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Show JUNE 15,2006 Page 6 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER NUMBER AND SIZE OF FISH ARE BOTH UP AT PIUTE RESERVOIR From year to year, the fishing cycle at Piute Reservoir can go up and down like a yo-yo. But when the cycle is up, the fishing is great. Well there's good news for anglers this year. The cycle is up for 2006, and fish up to five pounds have already been caught. Getting there Piute is a 2,500,acre (when full), main-stem reservoir on the Sevier River about 35 miles south of Richfield along US-89 in southwestern Utah. It takes about three hours to drive to Piute from Salt Lake City and four hours from Las Vegas. A Division of State Parks and Recreation boat ramp and parking area are available at the reservoir, and primitive camping is allowed on either state or Bureau of Land Management land around the shoreline. The daily fish limit is four trout and six bass, without any special size restrictions. Extra trout stocked Because of continually changing conditions at the reservoir, the DWR does not automatically set aside a large quota of hatchery trout for this sometimes large body of water. Instead, a modest allotment of about 100,000 seven-inch trout is produced for stocking into the reservoir. If conditions aren't good at Piute, the DWR uses these fish elsewhere. If conditions are good, the full qu6ta is used and additional fish are also sought for stocking. In 2005, conditions at Piute were optimal, and it was a good water to place additional trout in that were available because of changes at other waters in the state. Starting in fall 2004, about 94,000 seven-inch rainbow trout were stocked into Piute Reservoir as part of the normal planned quota. A total of about 96,500 extra three-inch fingerling rainbows were added in June 2005 and 2,000 more five-inch fingerlings in August. The normal allotment of about 97,000 seven-inch rainbows was stocked again in October 2005, and a final excess allotment of 40,000 five-inch rainbows was planted in early December. Because of this varied stocking, trout ranging up to five pounds are now in Piute. Rainbow trout are normally planted but anglers can also catch browns and cutthroats. The browns and cutthroats are sometimes extra fish that are stocked in the reservoir, or they can also be fish that migrated downstream from the East Fork of the Sevier River where both browns and cutthroat are plentiful. In addition.to the trout, 3,000 smallmouth bass fingerlings and 155 adults were introduced in May 2005 to jump start Computer Diagnostics t the reservoir's bass Both Engine fishery. There's a ..& Transmission good chance that Custom BuSt the adult bass Transmission spawned shortly (Standard & Automatic) after they were Over 200 Units in Stock stocked. Expect the in Southern Utah bass to start showing up in another year or two. Anglers are finding the best bass fishing near the dam at the north end of the reservoir. Warranty valid anywhere :(M.ost Diesel U'ghtjTru'ake);,;'': In the country. Look for bass in -J45 Including Tax '. rocky shorelines that provide cover, and don't pass up 389 North Main 1_JjaBjjR£_590 N.' Main the rip-rap on the face of the dam. 435-676^8300 435-867^0223 Intermountain" Garfield Memorial Hospital 200 North 400 East • Panguitch, Utah garfieldniemorial.org Family Practice Dr. Richard Birch Dr. David Grygla Dr. Todd Mooney Becky Roberts, FNP Tim Dennis, PA-C 676-8811 Physical Therapy David Frandsen Speech Therapy - Flora Howard Certified Nurse Midwife DeAnn Brown, CNM Anesthesioiogy Lewis Barney, CRNA VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR JUNE 2006 Dr. Robert Nakken 29 Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Randy Delcore 8 Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Robert Pearson 13 Ears, Nose, Throat Specialist.... 676-8842 Dr. Lansing Ellsworth 8 Dermatologist Dr. Mark Hansen 16 General Surgeon 676-8842 Dr. Russell Olsen 22 Podiatrist 676-8842 Dr. Donald Lappe1 7 Cardiologist • 7,28 Audiologist Dr. Eric Maxwell Dr. Ronald Crouch 7 Urologist (800) 986-6440 : 676-8842 676-8842 , 676-8842 Our Pharmacist, Tim Smith, will provide Coumadin testing and results at outlying clinics on the following dates: Kazan Clinic Bryce Valley Clinic Circleville Clinic Wednesday, May 31,2006 Thursday, June 15,2006 Thursday, June 22,2006 Coumadin testing and results at the Garfield Memorial Clinic will be by appointment. Contact Tim at 616-1277. Our Physical Therapist, David Frandsen, will see patients at Kazan Clinic every Tuesday and Thursday morning in June. Mammography screening will be available in Panguitch on June 7 and June 21,2006, and in Piute on June 14,2006 Clinics - Call For Appointments Garfield Memorial Clinic, Panguitch 435-676-8842 (Mon - Fri) Kazan Clinic, Escalante 435-826-8545 (Mon., Wed., Fri.) Bryce Valley Clinic, Cannonville ...435-679-8545 (Tues. & Thurs.) Circleville Clinic, Circleville 435-577-2958 (Tues. & Thurs.) Orderville Clinic, Orderville 435-648-2108 (Wed.) Physical and Speech Therapy 435-676-1243 Mammography 435-676-1267 Garfield Memorial Nursing Home 435-676-1265 |
