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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday September 10. 2002 7A Just prior to the holiday lb tun. Anglers may use any . dant Utah chub population, trolling down riggers or leaded. weekend, 1,500 catchable-siz- e legal bait, lure or fly pattern. The splake limit is two fish. All line at 4S feet in the general area rainbow trout were stocked at ' Beginning Oct 1, harvest of splake between 15 to 20 inches 'where boils were seen. Use a Benches Pond, Potters Pond must be immediately released, Little Mac, Shad Rap or Wally : t number one and Potters Pond LaSal Mountains. Kens Diver behind the down rigger I number two. Snow Lake re- Lake is very low. The daily bag cannon ball. Hite was neit best ceived 300 catchable rainbow limit has been doubled for all Vith only a few stripers boiling ; ; trout. This week, Ferron game fish until Nov. 1 due to here and there. There was some low water conditions and ex- -, decent bait fishing for stripers j ervoir, Petes Hole and Soup Bowl will be stocked.'. Dons pected loss of fish. Rur to good right at main channel buoy LakeontheLaSalswillalsobe fishing has been reported at al- -, number 132. Visit the buoy 2 stocked. Fishing should be,-- , tions was made at Electric most all LaSal mountain lakes. good at all of these locations Lake, due to drought. The lake Medicine, Oowah and Hidden lakes are highly recommended. ; through the rest ofthe tleship year, . ; Dons Lake was stocked this ther back in White Canyon Where have bag limits been week, and should offer good good for bait fishing and proj liberalized? 'The new limit at Electric' legaTbait. Fishing has fishing .through the rest of the duced a decent bite with shallow running lures cast to cruis'" i Lake is eight fish. Ihckle re- good with worms. year. ' Flows Creek. Fish Reservoir. Lower 'Ferron ( strict ions, ing stripers. During requiring anglers to Smallmouth bass fishing at j use artificial flies or lures only, Labor Day weekend, one Sevier remain good. Conservation ofhave been suspended. This' County resident reported catch- -: ficer Stacey Tkggart says that Hite ranges from good to exchange will remain in effect ing six cutthroat trout in an Lower Fish Creek and the Price cellent. Tbp water lures, spin- -' until the end of the year. hour, the smallest being 17 River offer the best stream fish- -. ner baits and crank baits were Fishing regulations recently inches. From a float tube, he ing conditions on the moun- -' . taking smallmouth and bass and sunfish in good changed at Duck Fork Reser-- ; used a one and a half inch gray tain. Aquatic vegetation is thick voir. Anglers may now keep up streamer in the evening. A along the shoreline, so anglers numbers.The quick reaction to Id trout, and they may use project to lower the reservoir's are encouraged to walk the baits were out performing soft middle of the channel and cast plastic grubs which indicates any legal bait. These regula-- ; spillway, in preparation for exdons are in effect until the end tensive work on the dam in toward shore. Most trout are bass were chasing bait fish up of September. 2003, is scheduled to begin on less than 14 inches. From the in the water column. These agThe daily bag and posses-- ! Sept! 23. Fishing opportunities railroad bridge approximately gressive fish eaters can be been idoubled will continue to be available one mile below the Scofield caught in a hurn on top and just j sion limits at Geveland and Miller Flat until summer or fall of 2003 Reservoir dam downstream to under the surface on shallow the confluence with the White running crankbaits. There was reservoirs, Ken's Lake, Lloyd's when the major repairs begin. Gigliotti Pond. The leaks River, only artificial flies and a school of stripers in ReflecLake, Monticello Lake, and ' tion Canyon that boiled early ! Recapture Reservoir. These have been repaired and the lures may be used. Miller Flat Reservoir. and late mid then ate anchovies ; regulations are in effect until pond is now resiling. It should be full in about two weeks. If The reservoir has been reduced during the day. Stripers boiled Nov. 1.- Abajo Mountains. Foy no further leaks are found,' to a puddle, according to Kip on the San Juan in quick morn! Reservoir continues to provide DWR southeastern region Draper, Emery County conser- - ing and evening boils from aquatics manager Louis Berg vation officer. The daily bag Spencers Camp to Neskahi hopes to stock some trout, bass limit is eight trout to help an- -. Bay. Some veiy nice' smalland bluegill to determine the glen harvest the trout before mouth were captured just as j There is little or no fishing op- - overwinter survival of those , the reservoir drains entirely. striper boils subsided. Bass Hole. This Petes ReserMonticello at species. pond pro- fishing was steady and getting portunity better each day. voir now that the dam, outlet Gooseberry Reservoir. . vided good fishing over the The lower lake was only fair ; and water level continues to bor Day holiday. Tty an olive spillway are under con-- ; structidn. Repair work is sched-- : drop, and water alk&Iity is high wooly bugger in the evening or for smallmouth and stripers tiled to be completed in early enough to stress or kill trout, a Jain's The daily were nonexistent. Fishing is One angler contracted swim- - bag and possession limit is four expected to be quite similar this ; October. The lake will not be week. That means Bullfrog and ' restocked until 2003. Fishing mers itch at Gooseberry Res- - trout is fair with baits and lures at ervoir earlier in August Swim- Potters Ponds. Both Hite will be the preferred fish Blanding number three. Recap-- ; ming and other water play is not ponds were stocked with 1,500 catching destinations. The wacatchable-siz- e rainbow trout ter is cooling, though, and that ture Reservoir offers fair trout recommended: ; fishing with baits and lures. At Huntington Creek. Fishing before the Labor Day weekend. will jump start bass fishing in Recapture, .the daily bag and success has been spotty with Good fishing is expected the fower lake and Sad Juan. The absence ofstriped bass in' has through the rest of the year. possession limit has been baits and lures. Price River. Louis Berg, the lower lake remains a mystery. doubled for all game fish until been much better with a size 12 Nov. 1. The daily bag and pos-- ; Prince nymph. Renegade or aquatics manager reports that Fish for smallmouth bass if headsession limits for all game fish Ugly. The limit is two trout in fly fishing in the vicinity of the ing out of Whhweap and jf an enhave also been doubled at the fty onty zone, which is on a turnoff to the BIAfs Price Rec- counter with stripers does occur, reation area1 is very good for be sure to let us know i portion ofthe Right Fork. An; Lloyds Lake until Nov. 1, due to low water conditions and glers on the Left Fork of the brown, rainbow, and tiger trout spread the word. !' up to 13 inches in length. Berg expected loss of fish. Angling Huntington must flies or lures. Harvest of brown recommends using a Hare's Ear success has been fair.m Benchs Pond. This pond trout on the left fork is encour-a- ? or Double Ugly pattern. where the limit is four Scofield Reservoir. Fly received 1,500 catchable-siz- e ; from a float tube is good before rainbow the trout fishing j just to excellent on the east side of Labor Day weekend. Good Huntington North Reservoir (near the city of Hunting-ton- ). the lake in water 10 to 13 feet fishing is expected. Slow fishing conditions. Geveland Reservoir. The deep about 150 yards from The limit is two bass. All bass shore. Spinners will work in the ; daily bag and possession limits over 12 inches must be imme- - same area. Most of the fish be; have been raised to eight fish until. Nov. 1. Anglers are en-- I diatdy released. ing caught are small rainbow couraged to harvest the fish untington Reservoir trout, but a few are cutthroat before the reservoir drains. An-- ! (near the top pf Huntington trout ranging up to 17 inches. is Willow Reservoir. Fishing gler Tom Ogden reported that Canyon). lent for tiger trout up success continues to be good, ; he and his companion caught inches, using a size eight black . especially in the early morning. j eight rainbow trout in one and i a half hours, including some 15 beadhead leech, pattern: The A dry fly and bubble combinainchers. They fished from float fish are deep and near the lake tion has produced excellent tubes with size eight black bottom. A float tube is recom-- : mended about 100 yards in beadhead leech patterns. 'Wrlgley Springs ReserDuck Fork Reservoir. The front of the dam at a depth of voir Due to drought condiwater is quickly drainmg down. 16 to 22 feet Release of tiger tions, the highly alkaline water Access to the shoreline is get- - trout is encouraged so that fish continues to stress and even ting difficult due to muddy con-- 2 can grow larger. Any brown kill trout Nevertheless, good ditions associated with the lake trout caught should be harfishing has been reported. drawdown. A fish eradication' vested. The reservoir is closed Lake PowelL DWR Lake project with rotenone will be-- ! to the possession of cutthroat Powell project leader Wayne gin on Sept. 23. Anglers are en-- ! . trout and trout with cutthroat' Gustaveson provides the following report. couraged to harvest fish now so markings. that they are not wasted. Fish-- ; The lake elevation is 3,627 Joes Valley Reservoir. M.S.L. and the water temperaing was good over the Labor There has been almost no fish; Day weekend. Cutthroat trout ing pressure. Due to extremely ture is 76 to 80 degrees are averaging about 16 inches low water levels, boats cannot ' and tiger pout about 10 inches, be launched. Anglers are en: list week's report of poor Worms continue to be the best couraged to release all larger fishing was woven wrong in a bait. The new daily bag limit is splake for control of the abun- - few places. Bullfrog Bay was the place to be for striper ing. Stripers were boiling from first light to mid morning and then again in the evening. The action was in mid bay and quite visible from Bullfrog Marina to Halls Geek and into the main channeL While the boils are not very long lasting a few stripers can be caught from each one . and they pop up quite often and are very entertaming to chase. When boils quiet down there are more stripers to qatch by Rotenone treatment to take place at Duck Fotk Reservoir : . liberalized fishing regulations allowing a daily rag and pos-- ! session limit of 16 trout and use ofbiit at Duck Fork Reservoir and its tributaries. , Beginning September 23, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will begin treating the waters with the natural chemical rotenone to elimi- -' , 1 ! - . : ; , . . . ; large-mou- th ! ! . La-T- he soon-to-b- : - , Rotenone will be applied developed without first removover a period of about three ing aU fish which might pose a threat of hybridization. In the days. Because rotenone biorecase of Duck Fork Reservoir, degrades fairly quickly, stocking of Dudt Fork Reser--1 the Yellowstone race, ifnot re--' voir with fish should be pos- - moved, would hybridize with e sible by late October. Oppor- ' the released Colotunities for anglers to harvest rado River race. This would fish again will resume in 2003. destroy the genetic purity of the. CRCT population. Rotenone The purpose of removing fishfrom Duck Fork Reservoir use is the only effective means andits tributaries is to replace of completely eliminating Yellowstone cutthroat trout, a f Yellowstone cutthroat trout The DWR believes that the nonnative subspecies, with i rare native Colorado River cut- public wfll enjoy opportunities ' to fish for CRCT This subspethroat trout (CRCT). There are two purposes for cies of cutthroat trout is more colorful than the Yellowstone introducing the native subspecies ofcutthroat trout Fust, the cutthroat trout and has the potential to grow ai huge or larger. introduction is part of a multiAlong with CRCT the DWR agency plan to improve the status of CRCT and prevent it plans to restock tiger trout in frtxn becoming federally listed Duck Fork Reservoir. This wiU as threatened or endangered. 'give anglers a popular species Second, it will allow produc- - they can harvest while CRCT tion of cutthroat trout for sport are protected. Within a few fish stocking purposes. In reyean, fishing should be as good cent years, no cutthroat trout or better than it has ever been. have been available for stock- . Questions may be directed toward regional aquatic proing in southeastern Utah. Duck Fork Reservoir will gram manager Louis Berg at become what DWR calls a ; or email at brood lake. Mature fish will be ' louisbergutah.gov. , ! ! numbers of fish for' stock' ing Stocking will allow DWR to expand the distribution of CRCT into a larger portion Of its historic range. A brood population of genetically pure fish cannot he. : ' rate existing fish populations. - - Creek when they migrate into that tributary during me spawning season. Eggs will be extracted, fertilized, and trans weeks! u . annually trapped In Duck Fork iglers' have about two to take advantage of - K " 435-636-02- 68 Spin-a-Lu- re. ! - ! ,Hi Have a feature story idea or ndws photo suggestion? PW"f Fly-fishi- ng ! ! ; 1 l . ! 1 . . ! Fly-fishi- ng ! re-sui-ts. 2 ! . 2 ! ! . . r l) S 1. . Signing Bonus? .10 $ i t 5 Water levels have dropped mams fax. MaWy rainbow and When you add any Far West Bank premiere sendee, (visa, debit card,k checking & savings) at ScoMd Reservoir, but the fistun it-tnwt are bring caught at this tme. .' i' t - I - .O' provider for most Insuraneot .'. 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