Student Life Monday March 27 OUTDOORS r 1 978 Page 7 —3 Travel to Utah Lake for big walleye pike b Kii h SI Outdoors Kditor Night fishing for is about 80 Though Utah null's south of Willard Bay this M'ir's walleye run lagged beBut hind now that fishing at Willard is beginning to slaek off anglers are having better luck at Utah I -- ike and its tributaries few fishermen have taken Mvfish limits on the lake Boat fishermen seem to be doing letter than shore anglers But don't tell that to the men who tr for pike after dark near Geneva Thy re doing fine from the bank A group of six anglers got nine walleyes one night last week and the smallest weighed about six pounds The biggest was eight pounds Early mornings and evenings are said to be the prime times Here boat fishermen have the edge although the few pike area taken along the rock dikes lining Provo Boat Harbor Pike begin congregating a round the harbor before entering the river to spawn River fishermen are more restricted The walleye fishermen use chest waders to reach deen water but at least one angler talked to said pike drive their prey to shore so long as waders are not around He has taken several pike already this season the biggest weighing 1 eight pounds lOI re- Night is not the only time wall-eye- s can be taken however Some anglers do well where the Provo River empties in the lake Geneva Many wallees ne most quires a special touch popular Utah Lake 'ares are feather or bucktail jigs and rubber jibs run a clo' e second What makes the fi ling hard is the way a pike tal es a jig A walleye usually wil suck in the lure as it falls tow a d bottom It takes an experiencec hand to discern a "take" Work the jig slowly along the rocky bottom for best succes i Until you learn to tell a fish from a rock strike at anything feelin strange Kevin Dawson limit in the lake’s tributaries is only two fish and fishing is not allowed between 7 pm and 5 am hooks Only single-pron- g may be used in the river Part of the Provo is closed to fishing from March 1 to April 30 This is the portion that the Division of Wildlife Resources PAYYMJ in U rkM the Provo River uses in its walleye propagation project The division shocks fish with electric generators nets them then strips them of eggs and milt The eggs are mixed with milt and sent to hatcheries where the eggs wil hatch into tiny pike for future stockings The parent fish fcy (Id la are released into the river immediately after stripping Every year pike over 10 pounds are shocked and released Tangling with one of these brutes is what hundreds of Utahns spend time and money attempting But even smaller pike are worth the effort OUR COMPETITION IS OUR BEST ADVERTISEMENT! Discount Prices EVERYDAY! hnwrnmT(K 1 admires a heft female wall eye he caught EpawrjiiErj Ml 0011 AND 1M! SQUARE LOO AN Bridgerland Square cplSUSU 9 K S M & S ARE YOII INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR AN OFFKE? $ APPLICATIONS ARE S 4MMMMF 9 v applications! S DUE 4:00 I FOR: 9- - IS TODAY UC HAS SENATOR NAT RES SENATOR WANT TO FINISH YOUR TAXES? FREE INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE AAARCH APRIL TUE THUR 28 30 4 6 SPONSORED BY THE USU ACCOUNTING FRATERNITY UC 329 7-- 9 PM Volunteers VP Cultural VP BUS SENATOR 326 STILL BEING ACCEPTED SECRETARY-TREASURE- R EDUCATION SENATOR FAMILY LIFE SENATOR cAggie cpfeviewT TONIGHT 6:00 mi $® MISS THE THIRD ANHUAL LAST LECTURE Dr Irving ® FEATURING: (S Wassermang Noted Pianist and USU Music TUESDAY MARCH 8:00 g s 28® Professor PM In The UC Skyroom FREE TO THE 3 PUBLIC! sasssaaaas is