# White bass at UL 5/23/20

**URL:** <https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/white-bass-at-ul-5-23-20/455782>\
**Category:** Utah Fishing General\
**Created:** [May 24, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/white-bass-at-ul-5-23-20/455782 "2020-05-24T14:27:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/white-bass-at-ul-5-23-20/455782/1 "2020-05-24T14:53:49Z")

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**Glad you found a few fish.&nbsp; They can be shifty when the weather is playing games with water conditions…especially with the temperature.&nbsp; The established spawning temp for white bass is around 65 degrees.&nbsp; But they start grouping up and getting rowdy by about 60 degrees and get progressively more active with each degree afterward.&nbsp; However, the opposite is true also.&nbsp; If the temps suddenly drop a few degrees they will either move elsewhere or at least become a lot less active.&nbsp; Once the water stays above 65 it can be wide open 24/7.&nbsp; But during days when the temps are climbing from a point much below 65, the fishing will definitely improve later in the day after the sun warms the water.&nbsp; I have seen it go from zero to whoopee after a mere one or two degree increase in temperature under current conditions.**

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**Author:** ![MWScott72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@MWScott72](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/MWScott72)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/white-bass-at-ul-5-23-20/455782/2 "2020-05-24T17:41:38Z")

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Good to know Tube Dude, thanks for sharing. I’d be a little off after that storm too. Looking forward to getting my son on them this next week with the warmer temps!

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**Author:** ![MWScott72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@MWScott72](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/MWScott72)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/white-bass-at-ul-5-23-20/455782/3 "2020-05-24T14:27:29Z")

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Didn’t want to stick around the house all day yesterday, so made a trip with my son to UL for whities.&nbsp; Started fishing about 2:30 at the State Park.&nbsp; While the fish were apparently there days before, it looked like the storm the night before turned them off.&nbsp; Dozens of people fishing but no one catching.&nbsp; After 1.5 hours of this, we picked up and headed to the Lehi pumphouse.&nbsp; While not fast and furious, we landed a dozen or so in a couple hours. Just enough to keep my son interested.&nbsp; Best combo seemed to be a white 1/8 oz jig head with red\_black eye and a chartreuse 2" single curly tail grub.

A question for the masses - are white bass sensitive to water temps once the spawn begins?&nbsp; Better to fish early or wait till later once the water warms?&nbsp; Indon’t think it really matters too much, but wouldn’t mind hearing other’s thoughts.