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Show Volume II , Issue V Page 11 The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS February 2000 Utah’s Pineview Reservoir Stakes Its Claim To Fame By Jimmy Poulter When Utah’s DWR emptied its first net of Tiger Muskie fingerlings into Pineview Reservoir, who would have thought that in eleven short years Pineview Reservoir would be on the lips of trophy Tiger Muskie fishermen across the United States. In a special issue of Fisherman Magazine, an article entitled, “Angling Adventures 2000,” rated Pineview number three in top Tiger Muskie waters in the United States. Pineview has always had the potential for trophy fish whether it be Trout, Crappie, Bass, Kockinee or Muskie. In 1999, South Fork Village Sporting Goods saw and heard of some tremendous fish being caught. One fisherman’s story stated that one snowy day in December, three fish were caught over 50 inches. One measured 52 ¼ inches, one 53 ¼ inches and another at 54 inches. That’s 4 ½ feet of fighting fish. Catching a big Tiger Muskie is definitely an experience of its own. It’s important to remember that as mean and nasty as Muskies look, they are very fragile fish. In order to preserve this trophy fishery, it will require some extra care by all fishermen. Releasing 4 ½ feet of teethe Muskie is tricky at best. A good net or muskie cradle is essential. Leather gloves and good long pliers are necessary. Muskie are very sensitive and can be killed by rough or careless handling. Here are some good Muskie catching tips: 1) Hooks will come out of the Muskie easier if you debar your hooks. And, if you’re one that experiences fisherman’s bad luck, debarring will help the hook come out of your thumb a lot easier too! 2) Use a net (extra large) or muskie cradle. 3) Don’t keep muskie out of the water any longer than you can hold your breath. The muskie can’t hold its breath any longer than you can. 4) Don’t touch the fish with anything dry; it removes the slime coating that protects the Muskie form infection. Don’t drag the fish along the sand, a boat’s dry carpet or along dry ground. When a Muskie is out of the water, their internal organs are easily injured. 5) Help us preserve this fish; they’re too valuable to waste. Take a camera so you can get a great picture then release the Muskie. Costs for mounting can run approximately $14.00 per inch. This great fish, which will only continue to increase in size, will reward you for it, that is, if you can catch it the next time! This information is provided courtesy of Ace Hardware. Huntsville, Utah Help Teenagers Help Themselves By Janet Hoffmann I asked my brother what I should write an article on. He said, with a smile on his face as he looked at our teenage daughters, that I should write about how to deal with arguing, whiny teenagers. I told him that I couldn’t write anything on that subject because I still hadn’t figured it out myself. He said, “Tell them to “feel” the pain. Last month you told them how good it was to “feel” the pain.” We all had a good laugh but after he went home I thought about his comment, and decided that there was some truth to it. Oh no—not more pain! Most of us would admit that growing and developing can be a painful process and, at times, it’s hard to know what to do about it. Teenagers seem to know what to do with those feelings. They throw them at us—their parents. If they would handle the consequences of their own situations we wouldn’t have to deal with it, but it appears that most teens haven’t learned this process. We help them feel their own pain by letting them make their own choices and suffering the consequences. The reverse makes life easy at the time but everyone involved suffers dearly in the end. My teenage daughter just started a new job, and decided it was my new job to take her and pick her up from work. I figured this out one night when I told her she would have to find another ride home because I wouldn’t be able to. She was not happy with me and asked what she should do. I gave her some suggestions but this made her even angrier after realizing that I wasn’t taking on this responsibility. She discovered it really was her problem. As a parent, I’m happy to help her out when she needs a ride, but it’s her responsibility to make the arrangements—checking with me or her father to see if it fits into our schedules and if it doesn’t, then making other necessary arrangements. In a big family like ours it’s pretty easy to find rides, but sometimes not at the most convenient time. It may mean having to wait around for a while—something our daughter doesn’t like to do. As painful as being responsible for finding your own ride to and from work may be, it’s a necessary part of having a job. These days, we may be making life too convenient for our children. They don’t feel the pain that goes with learning responsibility, thus, we may end up dealing with it ourselves. I’m like most parents dealing with the raising of teenagers. I learned in a child development class that consistency when dealing with children is necessary. I am consistently doing things wrong. Does that count? I wonder, if we allow our teens, children and even our mates to feel their own frustrations, will it cut down on our own load? It’s something to think about. Have a nice day and this month instead of feeling others pain let them feel it—we need all the energy we can to do our own job! 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