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Show I g-JeoinKoikoir fosIheiriArDeirii m)jy Ihcoijppy pecoeir By Aldon Rachele, Vernal Express G,me fishermen and fisherwomen J J fish almost jumping on their hooks, 2 some couldn't bribe an aquatic i DU j Wjth worms, marshmallows, ! Cse salmon eggs or lures during the 1 fSutah general fishing opener at laker Reservoir and Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam. i "I have been here 20 minutes and I've ! had a couple of bites. The lake is pretty ' y I've been using worms. I usually ,et' some fish, but it takes a little i while " said John Magee of Vernal. "I 1 caught eight fish at two pounds last ! year at Steinaker during the deer hunt ! opener." 1 "I caught two fish earlier. They were i u inches long. I've been here since 5 : 30 ! am The fish gave me a pretty good ! rieht for the size they were. Earlier this j morning I slipped off the rocks and fell in the lake," stated David Schwalk of Vernal. Fishing success had slowed down from the shore around 12 noon, Saturday, Satur-day, but fisherman and fisherwoman, Roger and Jane Ellis of California were having good luck. However, they were also having bad luck as well. "I hooked three fish on worms and marshmallows, but I also lost two. I was bringing a three pounder off the bank and I lost it. It was a big one. He jerked off the line and laid down in the water and swam off. It gave me a good fight and was my biggest one so far. It was about 14 inches long," remarked Jane Ellis. Her husband Roger also hooked some fish. "Utah fishing is better than California fishing. I caught two fish on worms and marshmallows that weighed weigh-ed from one pound to two pounds. Three fish either broke lines or dropped off hooks in 20 minutes," said Roger Ellis. ' V(JH'NG SUCCESS was reported good at the Steinaker Reser-' Reser-' and h"8 the annual opener. Two fishermen fish from a canoe I u nope for successful fishing results. The fisherman on the ( Two other fishermen with hard luck stories were Ron Warner and Dave Hacking of Vernal. "I had the fish in my hand and he slipped off. I lost my limit. My line broke when I had him out of the water," said Warner. "I caught a couple cou-ple on worms and salmon eggs. I lost a nice little fish from two to 24 pounds when my line broke. The big one gave me a big fight. It came right out of the water. I got him in and tried to lift him on the bank. When I brought him in it broke the line," commented Hacking. The fishing party of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Minardi of Salt Lake City and Betty Bet-ty Eaton of Vernal nabbed a number of fish during the opener. "We used worms, marshmallows and cheese. We have thrown everything at them. I caught one and Mrs. Minardi hooked one. Tony nabbed two fish. My fish measured about 12 to 14 inches," said Eaton. "The fish gave me a good battle . and there are good eating fish at i " - . ... i :" ' i-"-5f -. ".,.. . .., . ....... ... ' , ..... I - - - . f & , . ? T" V 4 ' -5, v . , " - , v - - - : . s - . - v , - . " , - - - . t.y. . , N. ; , - ; ! ' r i , '- . ;' - ' ' V ! s , " I - --Jk . , . - , i ; : v - i ' ' , 4 I . - I J , I . S - - - " . ' HV.v--w;-' ,--'!,.,v . ..sS.' ' - X ; .-'4 THREE FISHERMAN on a raft hope that they hook a big fish in the waters of the Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam Steinaker," stated Tony Minardi. Nine fish were garnered by the group of Jesse Valle, Leonard Candelaria, Robert Juarez, Leo Martinez II and Leo Martinez I as of 12 noon, Saturday. Martinez No. 1 pocketed three fish and he remarked, "I would have had four if that fish hadn't broken my line. The one that got away was a beauty. No planters. Nice looking fish. It was almost dawn and I saw it break water. It was a five pounder and it broke about 15 feet of line." Another member of the fishing party, Candelaria, also hooked three fish. "I got three of the nine fish. Two of the fish were from one pound to 1'.2 pounds and measured about 13 inches. We used nightcrawlers and dipped them in rum," stated Candelaria and his fishing buddies. Another location that produced good fishing results for a number of people during the opener was Green River Saturday during the 1982 Utah General Fishing Opener. Fishermen encountered fair fishing at the Green River. !; - .... ' . , V ' ' - . . ' t ' . , .... , ; ' " - ..... , '-"v. .. i ... ' ' " 1 ;- v . ; ""'s1 '- - ' ' '..,. c -r . .: V"""... A ; .. ll.,llt1.)LX- -' . " --ssJss - - - x s.rsP 3 mm,. - " ' t T-r;, - .--www"'n , : " right tries to free his line which became tangled up with a shore fisherman's line. - below the Flaming Gorge Dam. "A lot of fish were caught down the river. They are catching a lot down there," said Leo Snyder of Rock Springs. "One of the guys at the Bonanza Power Plant caught some nice rainbows rain-bows at two pounds on cheese," remarked Tony Ortega of Salt Lake City. Ci-ty. However, some people were having fish catching problems at the Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam and one such person was Kathy Snyder of Rock Springs. "I know there's fish in there, but we haven't caught any. Opps, I think I had one. We had seen a lot of people with fish, but we haven't got one. We have tried worms, cheese and marshmallows," mar-shmallows," said Snyder. About an hour later the Snyder group returned with a fish. One of the happier anglers was four year old Andy McLean of Wellington, who nabbed his first fish ever. When asked to comment on what he used to natch hie fish with MpT.pnn rpmflrlfpH "I caught him with a fishing pole." "He got soaked and excited and he said, 'Great big fish.' He ripped his pants out trying to get the fish and he had a ball. The rainbow trout weighed 1 pound eight ounces, and he caught the fish on cheese," said his mother, Evylen McLean. The youngster added, "My dad helped me catch the fish." Some fishermen were begging to hook a fish and one fisherman, Dick Urban, Ur-ban, Provo, was returning his fish to the Green River. "I caught my limit this morning, but I put them back in the water. I caught them all on cheese. I hooked two 13 inchers and I threw them back. I keep the fish the last day I'm up here. They haven't been striking lures and they weren't biting the salmon eggs. Worms were doing good this morning," mor-ning," said Urban. Fishing is also a family sport and youngsters, Preston and Natalie Craig and mother Alison Craig of Clearfield watched their father, Dick Craig, take part in the sport. "I usually do better with worms, but my brother has the worms and I got stuck with the cheese," said Craig. The biggest rainbow trout taken at the Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam as of 4 p.m., Saturday was an eight pound, 12 ouncer, according to Rick Larsen of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. The fish measured 28 inches. "Some pretty good ones have been nabbed. A six pound six ounce rainbow was also hooked and a six pound 12 ounce cutthroat was nabbed. A number of two pound cutthroats were also hooked and quite a few rainbows around a pound were taken," said. Larsen. The fishermen have not caught as many as last year at the Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam, but they have caught nice ones. They are not as many, but they are bigger than last year. Everybody has been catching something. It's been a pretty good opener here. No complaints," remarked remark-ed Clay Perschon of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. v " e ' i - ;,. , .. . v - " ' I . ..: j. . . .sk-.-. . . - v, v'-- W A - . , - ! :'v-s - . .o' ... .- . ...... . ..... A FISH gets netted by Jesse Valle during shore fishing at Steinaker Reservoir Saturday. The fish was hooked by Leonard Candelaria. I - , ft nsi -v j : V - Lj i ' " - v... n, j ' . ' ' - 1 ' ;. . :; . ' i 'ft ' r V-:.- I ... f . - ' 1 : 1 .. - NINE FISH are held by Leonard Candelaria during fishing action at Steinaker Reservoir Saturday morning. Candelaria and four other fishing party members hooked the nine fish. i |