The boat harbors, Lincoln Beach, the west shoreline, and Bird Island are all good areas to try. Favorite baits are night crawlers and shrimp, with some anglers using stinkbaits and chicken livers. One good way to rig up is to use an egg sinker above a swivel with another 3 feet of leader to the bait. This allows the angler to give slack line when the bait is picked up, preventing the catfish from feeling resistance. Bullheads can be taken by the same methods employed for catfish, but a bacterial fish kill in July of 1999 had a large impact on adults of this species.
White bass are fast growing fish that travel in large schools.
If you catch one, there are usually more around. Jigs tipped with bait are good. Fish can be found just off of rocky dikes and in the boat harbors. Late November and December often see a unique ice-fishing situation for Utah Lake's white bass. Anglers stand on the docks in the boat harbors to fish through the thin ice.