I’m thinking of heading to Jordanelle on Saturday. Any suggestions as to where to go and what to use. I haven’t fished there for years. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
GoFish
It would be easier to answer your request if you could tell us whether you were going to be fishing from shore, boat or tube or toon. Also, do you have a specific species in mind or are you “equal opportunity”? Do you prefer bait or lure…or both?
Jordanelle is a good fishery, and once you get a handle on it can usually produce some action. But, it is tough to answer generalized questions. Let’s narrow it down a bit.
Thanks Tube. I will be fishing from a 14 foot boat with a 10 HP motor. I would like to catch smallies or bucketmouths and I prefer using lures as opposed to bait. Can ya help me? Thanks.
Much easier. If you launch at the main ramp (Hailstone) you can start by casting along the shoreline to the west and north of the ramp…early. Much better to head east and fish north along the far side of the north arm. Fish along the banks and work the points. Some fish will be holding fairly shallow, but you might have to drop shot or fish heavier jigs in deeper water for the fish that have started to go deeper in the warmer water.
Topwater and shallow running hardbaits will produce in the early hours. Most minnow or perch colors will work. Later you can throw plastics…3" grubs, shad bodies or “stick baits”. Whites, chartreuse and crawdad colors all work…even though there are no crawdads in Jordanelle.
If you launch from Rock Cliffs, start by fishing the shallow and brushy area up near the Provo River inlet. Then you can work down either bank, throwing plastics and working them around visible structure. There is a lot of that.
There are largies in Jordanelle, but it is not easy to fish exclusively for them. Generally they will be in the same general areas as the smallies and will hit the same lures. Since they are in the minority, bringing one in is a bonus.
This may sound generalized, but the truth is that you have to look for the fish almost every day, no matter how experienced you are on the lake. It can change. But, once you get used to the types of bank and structure that usually hold fish, you can concentrate on the “high percentage” spots and avoid wasting a lot of time where there are no fish…or active fish.
That might be a small boat if the W comes up on Jordanelle. Watch the weather and make sure everybody on board has a PFD.
Thanks Tube. How about East Canyon?
Can’t help you there. However, there have been some recent reports of smallies on topwater. Look through the recent posts.
TD has said about all there is, but there is an old saying
(match the hatch) and then find where the pray is, at the Nell its chubs and perch one and two you pick…
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Match the hatch is right, every fish I caught last weekend was hackin’ up a few on the way to the boat. Forget the main marina in a 14’ boat. Launch from Rock Cliff, as long as you don’t enter the main lake (A good journey for a 10 hp) you’ll have a safe journey back to the ramp and all sorts of structure to fish. If the wind does come up it will blow you back to the ramp. I will give you this, fish the Northwest/Southwest from the boat ramp, don’t bother with the shallows near the river. The temps and drop in water have moved the fishies to deeper water.
Thanks for the info. Any suggestions as to baits?
Fish4 is right on the bait look at other posts and Match the hatch…
Home work home work good fishing…
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