Utah Lake - Decided to head for UL at 2pm. Got a text while I was driving on the freeway of a cooler full of white bass from my buddy BFT’s In2Fishing. I called him and he said he’d take me on his boat. Met up with him at Lindon Marina after a brief chat with BFT’s Bow Hunter 3 and headed to Battle Creek. We anchored up and got to catching. I tried the fly rod for a while but there was no love. Threw my spinner and tye dye crawler combo and BAM got a fish on the 1st cast! Fish after fish went straight into the basket awaiting a chowder feast.
When the action seemed “on” I tossed the fly rod but still no love. Near sunset I joked I might put my fly in one of their mouths and see how they fight. Little did I know that wouldn’t be needed. After getting a bite here and there In2Fishing put on Led Zeplin and let me give them hell. Sure enough I got the 1st ever white bass on the fly! I have been wanting to do that since last years spawn and it finally happened! I proceeded to catch 5 total on the fly and had a few lost by dark.
In2Fishing caught 60 white bass and I caught 37 (5 were on the fly). I was using a Roostertail spinner in gold blade, green body, and yellow tail sometimes with a nightcrawler sometimes baitless.
The flies I actually caught the fish on was a Pink Woolybugger (see pic below) and I tried the Clouser Minnow in green and a few other green nasty flies. What an epic day!!!
Cheif would be proud today!
The roostertail never fails on these White Bass
Does this fly look familiar? Maybe resembles a Tube Dude color around these parts?
If there is a will there is a way. 1st ever white bass caught on a fly!
Another White Bass on the fly! Where does the hair end and the reeds begin?
sounds like you have a great time. now if i can only justify driving down there and not get shunk’d i’ll love to catch some whittie’s!! but driving from north ogden to utah lake eats a lot of gas lol.
I say give it a week, then it will be hot all over the lake! If you ever felt like it you could meet me half way in SLC and I will take you the rest of the way. PM me if you ever feel like making that happen.
I’m surprised that I didn’t see that hair over the phrag when I went into look at that area but to many people for me.
Worked the outside edge of the weeds and only picked up a half dozen white bass, four bullheads, and eight channels that went from 20’ up to 28’. that is the largest cat that I have ever caught and it took about twent minutes to get it in on my light tackle.
Come to think of it I think that it was you guys that was heading into the harbor just after dark as I was making my way in to the bank in my tube.
I say give it a week, then it will be hot all over the lake! If you ever felt like it you could meet me half way in SLC and I will take you the rest of the way. PM me if you ever feel like making that happen.
Welcometo my world, but that isn’t a Woolly Bugger so to speak. It is a streamer however, more Matuka style. White is a killer color, and TD has proven PINK.
Good job boys, keep up the good harvest.
Welcometo my world, but that isn’t a Woolly Bugger so to speak. It is a streamer however, more Matuka style. White is a killer color, and TD has proven PINK.
Good job boys, keep up the good harvest.
Hmmm, I must have read the lable wrong at Sportsmans.
Now I need to get a brown trout on a fly (going up today to try) and then the next one up is a smallmouth bass on the fly. Already got some crawdad flies for that at East Canyon and maybe Pineview when the water warms up. Any suggestions on what size tippet? I like 5x latley. Still strong that I don’t snap it all the time.
I don’t use tippet. I use P-Line fluoro. Pretty much 6 lb, but have kicked it up to 8 lb on a couple of lakes that straighten hooks and snap lines. So. I would be using 3X or 4X. I use 5X on the Provo river[;)]
Actually that fly appears to be a Salmon fly
I am sure the fly was in the Bugger bin, specially at Sportsmens. And it could be called a bugger, but if you want to tie one similar, might look at bunny streamers/leehes.
Woolly Buggers are marabou tail, saddle hackle and chenille.
Hello TYE DYE, you go fishing during the day so much I just have to ask if you work and how do you find the time to do all of your fishing during the weekdays. Just curious thanks. john r
it was a good day on the white bass with ya . it was good to see ya get one on the fly! the tube dude utah lake book - info was what made that trip. got to love a book that tells ya how - when - were - and for sure tells you why. [fishin]
Welcometo my world, but that isn’t a Woolly Bugger so to speak. It is a streamer however, more Matuka style. White is a killer color, and TD has proven PINK.
Good job boys, keep up the good harvest.
Ok I just got back from sportsmans. It was a leech. But it was in the salmon steelhead box.
it was a good day on the white bass with ya . it was good to see ya get one on the fly! the tube dude utah lake book - info was what made that trip. got to love a book that tells ya how - when - were - and for sure tells you why. [fishin]
When I get rich enough I’ll get that book, till then I will read his reports!
Did you get that Electric knife on the way home. Gotta see if UTgolf will let me borrow his. Last night was a long event.
What? No trout? You must be so disappointed.