Electric Lake

We went up to electric lake last weekend. It was okay up there. Hot in the day and cold at night. The flies were bad, and the fishing was not very good either. Usually when we go up there we catch a bunch of fish, but it was not as good this time, until Saturday night. I then caught 2. It was cloudy and raining that night, and so the fishing was better. I will tell you though it was interesting to bring a fish in while the rain was hitting the water, the waves were like 12’ high, and the wind was trying to blow us backwards. But I got that fish in.

That is an interesting lake, at the dam, our fish finder said 213 feet deep. That is a deep lake.
Many people don’t know much about the lake, but it was actually created by Utah Power and Light back in the eighties. They built the dam, and they control it. Before they filled up the lake, there was this old ghost town in the bottom somewhere called Connellsville. About 4 years ago they discovered that the lake was leaking into a mine somewhere around there, so they dropped the water about 50 feet to see if they could fix the problem. They started pumping the water from the mine back into the lake. Anyway, I do not know what is going on with that mine now, but the lake is full again, and the water from the mine is still flowing in.

One trip a few years ago, we were fishing, trolling on the lake, and all of a sudden I got a fish. Well I started reeling in, but I couldn’t reel in. That fish was pulling hard on that hook. My fishing pole looked like a horse shoe. I was fighting that fish for a good 10 seconds with my pole bent over to the side of the boat. Then my line broke. I was using 8 lb test line, but that fish just broke it like it was a tooth pick. It must have been a good sized fish down there. I never got to see that fish, but it would of probably of been the biggest fish I would ever have on.

Anyway, I had some pictures, but they got deleted on accident. I will have to get some from my brother and post them.

Below I have included a map of the lake, incase you don’t know where it is at.

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