Yuba

[pardof16]

Any fish left in yuba?  Taking my son and some friends to ride dirt bikes and would like to wet a line in our spare time.
thanks for any info
pardo

[wiperhunter2]

Any fish left in yuba?  Taking my son and some friends to ride dirt bikes and would like to wet a line in our spare time.
thanks for any info
pardo

Not sure if you read this thread but the member that posted if said he did pretty good during the summer, here is a link to that thread.

https://bigfishtackle.com/forum/showthre...id=1105576

[Kent]

I saw a post on FB, over a month ago. They caught some pike through the ice. Always lots of carp if that is of interest to you.

[FishfulThinkin]

I haven't fished Yuba in a few years, but I'm also interested in some current information. I'm helping a church youth group with a summer camp there in June so I better start getting to know it again. Last time I fished there I caught pike in the main lake. Before that, many years ago, I enjoyed catching big perch and some walleye but I know it's changed a lot over the years. I hear they put wiper in there a few years ago? Anyone have any success on those? If you prefer not to post for the world to see I understand but if you want to PM me I'd appreciate it.

[MrShane]

If nobody is talking about it, sometimes that means it is excellent fishing!

[FishfulThinkin]

If nobody is talking about it, sometimes that means it is excellent fishing!

That could very well be true! I imagine that those who do fish it, and have paid the price to learn the secrets, keep it pretty close to the vest. I also think that Yuba gets way less pressure than in previous times. It's not a popular destination like it used to be so there just may not be that many guys who know it.

[MrShane]

If nobody is talking about it, sometimes that means it is excellent fishing!

That could very well be true! I imagine that those who do fish it, and have paid the price to learn the secrets, keep it pretty close to the vest. I also think that Yuba gets way less pressure than in previous times. It's not a popular destination like it used to be so there just may not be that many guys who know it.

I fished it in the 90’s and loved it, but we had consecutive years of high water.
I too would love a report, but will go down regardless as water temps warm.

[TubeDude]

Yuba used to be one of my fave Utah fishin' holes...open water or ice.  I first fished it in the late 70's...up until I moved to Arizona in 1984.  Never more than a few other anglers on the lake and always lots of BIG perch, nice walleyes, a few pike and sometimes a big cat.  And in those days you could also fish the big pool below the spillway for all of the above...plus occasionally some nice rainbows.

But, as you will read in the attached PDF files, the big drought of the early 2000s completely emptied the lake.  When I drove back to Utah in 2004 I detoured off the freeway to look at Yuba.  Only a small trickle of the Sevier River running down the middle of a big mud flat.  And even with a few brief flashes of life, Yuba has never been the fishery it once was.

In the attached file on Yuba History I only cover up to about 2009.  Since then there have been new species added to the lake...like smallmouths and wipers.  And they have provided good fisheries...even if only for a short time.  The ups and downs of the water levels...from drought and downstream water users...keep Yuba from stabilizing and maintaining any kind of good fishery for very long.

Whimper...Whimper.

  THE GOOD OLD DAYS.pdf (Size: 2.83 MB / Downloads: 22)
  YUBA HISTORY.pdf (Size: 312.34 KB / Downloads: 11)

[Envenomation09]

Any fish left in yuba?  Taking my son and some friends to ride dirt bikes and would like to wet a line in our spare time.
thanks for any info
pardo

Worm on a carolina rig will catch all kinds of stuff there. Toss it out and let it sit. That has caught me tons of perch, carp, catfish, and wiper there.