Category: Techniques

I show you how to catch winter white bass in a stream entering Utah Lake in central Utah. I use spinning tackle to fish tube jigs in white and green for hungry bass in January 2019. Please follow and like us:

Without a doubt, (in rivers, streams and even reservoirs in Utah) fall brings the brown trout spawn with some incredible fishing (catching) opportunities.  Let’s discuss this important time of year and highlight some of the ways to enjoy catching quality fish while protecting the areas in which they spawn. Brown trout or commonly known as

Early in October, a family reunion brought our only daughter, Kara, back to Utah for a few days, and one Friday she joined me for a father-daughter trip to Strawberry Reservoir to catch cutthroat trout on jerkbaits. Having just taught a seminar earlier that week at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Provo, I was very excited to

Water levels in most reservoirs in Utah are in free fall with the exception of Flaming Gorge which is holding steady at around 90 percent of full.  How can you take advantage of lower water levels and catch quality fish now and in the future? In Utah, it is inevitable that reservoirs will rise and

On Saturday, July 14th, many tributaries of reservoirs all over Utah opened to fishing.  “The second Saturday in July” is the phrase (from the 2018 Fishing Guide Book published by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources), to describe when anglers can legally fish specific streams closed earlier each year due to their importance as spawning

Among the proposed changes in the fishing regulations under consideration by the RAC (Regional Advisory Councils) around the state this month is one that would allow corn to be used as bait in all Utah waters.  For a few years, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) has conducted an experiment to see if corn

Twenty members of our immediate and extended family just returned from a short, three-day cruise from Long Beach, California to Ensenada, Mexico. This cruise (a celebration of my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday) gives me the opportunity to discuss a topic on which I haven’t previously written. Many readers have asked a very interesting question: “Is it

It’s not too late to plan a fishing trip to our nation’s oldest National Park.  Readers have been wanting me to describe the fishing opportunities in Yellowstone after the kids are back in school and tourism in the park settles down a bit from a frenzied summer. First, you must understand that officials in Yellowstone

In hopes of teaching a couple of my fishing buddies a new technique, Kirk Rasmussen and Kerry Ward joined me on a short excursion up the canyon to Deer Creek Reservoir to learn to “drop shot” for smallmouth bass. This technique has been a large part of my fishing arsenal for nearly 20 years and

A reader asks: “I remember the days on Utah Lake when we could catch walleyes almost every night in the early spring.  We love to eat walleyes but where can I go nowadays to be sure to have a chance at catching some?  And, is it even worth it to try for walleyes?” First, there