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Show Wfhih A H's Your Wildlife As of January 1, year-around year-around fishermen were required re-quired to purchase a new 1977 fishing license. Both the Colorado Colo-rado River and the Green River are open to fishing year around. They both provide excellent catfishing. The channel catfish is native na-tive to North America, but was introduced into Utah in 1888. The scaleless fish has a deeply forked tail, the body is a pale, bluish-olive above and bluish-white below. Although spots may vary over much of its body, when they are absent the fisherman has in his possession an adult. This catfish becomes more active as it grows darker. While acquiring your new fishing licenses, I suggest you pick up a copy of the new Aquatic Wildlife proclamation or read through the proclamation, proclama-tion, thus keeping the law enforcement problem contained contain-ed to a minimum. gkc While checking the annual browse and pellet group transects tran-sects (deer impact on winter ranges) it is apparent that the use this year is light as expected due to the light winter. If the moisture this spring is abundant, but not harsh, the plants will receive the chance to thrive with better than average food production pro-duction for next winter. If the spring is dry, the lack of moisture might severely cut forage production thus putting put-ting additional pressure on next winter's feed supply. Due to the open winter big game animal carrying young should have been able to guarantee the young good nutrients and little stress, and we can expect healthy young to be born. Once born, the spring moisture and feed quality qual-ity will be : the main -components to watch for. -gkc- Lake Powell Report: The bass are starting to school up and move closer to shore t outcroppings, and brush, ' eas. These all make J fishing spots presently. San Juan, Escalante tr Hansen Creek, Bullfrog 7 and Halls Creek are all , areas this week. The pi worms are not catching i yet, but water dogs spinner baits are. The striped bass are caught occasionally, moving in deep water, watchful for a surface fc, bance because this coulc'J the striped bass in a ft, frenzy. If so, just motor it and start fishing stns bass will be guaranteed, ' The crappie are being ed up by some while ofo can't get the right coma-tion. coma-tion. Fishing in brush ara well as rocky ones in sh& water is best now, Ha& Creed, Moki Canyon, Kii Canyon are presently & areas. The hair jigs seem to, as good a bait as any. fj Mullens, the officer at 1 Powell, says caution, the 95 pies are hitting the lures vn very lightly fish accortfe. |