Show r S orts Spotlight By Oy Don t Robinson if It nothing else the Utah fishing season eason opening last Saturday was well attended Streams were high and nd roily a as predicted and many marry of or the fa favorite spots for tor angl anglers angler rl mere ere ere still snowed or Iced In Very reM few people tried the vaters waters wat vat ers around here and fewer still had anything to show tot for their forts No planting has been done lue to the late season Lake a few hardy souls who braved muddy roads to struggle within walking distance of the pond Snow blocked the final mile mileto to the lake and the road was spotted spotted spot spot- I ted with mud holes The fish that were caught were of a nice size site I Some of the German Browns Drowns 1 t saw ran about fourteen Inches In length I I Mill Creek was high and murky murky mur ky near the lake take but some fish were taken The creek will wilt probably probably ably get Worse before getting better as hot weather Is melting the snow cover rapidly La Sal Creek was also high and I I according to 10 the only report we had devoid of fish Few rew fishermen fishermen fisher fisherr men tried that spot No other reports report of fishing In this area came in Statewide the picture was a little brighter Fish Lake closed to boats because of Ice produced some catches from the shore In Including ins th- eluding some big Macks Pan Pan- an poisoned out by the state two years ago was was was' the hottest of the lakes East Canyon Rese- Rese voir Volt by Salt Lake was great also At Strawberry reservoir there were WE're people and about 1000 boats From the people we saw It would seem that one fish per person would be a close estimate We fished at Frank Madsen's camp where most of the fish were taken We boated seven fish during the morning after trolling about five miles of banks Most I i I r of the boats had less luck The water was extremely cold and the fish were hitting near the sur sur- face We trolled slowly and with witha a minimum of weight eight using gold goldfish goldfish goldfish fish and flatfish lures Although fish were taken on every Fon- Fon con type of lure hire it appeared that th light slow slow moving moving lure was the best Personally the trip was great due to a pound five plus native that struck obligingly at my only lure a gold fish A two did the same to make the day a good one Unfortunately Unfortunately a big fish being netted merits merits mer mer- its lots of attention and we were not without company In a short time A good could have crossed that section of the lake without getting his feet wet For those who believe not the tales ales of fishermen I have that native In the freezer It is a pity that we have so little In the way of fishing InGrand in inGrand inGrand Grand county If the Pack Creek project goes through It would be a good thing to prod the state into building a hatchery here This end of the state has long been overlooked Lets Let's hope the I mistake of planting fingerlings In Inthe Inthe inthe the ponds on the north end of the mountain will not be repeated I some ome ome legal would have helped I I r German Brown Drown trout see seems s 's I to thrive In the streams around here but has not been planted I heavily I t believe the federal hatcheries plant Browns Drowns while the state handles Rainbows and Na Na- tives tines Maybe some more German Brown Drown could be pried away from the hatchery this year Watching the Fish and Game department men handle the thes s fawners tIt fat Strawberry Is worth the trip to 10 th the big pond The wardens wardens war war- dens were counting bucks at the Indian creek treek pens cDS Saturday About eighty Natives were handled han han- dIed basketball basketball bas bu Ed Jacobs Moab's new coach Is In town He will begin the recreation program program on Monday The new coach Is a very likable gent who should make friends soon In town Coach Darrel Crawford started at the Utah State University Summer Summer Sum Sum- mer Coaching school at Logan The course will run through this week Stanford's Chuck Taylor Taylora a la the guest Instructor on football I Season tickets for Boys Doys Baseball Baseball Base Base- ball are still on sale They are the top bargain of the summer at any price |