Hey
Pretty new to fishing and admittedly don’t know what I’m doing. I’m looking for good places to fish from the shore or a river (no boat) around the Ogden area. What kind of bait/lures to use, specific spots to go to, and anything else advice wise people can offer me?
I’ve gone a couple of times with no luck. I’m not into a particular type of fish…at this point just want to be able to catch something and gain some experience.
Welcome - this is a great place for info… I too reside in the ogden area and I can say we live in a bad a## place for fishing. We have awesome fishing resources such as pineview, willard, mantua, east canyon, echo, as well as the ogden and weber river systems.
For more help it would make it easier if you narrowed down what kind of fish you wanna chase. The above mentioned lakes include .species from trout to tiger musky to bass, many species to chase
I guess if I had to pick maybe some bass fishing but like I said I would just like to take a trip and catch some fish at this point. Just want to reiterate I won’t have a boat to fish from so any recommendations should reflect that. Thanks.
If your just trying to catch your first fish I would head up to Mantua with a dozen worms and some bobbers. Drive to either of the east side parking areas and walk Until you find a large enough clearing in the trees to be able to cast. Start about 18" below the bobber and vary your depth if you don’t get a bite in a few minutes. Try and hit it early morning or late evening and fish close to the treeline.
When you get tired of catching bluegills you can throw on the bass gear and maybe luck into a bucket mouth as well.
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I guess if I had to pick maybe some bass fishing but like I said I would just like to take a trip and catch some fish at this point. Just want to reiterate I won’t have a boat to fish from so any recommendations should reflect that. Thanks.
All the places these guys mentioned I use a pontoon to fish. The only good shore fishing I have personally seen in the last couple of weeks was East Canyon Res.
It is mostly a smallmouth bass fishery right now but there are a few rainbows that I see others catching from shore as well. They use bobbers and bait for trout.
For SMB’s use a senko worm rigged wacky in changeable crawdad color with Gulps Alive crayfish scent spray. Another worm is a 4 inch single tail in cinnamon and black flecks color rigged weedless.
They also have taken spinners like the Blue Fox Gold in size #1 and #3 and even a white spinnerbait as well as a silver Kastmaster.
The location is more important though. You can find FREE pullouts along the shores. Just look for bays right now. If nothing hits your stuff and you have already changed it up try another bay until you get into some fish. Sure the bass are semi small but it is good nonetheless for a shore angler right now.
If you need more tips on EC look into my recent posts or shoot me a PM.
You can always try Gods way,with a hand dug American worm,this meathod is Paulpro approved,its easier to find them after heavy rains,look on the sidewalks for worms,“free worms”.You can use bread also with bobber,find a place people gather around the lake,fish hang around were people feed them,use sm hooks for brim,small pieces of bread, “ball it up tight”,take a bucket,you can always put a brim on for bait,use the bobber,hook him by the bottom near the back of the tail,so hook comes out easy when Bass takes him, take an extra rod if not sit back and watch the brim pull around your bobber,good luck.Throw bread now and then to keep the fish excited,even bass will show up to check out the action.I had bass steel my brim many times when I first started fishing while catching brim.Try quarter size pieces of hotdog for catfish,or just use one half.Just make sure which fish are allowed to use for live bait first for your area, always play by the rules,and remember, "respect your fellow fishermen Paulpro."Here’s some fishing related stuff,and a vid of my boat to inspire you,Paulpro is known to influence other peoples lives… O don’t forget to try a rapalla,says it on the box,catches all species of game fish,something like that,read it for yourself,even has instructions on how to use it.
Might be better if you stick to giving advice to folks in your own state. Illegal in Utah to fish with live minnows and illegal to chum (throwing bread in the water to attract fish).
Sorry,I had no Idea, I’ll keep this in mind for now on…
I went to mantua this afternoon. I went there a few weeks ago with some coworkers and had a lot of success, however, we were out on the lake in a boat and they knew how to fish the reservoir. I was fishing from the shore today and didn’t have any luck. Fish were biting but I think I had too big of a hook (4) for the tiny blue gill (the ones I saw in the water were only a couple of inches long).
Maybe I’ll check out east canyon with the rest of the holiday weekend.
I’ll show you some stuff. I fished from the shore about a million times before I bought a kick boat.
I live in West Jordan but if you want to meet up some place like Lost Creek or Smith and Morehouse PM me and I’ll teach you some tricks.
I fly fish mostly now but from shore I did mostly spin fishing and soft plastics.
Mantua’s a pretty good bet for active bluegills.
But you might also want to consider the community ponds. There’s a number around - not sure what all is IN Ogden, but I know there’s one in Brigham city, and one in Willard (wouldn’t bother with Skyler’s swamp this time of year). Farmington pond I hear about, never fished it.
Some are planted with channel cats, most with trout - throughout the season. Two fish limits, but usually some pretty easy tugs to be found.
Fishing rivers below the dams can produce. Or if you’re into catfishing - there’s lots along the Bear, or the N. Dike of Willard, or along the Inlet can get you into fish from shore pretty good.
Soak a worm on the bottom with a sliding sinker, or under a bobber - simple hook, or jig setup. Trout do like Powerbait - so if you’re at a community pond - it’ll often do the trick.
Personally I like pitching a spinner, cuz it gives you something to do. But I have a 2pole permit, so typically bait on one, something active on the other.