Hey Worstfisherman, good to have ya here.. Btw,lol, theres no such thing as a “worstfisherman”. Its just that some have better luck than others, but only on some day’s.. For instance, last evening I only managed two channels, No Walleye, No white Bass, No muddies, and I fished for 3 hours.
By the “north side marina” I’ll assume your fishing American Fork Boat habor witch isnt a bad choice, (my son catches many dandies there including an 18 lb’er two years ago), although I perfer the south or west side of the lake. You mentioned using “stink bait” so I take it your fishing for cats atleast part of the time.. My advice to you would be to drop that crap in the closest trash can you can run to,lol.. Instead for Cat fishing stop by any super market and pick up a few large or jumbo (raw) shrimp if you cant lay your hands on a fresh carp, I always de-shell my shrimp and use about half a shrimp on a size 2 hook. Also take along a few night crawler’s. You could also try fresh chicken live and/or frozen minnow’s, etc… etc… The point I’m making is, meat/fleshy baits. With any luck a hunry carp will pick up your night crawler and you’ll end up with the best cat bait a person can use in the state of Utah, (fresh carp meat), (but thats merely my oppinon).. In any case, dont get locked into merely one type of bait, leave your options open because kitties like all other fish can be lock jawed now and then so give them a choice of bait. Whats more, I never bait for cats using only a single hook.. I want as much blood and bait juices in the water as the law will allow me at one time..
Just a thought here.. Another tiny trick you might want to try is, add a lil bit of shrimp or carp meat or night crawler to that trible hook on the Mepp, or jig. In days old old when all else failed the White bass some times couldnt resist that simple trick..
As far as instruction to Lincon beach I dont have any although not to long ago a couple maps where posted here on the forum showing direaction to it.. Its really not that hard to find however. If traveling south from Provo along I-15 simply get off at Spansh Fork and drive south along main street to 400 North and turn to the west/left. Stay on 4th north witch will lead you to the township of Lake Shore. I beleive you’ll come to a 4way stop (sorry but I dont recall if its a 4way or 2way stop because I’ve take a differant route/short cut out there for years). At any rate, continue along that road and you’ll note your driving direactly towards West mountain (or “Wess mountain” as us old Spanish Forkers call it). After a couple 3 miles the road will make a shape right turn back to the north witch you’ll have to follow but very quickly (say 150 yards) you’ll come upon a T and another road leading back to the west, take it out to West mountain and continue to follow it around until you see the Lincon beach boat harbor on your right.. Because of the low water conditions, or unless you plan to fish from a boat, I’d stick to areas you’ll have best access to deeper water (2’ - 4’) from like the end of the dike, points, so on..
When fishing Kitties I always use a Bobber, good weather or bad and for two reasons. Many areas along the West mountain area are EXTREMELY snaggy but more importantly, I like to keep my kitty bait hunting them as much as their huinting the bait. By floating it slightly about the bottom and allowing the wind to drift my bait it covers a lot of water. I never use weight unless its direactly under the bobber because if my bait comes in contact with the lake bottom I like the bait to bounce along the bottom, not drag. Whats more as I said I use two hooks (both leadered) and tie up so one is hanging 6" - 8" higher than the lowest..
Be sure and lets us know how it works out fer ya! I curtainly dont know it all but feel free to PM me with any question’s I might be able to help you with..
Good luck and I hope you nail a biggin’!!!
Hey Don, as one old fool to another, that argument about blue cats in Utah has been goin’ on since I first started fishing Utah Lake in the 60’s. It has been debated on every fishing forum in Utah several times.