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Show Fishing Report for March 16 Ice is coming off lower lakes and streams making good fishing fish-ing conditions in northeastern Utah. Fishing by location: BIG SAND WASH RESERVOIR Reservoir is drained for repairs and was treated to remove fish in early September. " Restocking estimate esti-mate - the spring of 2005. BULLOCKCOTTONWOOD RESERVOIRS No new reports. Cottonwood doesn't have much in it, drained to work on dam. Reservoirs are located approximately approxi-mately 5 miles north of the town of Gusher. Other lakes in area are now ice-free. BROUGH RESERVOIR Reservoir is ice free, fishing fair to good. Reservoir is being filled. Note: Special regulations, regula-tions, please read proclamation. To get to Brough, take State Route 88 south from US Route 40 (Ouray Road). Turn west at the second dirt road past the high power lines. Follow this road approximately 2 miles staying to the left at each main fork. Road is quite muddy and rutted. BROWNE SPIRIT LAKE No new reports. The roads are gated. Access is by skis or snowmobiles. Both waters should be good fishing. EAST PARK OAKS PARK No new reports. Lakes have ice, check it carefully. Roads closed for the winter, access by skis or snowmobile. CALDER CROUSE RESERVOIRS RESER-VOIRS Calder (2004) joined Crouse (2002) as a drought victim. vic-tim. UDWR biologists determined deter-mined Calder had a complete winterkill just prior to ice melt. CURRANT CREEK RESERVOIR RESER-VOIR Anglers report good ice fishing for small fish. The road around the reservoir is inaccessible. inacces-sible. Road to the dam is maintained main-tained periodically through the winter. Check ice carefully, especially around edges. FLAMING GORGE As of 3205, Mustang ramp was open with no ice for several miles up reservoir. Antelope and Lucerne ramps were open, however boaters were breaking some ice at Lucerne to reach open water. Sheep Creek ramp has frozen over with patches of open water in the bay. The reservoir was frozen from the Pipeline north with fishable ice from Anvil Draw north. Please check ice conditions carefully! Ice fishing from Buckboard to the Confluence remains good for two four pound lake trout over the river channel. Many of these fish are suspended from 30 50 feet deep, so a graph is invaluable to present the lure at the proper depth. Try three inch jigs tipped with sucker meat or a minnow. There have been reports of larger lake trout caught in the Anvil Draw area, and good boat fishing in Linwood Bay and Stateline, although pressure has been light. Look for fish 50 to 90 feet deep over points and along the river channel. Techniques include trolling bottom structure struc-ture using down riggers or steel line and flatfish, crank baits, or a flasher trailing a squid or small lure; or vertical jigging using tube or bucktail jigs with or without a minnow or sucker meat. Lake trout can inhabit shallow water this time of year, so another effective technique is long lining a Rapala or similar simi-lar lure on monofilament along shoreline areas as well as over traditional deep runs. There are many small and medium sized lake trout in Flaming Gorge, so please take advantage of the six fish lake trout regulation regula-tion (one over 28 inches) and harvest a limit. Ice fishing for rainbow trout has been good in 10 15 feet of water using ice flies tipped with a nightcrawl-er nightcrawl-er or meal worm. Try South Buckboard, Squaw Hollow, the Confluence and Anvil Draw. Shore fishing for rainbows should be good near Antelope, Linwood Bay, and Mustang fishing a nightcrawlermarsh-mallow nightcrawlermarsh-mallow combo or Powerbait Brett Sabey is back in town Horse Training (cell) 801-755-7151 just off the bottom, or casting spinners or jigs. GREEN RIVER (upper) Base flows are 1000 cfs with possible fluctuations up to 1600 cfs, typically typi-cally late afternoon or evening, due to test flows at Glen Canyon Dam. Nymphs are the primary winter pattern, although some anglers use terrestrial dry flies as strike indicators ahead of a nymph. Occasional midge and small baetis hatches are providing provid-ing limited surface action, particularly par-ticularly in the Little Hole area. Good nymph patterns include olive, tan or pink scuds, size 10 16; San Juan Worms, size 12 14; bead head midge, size 16 22; pheasant tails, size 16 20, and Glo Bugs. For streamer fishing, try brown, tan or olive wooly buggers, size 2 6, and light colored col-ored bunny patterns or minnow imitations. Spin fishermen should try small rapalas; spinners; spin-ners; black, brown or olive marabou mar-abou jigs; and tube jigs. New Zealand Mudsnail densities have dramatically increased in several localized areas near Little Hole, and have been documented doc-umented within several miles of the dam. Please thoroughly clean mud and vegetation from waders, boats and fishing gear; and if possible, completely dry equipment before leaving the area. A hot water bath (120 degrees Fahrenheit) will kill mudsnails, and spraying equipment equip-ment with 409 or a similar soap solution before drying will increase effectiveness. GREEN RIVER (lower) River is ice-free. Water levels remain low. Water is muddy due to runoff. MATTWARNERRESERVOIR Still getting reports of good fishing. Check ice carefully before going out. Access is by snowmobile. MOON LAKE Reports of good fishing for smaller fish, a few larger fish also being reported. Weather has been warm and windy. PELICAN LAKE Pelican is ice-free. Anglers report slow fishing for bluegill and bass. Reservoir is filling. RED FLEET RESERVOIR Ice is getting bad and likely to come off during the next round of warm days. No new reports from anglers. STARVATION RESERVOIR Looks ice-free from highway and boats are able to launch at boat ramp. Few people fishing fish-ing it yet and no reports from anglers. STEINAKER RESERVOIR Anglers report slow fishing for bass and fair to good for trout. Reservoir is ice-free, and the ramp is open. The reservoir is filling. UINTA MOUNTAIN LAKES AND STREAMS Lakes, ponds and slow-moving waters are frozen fro-zen with above average snowfall. snow-fall. Occasional reports of good fishing from some of the larger streams and lakes. Be prepared still for serious winter weather; area may receive unexpected snowstorms and high winds. Note: four trout limit with a bonus of four more brook trout - see proclamation for details. A J IX. 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Even if the dogs don't catch the deer, chasing seriously decreases the animal's chance for survival." "Deer are in a very critical condition during the winter and early spring months," explained Boyde Blackwell, wildlife manager for UDWR. "Deer, elk and most other wildlife are in a survival mode during the winter months," Blackwell saidl-SBeer survive on their fat and other reserves they built up over the summer because the dry, woody winter vegetation lacks nutrient values. val-ues. "Winter weather conditions cause deer to use up their fat reserves. Cold weather causes the deer to burn reserves faster to generate body heat. Snow covers what little vegetation is available and also hinders deer movements including running to escape dogs and other predators. preda-tors. Survival hangs in the balance summer reserves against winter conditions. Utah herds have been devastated devastat-ed during cold, snowy or long winters. "Dogs on the other hand, get fed on a regular basis and are provided protection against the worst cold and other winter weather conditions," Donaldson said. "Survival is not an issue; they chase deer by instinct, not survival. We see dogs of all sizes and shapes chasing after deer. Dogs can chase deer all day without ROMANTIC WINTER ! WONDERLAND. Sit by the fire in your cabin and listen to the falling snow. Ski or snowshoe through the scenic winter forest. Enjoy fine dining by the glow of the winter moon. It's all here at Red Canyon Lodge your winter get-away. 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