| Show t IW d' d fl x e t 1 at At Jn r 1 p f 4 A FLAMING GORGE BEAUTY caught Wednesday of last week In the tho Cedar Springs area The huge German brown weighed in at 26 6 pounds and measured 31 inches long The proud o owner ner is Ray Roy Johnson Salt Lake City shown with his trophy The catch Is the third largest taken token from the famous water in the the last lost 13 months exceeded by byla a 29 and a 31 pound 31 pound American record Johnson ap op did set a record with his catch however Using only pound six test line Johnsons Johnson's fish exceeded the world record In that category by nearly eight pounds Johnson says he was using a gold lure trolling In shallow water near the shoreline In five days fishing at the Go Gorge ge in January Johnson caught four fish over 20 pounds three over 18 and several in the 12 to 18 pound category Flaming Gorge fishing getting better By fly Verl Fishing at Flaming Gorge has hns started to pick up a little as of late Some large fish have been brought In Reports from the Lucerne area Indicate that they are lire catching some large brown trout in the 10 to 15 pound class One of ot the problems right now Is the Ule boat ramps are very Icy so sobe sobe sobe be careful launching a boat Some ice ha has hag started to form formIn In In the upper parts of the llie reservoir in Wyoming Some of the Ule bays arc starting to freeze In Utah Ulah Sheep Creek Day Bay has started to freeze In spots and the Spring Creek Bay Day has started AT TilE THE present time none of the llie bays in Utah have Ice solid enough to hold a person and right now It looks as though we may not have any Ice fishing this year unless we get a lot colder weather than what we have had Fishermen who can brave the llie cold have been catching some nice fish from Irom boats trolling flatfish large daredevils and nd The best luck has been fishing in close to shore The shore fishermen have been doing best using worms and cheese The Antelope Flat area has lias been the best up to date |
