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Show :4 V . . . s-' ' 1 " 1 .. f . r 1 4 : - .. ' (U : ' ... - . t ; - - l - r i r V I Lupcho is rested but still recovering four months after completing La Ruta. His ankle - partially severed in a car accident when he was 16 - suffered so much abuse from hiking with his bike during dur-ing the four day race that Luphco has only recently been able to wear shoes again. La Ruta Continued from C12 stomach problems, but continued to suffer from other maladies related to his Costa Rican adventure. ad-venture. His ankle - which has been operated on at least 20 times since it was nearly severed in a car crash when Lupcho was 16 - took heavy abuse during the four days of hiking through deep mud. It wasn't until this month that Lupcho could wear shoes again. Then there was his back. "I just barely got rid of my skin condition on my back," Northeastern Region Fishing report by Ron Stewart (DWR Outreach Manager) Note: Still good ice thickness on most lakes and reservoirs however, recent warm weather has started to cause ice and snow to melt. These waters are also being be-ing filled by the runoff so ice along the edges will be much newer and may not be thick enough to walk on. Check ice conditions carefully before venturing out. Big Sand Wash Reservoir: Anglers report fair ice fishing for rainbows near the damboat ramp. Check ice condition carefully before venturing out, especially the edges as it may be filling. Brownie Spirit Lake: Last reports were of good fishing on both Lakes. Check ice condition carefully before venturing out. Roads closed, accessible by skis or snowmobile. Warning: whirling disease has been found in this area, please make sure to clean, dry and sterilize waders, live wells and other fishing gear be-' be-' fore venturing to another water. Also do not clean fish or dump fish parts taken from one water into another lake or stream, as this will also move whirling disease, Calder Crouse Reservoirs: Anglers recently reported fair to good ice fishing. No road access, anglers are using snowmobiles from the Jones Hole Road. Snow is beginning to melt so be aware of the mud. Calder regulations include: flies and lures only, no baits; all fish under 22 inches must be released immediately; bag limit is one fish over 22 inches. Currant Creek Reservoir: Lake has ice, still getting a few reports of good fishing. Anglers are going in from the dam and have fished in several different depths with good success for trout. Check ice edge thickness carefully before venturing out. Area received more snow last week. The road has been kept open to the dam. Flaming Gorge: Launching boats is possible at Cedar Springs and Mustang ramps. The canyon up reservoir is frozen a few hundred hun-dred yards past Cedar Springs. All other boat ramps are frozen. Ice is mostly fishable from Sheep Creek north. Ice in Linwood, Antelope, and Sheep Creek but check conditions carefully since pressure ridges haves formed on many areas of the reservoir. Ice was 16 inches thick approximately ap-proximately 400 yards off of the Antelope ramp a few days ago. Ice is slushy during warm afternoons but edges still are solid. Lake Trout Fishing: Good fishi ng for 16 to 24 inch lake trout on most areas of the rcsorvoi-north rcsorvoi-north of the pipeline. Smaller -1 ' 1 v Lupcho said describing a scaly, itchy rash that required medical medi-cal intervention when it hadn't healed months after his return. "I don't even know what it was." Still, despite his age and injuries, Lupcho isn't done with epic stage races. He's looking at a four-day race at the Brian Head resort in southern Utah this August and has his sights set on the B.C. Bike Race, a seven-stage mountain bike race through British Columbia. As for another go at La Ruta, Lupcho said once is enough. "I'll never go back and do it again," he said. "The coolest thing is to say I finished it." lake trout will be concentrated in the northern end of the reservoir. Try areas like the Confluence, Buckboard, Marsh Creek, Current Cur-rent Creek, Anvil Draw, Skunk cliffs and any other locations in 30 to 70 feet of water near the old river channel. Try tube jigs in white, chartreuse, glow or brown tipped with a small chunk of sucker or chub meat. Airplane jigs and jigging spoons also work. Fishing is usually best early in the morning or later in the afternoon. Use no stretch line to feel strikes and set the hook better.A graph can help see suspended fish, then put your jig in their face. Unlike their larger relatives, the smaller lake trout are excellent table fair with orange flesh and taste as good or better than a rainbow when cooked up on the grill. There's an overabundance of lake trout under 28" in the Gorge so do your part to help the fishery and keep a limit of 8 fish. Larger lake trout ice fishing should be good from Big Bend south to Anvil Swim Beach. Use larger tube jigs and jigging spoons on the ice. Remember, only one fish over 28" may be kept. Big lake trout eat big food so lures and jigs can be big also. Kokanee Fishing: Kokanee fishing slow. If you can find schools of fish, try vertical jigging jig-ging with buzzbombs or jigging spoons. Tipping with a mealworm meal-worm or fish egg may help. Rainbow Fishing: Anglers checked indicates good fishing for rainbows on most of the reservoir. Ice fishing for rainbows in UT and WY has been good if you can usually find fish. Jigs, spoons and other typical rainbow gear work well. Look for suspended fish on your graph at 10 to 30 feet. Drop your lure in front of them to entice a strike. Most colors of spoons and minnow lures will work but go with lures in the one to two inch size. Burbot (Ling) Fishing: Burbot fishing has not slowed! Getting reports of burbot being caught in Firehole, Lost Dog, Sage Creek, Confluence, Buckboard, Holmes Crossing, Anvil Draw, Skunk Cliffs and Marsh Creek areas. Still good catch rates for burbot from 5 pm to 9 pm. Some fish are being caught during the day in the backs of bays. Locate flats and points near the old river channel. Try fishing with jigs late in the afternoon, early morning or at night on points coming into reservoir. Use glow tube or curly tail jigs 2 to 3 inches in size about 18 to 14 oz in weight. Jigging spoons and jigging rapalas also work well. Tipping with sucker or crayfish meat will help catch fish. Use of smelly jelly or similar Vernal Now that spring has found its way to the Uintah Basin it is time to enjoy a book or two before spring cleaning and yard work begins in earnest. The staff of the Roosevelt Library would like to make a few recommendations of books you and your family members will enjoy. We will begin our recommendations recom-mendations with "Remember Me" by Sophie Kinsella. If you enjoyed Kinsella's "Shopaholic" you are sure to enjoy this latest offering as well. In this book Lexi awakens in the hospital thinking it is 2004 and that she has just missed her father's funeral. It is in fact 2007, and she finds her picture perfect world has been turned upside down. If you are looking for a good suspense you may want to read, "The First Patient" by Michael Palmer. In his latest thriller Palmer weaves the story of two former cadets of the Naval Academy Acad-emy in Annapolis. One is now President of the United States and the other is a country doctor. doc-tor. This book contains the usual medial details we have come to expect from Palmer along with a story full of suspense and political politi-cal intrigue. Alexander McCall Smith's By Scon Suggs reigning FLW Champion and first-ever $1 million tournament winner Scented baits catch more fish. That's a fact. And because of that, scented baits of various styles are hitting the market at a seemingly weekly basis. With the glut of new products out there all vying for your dollars, anglers need to become familiar with the subtleties subtle-ties and limitations of these baits if they hope to catch more fish. , Nearly everyone that uses scented baits has their own ideas and techniques on how best to use them. But before you cast one into your favorite favor-ite lake or pond, there's one word to keep in mind: slow.. To maximize the effective scents in crayfish seem to help. These fish are in depths from 20 to 70 feet but seem to be caught most recently in 40 to 60 feet mostly in the Wyoming end of the reservoir. Some reports of fast catch rates. If fishing in UT try rocky points on Antelope Flat, Linwood Bay or Sheep Creek. November nettingin the area north of Buck-board Buck-board has shown a large increase in the number of burbot present. Larger fish are 30" and up to 4-5 4-5 lbs. Burbot activity increases under the ice as these fish spawn in winter. These fish must be harvested if caught in Utah to help control their population as they were illegally introduced to the upper Green River drainage and could have a major impact on other fish species. There is no limit on burbot but you cannot waste the burbot in the WY end of the reservoir and they can be released there. However, please don't release any of these fish as they have been eating large amounts of crayfish and are also consuming kokanee salmon, smallmouth bass and other critical food sources for other fish species. They could have an extreme impact on the reservoir fishery and should be removed by fishermen. Burbot are an excellent eating fish with white, flaky flesh that is similar to a perch. They can be breaded and fried or boiled and dipped in melted butter. You can use 6 lines on the ice in WY so take advantage of tip-ups and harvest some burbot. By law, be If you want to make farm life less taxing, talk to your people at H&R Block. Our people can answer questions about things . like fuel credit, farm income averaging, and casualty losses. Call 1-800-HRBLOCK or visit hrblock.com H&R Block 1607 West Hwy 40 Vernal, UT 84078 435-789-3335 f 2006 HftR Block Services, Inc. Express Spring Break Reading latest book entitled "Morality for Beautiful Girls" is a must read for Smith fans. In this offering of the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series we find Precious Ramotswe taking on the case of an annoying government official of-ficial who wants his own family investigated. Readers are sure to enjoy this comfortable read and find themselves thoroughly entertained. For teen readers we recommend recom-mend "Under the Baseball Moon" by John H. Ritter. This is a story about a young and talented trumpet player who dreams of making it big in the music business. He comes to rely on a former childhood friend with dreams of her own as an Olympic softball player. Ritter's story is a mix of dreaming big, romance, baseball, and jazz. "The Comeback Season" by Jennifer E. Smith is another book for teens not to miss. On the fifth anniversary of her father's death Ryan Walsh decides to travel to Wrigley Field to take in a Cubs baseball game and she meets Nick. Nick is the new guy in school and seems to love the Cubs as much as she does. Ryan is soon wondering if anyone can leave the past behind and have ness of scented baits you have to fish the bait very slow. Whether you catch fish for a living or just for fun, you have to have a minimum amount of patience and this is where it will pay off. Because the baits have built-in attractants, many anglers get excited and want to get the bait in the water in as many different differ-ent places as possible hoping that the increased number of presentations will increase the likelihood of a strike. But it's not the quantity of presentations that is important - it's the quality. Because scented baits release so much scent in an area -1 use Gulp! and PowerBait from Berkley. Berk-ley. It disperses more scent than any other soft plastic bait on the market and it is important that sure you have your name onyour tip-ups and tend only your lines if you are fishing in a group. Smallmouth Bass Fishing: Smallmouth fishing is slow as smallmouth tend not to bite well at temps near or below 50 degrees. Use twist tail grubs on lead head jigs or small plastic plas-tic worms, sinkos, twitch and crankbaits in about 5 to 30 feet of water off rocky shorelines and points. Crayfish imitation colors will work the best. Drop shot techniques will also work. Green River (upper) Green River (upper): The flows on the river are currently 800 cfs. Due to low inflows into the reservoir in 2007, flows should remain steady at 800 cfs throughout the winter to conserve con-serve water. Visit the Bureau of Reclamation website http:www. usbr.govucwatercrspcsfgd. html for the latest information on flows. Fishing on the river slows a bit during the winter as water temps are low. Dry fly fishing is typically slow during the winter. Nymphing action has been good. Watch for hatches to occur starting start-ing in April. Please remember the slot limit size range has changed from 13 to 20 inch to 15 to 22 inches to make regulations more consistent statewide. Nymphing with glo-bugs and San Juan worms with smaller nymphs trailering has been the workhorse. Small midge patterns work some days. Streamers are working well and have been extremely good some days. H&R Block 865 E. 200 N. Roosevelt, UT 84066 435-722-3335 nan BLOCK' You got people Wednesday, March 19, 2008 a bright future. If you and your children have enjoyed the adventures of Judy Moody you are sure to enjoy "Stink and the Worlds Most Super Su-per -Stinky Sneakers" by Megan McDonald. In this adventure Judy's little brother, Stink, is looking for a way to salvage a field trip to the science museum. Readers will find this book both comical and witty. If LDS fiction is your cup of tea we recommend "Meet Your Match" by Stephanie Flowers. This is a light hearted story about what happens after a wager is struck by some high school girls. Jacqueline Childs must prove that girls do like nice guys. The only problem is if she wins the wager she may loose the opportunity opportu-nity to meet her own nice guy. "Star Shining Brightly" by Marcia Mickelson is another hit with LDS Fiction readers.- In this book readers meet Lauren, a single mother, who has long ago given up her LDS upbringing for the glitz and fame of Hollywood. She encounters a man who just may bring her back to the real world, the church, and love. If you are a fan of our growing Christian section you may want to try "The Bachelor's Puzzle" by you fish the bait slowly. This helps to build up a scent cloud in the area. That way you don't necessarily neces-sarily have to get the bait in front of the fish to attract its attention. By filling the area with scent, fish that wouldn't normally pay attention to the bait (remember most bass spend 75-80 percent of their time in an inactive or non-feeding mode) will be drawn in. That's why I like to rig my drop-shot rigs with scented baits. By dangling a scented minnow in the same place for long enough time, I can fill the area with scent and attract bass that I might not be able to attract otherwise. By releasing so much scent into the area, Gulp! dramatically increases the size of the strike zone meaning you don't have to worry about putting the bait in Wildlife Photography; seminar scheduled Local artist, author and photographer Linda West, will be presenting a talk on Wildlife Photography at the Utah Field House of Natural History on Wednesday March 19th. The program is free to the Time is ticking Cali 801-975-7781 and get pre-approved over the phone Clayton Homes 3768 So Redwood Rd West Valley Utah Fax: 801-975-7782 Phone: 801-975-7781 Tired of being turned down for a home, call 801-975-7781 and get pre-approved over the phone Clayton Homes 3768 So Redwood Rd West Valley Utah Fax: 801-975-7782 Phone: 801-975-7781 ' """Ml girfnf ''till 1851 W Hwy 40 Vernal MhlQtQs ex D my Girls S-Ball: Larissa Miles Boys B-Ball: Kelbey Fisher niMamm n n " ' " ' C3 Judith Pella. This book is the first book in the new "Patchwork Circle" series by Pella. Readers are sure to enjoy the comical experiences that evolve when a new preacher comes to town and has all the young ladies buzzing around him. If you are looking for a story that is down to earth and thought provoking you may want to try "Stuck in the Middle" by Vir: ginal Smith. Readers are sure to be captivated by the story of Joan Sanderson. She is a young woman caught in what she com siders a rut. She lives at home and helps take care of her ailing grandmother. When not working at a dead end job, that is. What makes this situation more difficult is she feels she can't measure up to her older sister's perfect family or her beautiful successful younger sister. sis-ter. That is all about the change when a handsome, single doctor moves in next door. No matter what is on your reading list this spring break the staff of the Roosevelt Library is more than willing to assist you in finding something to interest your reading taste buds. If nothing noth-ing else come in and check out our new titles. Happy Reading! front of a fish for it to be effective. I've witnessed the evolution of scent technology going back to when we used fish oils and other homemade scents to apply to our baits. I always wanted a scent that stayed on the bait and tasted good enough that the fish would hang on longer. But I also wanted a scent that dispersed. For decades we had to settle for one or the other - a kind of Catch-22. But now baits keeps the scent on the bait so the fish won't let go and delivers deliv-ers the dispersion, too. Finally, the best of both worlds. And the slower I fish, the more fish I catch. Scott Suggs is the 2007 FLW Champion and the first angler in professional bass fishing to win $1 million in a single tourna: ment. public and will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will feature many slides of our local wildlife with an emphasis on birds. Those interested in wildlife, birding, or photography will find the program of interest. Please contact Mary Beth Bennis Smith at. 789-3799. The museum is located at 496 E. Main St. in Vernal. Correction In the March 12 issue of the Vernal Express Shaun Remington's Reming-ton's name was misspelled in an article. In the March 12 issue of the Vernal Express Cory Seitz's name was incorrectly spelled in ah article. of Urn VIqqIi ) 1 1 n n n T7s i 111 :? 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