Show 1 rt i d. d i t C y 1 4 I- I M Yxe I t tsa sa o e-a e r i il l CAROLYN HALES 14 hits the ball Into the air during volleyball action at Uintah High School last week J Big fish prospects I J at Flaming Gorge d J 1 ra 0 By Vic Vie Fisheries Biologist i I L Now that most of the hunting i seasons will be coming to a close the sportsman once again looks to fishing for his recreation The general fishing season closes November 30 but some waters remain open open year around Flaming Gorge Reservoir is one of those waters and should be given top con con- i t j I f Large populations of Utah I chub and white sucker are I competing with rainbow trout 1 t reducing survival and resulting in smaller catches of trout Despite annual stocking of between en 25 and 3 million five inch rainbow fingerling the I 11 fishery has not and probably never will reach harvest levels reminiscent of the mid This is not an abnormal situation in fact most reservoirs reservoirs reservoirs reser reser- go through the same cycle sooner ner or later s sot 4 r Fr o 61 v. v x y P r Rough fish populations do compete with wilh small trout but they also allow some trout to toj toI j I reach large size This Trus trend r toward fewer larger trout has been bee in progress for several I years years While many p trout were taken from Flaming Gorge during the no trout in the 20 to 30 pound class were vere taken This trophy fishery is fairly new and a few 4 4 w anglers have taken some mighty large fish Four brown trout over 29 pounds have been taken including the 31 pound 12 ounce world record taken by 5 Mr Charles Keefer Most 1 I brown trout fishermen dont don't donti i I i lERS lER'S r t Team Standings W L Lt t Stauffer Chemical 29 7 Uintah 27 ll 9 Janet's Beauty Shop 24 12 0 High Series Bettye Guffey Loreen Williamson Fern Holmes r High Games Bettye Guffey I Diane Adamson Sandy Martin even I re report port a fish unless it weighs over 20 pounds I WITHIN the last three years or so the lake trout or mackinaw has become a highly sought after fish at Flaming Gorge Anglers using copper line and large plugs trolling deep have taken fish in the 20 to to 25 pound range and many 8 to lo 12 pounds These fish feed extensively extensively extensively ex ex- on Utah chubs and appear to be reproducing h in the lake Division biologists have taken mackinaw in places other than those commonly fished indicating these fish range throughout the lake Fishing I for mackinaw has slowed this fall and many anglers believed the mackinaw had moved d or were fished out Biologists studying the mackinaw still capture fish in inthe inthe inthe the fished out areas with In fact one such produced a mackinaw weighing 34 pounds This large 40 inch male was returned to the water unharmed Itt be should be pointed out here that most trout taken in a gill net are not gilled but tangle langle their teeth in the net This allows the vast majority of f large trout to be returned to the water med The mackinaw are spawning now and should start biting when they are finished With the lake waters cooling the browns brownsand brownsand brownsand and larger rainbow should start to bite producing some good fishing So if you want to catch a true trophy-size trophy trout fish Flaming Gorge but be prepared to spend some time at al it il TEN PIN Team Standings W L Hot Oil Service 29 7 Brothers 24 2412 V IH Kloeppel Radiator 24 12 High Series Virginia Clayton Ilene Dene M Mcbey bey Sherry Luck High Games Virginia Clayton Sherry Luck Ilene Mosbey LADIES TWILIGHT Team Standings W ly L Hap Swains Swain's 27 ll 9 M M. M E E. E Oaks 26 10 Boren Trucking 25 11 it High Series Helen Atwood Jo Luyendyk Betty Johnson High Games Helen Atwood Betty Johnson Connie Boren Leda Bradley THURSDAY Y Tea Team in Standings W tV I L I. Wyoming Rentals 25 11 Vernal Theatre 12 Artesia Artesla Bar Cafe 24 13 High Games Cathy Perales Pat Spillman jai Betty Zimmerman High Series Fran Clark Cathy Perales |