrance LCX 111c HD FF/GPS w/ fuel flow meter, Icom 422 VHF, Scotty 1106 electric downriggers, Lowrance radar, etc. Autopilot is awesome for trolling multiple lines, I can run five lines solo for tuna. It’s really optimized for ocean fishing, as I don’t have a bow mount trolling motor for bottom bouncing. Here is what it looks like in full salmon/tuna battle dress: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/b/b/bb2705d94c2316706ffff5abf583b048cde75891.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![COLETRAIN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@COLETRAIN](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/COLETRAIN)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/8 "2012-07-13T04:19:22Z")
Thanks for the heads up. WB is the one lake if I’m not doing well there is a good chance I’m not trolling fast enough. Got to love it. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteSpinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@CoyoteSpinner](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/CoyoteSpinner)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/9 "2012-07-13T04:37:49Z")
tuna solo? There’s tuna in WB? And I thought they were wipers! (teehee) You know what they say “you can’t tune a piano, but you can tune-a-fish!” (sorry, lame I know… it’s what I’m good at!) but honestly - nice ride there! Looks sweet. No wonder you can wander that whole lake! So you were catching all those eyes at almost 3mph? Dang - I thought that was Wiper speed, and the Eye’s dig the slow-death spinners. They must be feeling purdy energetic. ---
**Author:** ![fishinfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@fishinfool](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fishinfool)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/10 "2012-07-13T17:52:08Z")
Did you see the duck forecast numbers this year,wow. Where are you seeing this information? Please Share 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jazzperch1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jazzperch1](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Jazzperch1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/11 "2012-07-13T19:49:58Z")
nice fishys there, looks like some good luck you had. that s gotta be the smallest wiper for sure its like a WB[:p]. nice report tightlines ---
**Author:** ![Jmaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jmaze](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Jmaze)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/12 "2012-07-14T13:08:31Z")
Google th Ducks unlimited website. Come august there are regional forecasts. ---
**Author:** ![Paddler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@Paddler](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Paddler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/13 "2012-07-15T01:44:17Z")
Where did the other posts on this thread go? ---
**Author:** ![wiperhunter2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3d9bf3/32.png) [@wiperhunter2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wiperhunter2)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/14 "2012-07-15T02:28:54Z")
Sorry Paddler, the thread went off topic of your origional post, so I detatched it. It is still here on the main board, I just changed the title to [Tuna](http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_Fishing_Forum_C55/Utah_Fishing_General_F58/gforum.cgi?post=759849;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread). ---
**Author:** ![Paddler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@Paddler](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Paddler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/15 "2012-07-15T03:32:57Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Wingshot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5fc32e/32.png) [@Wingshot3](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Wingshot3)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/16 "2012-07-17T20:03:43Z")
Nice job John!!! I missed you out on the frozen FB this last year? Missed my swan needed your awesome spread like a few years ago [;)] ---
**Author:** ![Paddler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@Paddler](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Paddler)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/7-12-at-the-bay/207494/17 "2012-07-18T16:15:28Z")
Sorry I missed you, Wayne. Contact me if you draw out this year.