What Fish Are In Yuba?!

Utah Fishing Reports & Discussion Utah Fishing General
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I have heard so many different reports on this lake. What species are in Yuba? If you have caught fish & took pictures in yuba … please post them here. I have heard that there were Pike, Perch, Smallmouth, Rainbow and now Channel Cats? What the crap?

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I have caught all but the smallmouth in Yuba…

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Don’t forget Walleye.
It used to be one of the best fisheries in the state for ol marble eyes and now that the perch have rebounded, it will be again.
I have never heard of smallies in there but I guess it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.

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How could you forget the almighty Carp! Or those little minnows that a few among us are so fond of[;)]

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ok here is all the fish i know of being in Yuba..

start with bait fish..

red side shiners
fathead minnows
dace minnows
utah sucker’s
utah chub
green sun fish
carp

game fish:

walleye
northen pike
tiger trout
rainbow trout
mud cat’s
channel cat’s
perch
largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
bluegill

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Wow Ron, I had no idea there were that many different types of fish in Yuba, thanks for the info.

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Largemouth & Smallmouth? Are you sure? Photos?

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not not sure but i think Ocean had a smallmouth he posted not long ago from yuba..

i have cought largemouth there for a long time.. not any for the last 6 years tho..

i dont know where the smallmouth come from. but the LM Bass came down streem from redmond and gunnison res..

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:sunglasses:I am a “Yuba-ite” going back over 30 years. It has always been one of my favorite fishing holes…expecially the spillway area below the dam…before vandals got it closed to fishing.

I agree with the list you posted…at least in the past. It will probably be a while before we can either confirm or deny the continued existence of some of those fishies, since the lake was drained.

**Since Yuba is on the Sevier River drainage, virtually any fish found further upstream could pop up in Yuba…including both smallmouth and largemouth. I caught both in years past. Not a lot, but once in a while. **

We had all better do a heavy SNOW DANCE this winter unless we want that lake to revert to a carp filled mudhole again.

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MY daughter has caught smallmouth out of yuba not much size to them though.But fuzzy has the list if its not in his list its not in there yet. :face_with_tongue: