Show f Weather weather A Awful Fishing Fish ing Same Four For Angling Opener Saturday The wind blows cold across Inthe Reservoir at four in the morning On Saturday the opening day of the fishing season it blew cold and wet at four five inthe six seven and eight in the morning We tri tried d daredevils guaranteed The fish hadn't read the guarantee We put a big fat plastic worm on the lure We hooked d two Two pieces of sagebrush that is 1 THE MAN on the left lost a lure We put ours back in inthe inthe the tackle box and swapped for a hook They are arc only a nickel each A man from from Salt Lake Lake- caught two in rapid succession sion We went over to see what he was using and he had hada a salmon egg on a single hook We put a salmon egg on ona ona a single hook So Sa the the- theman man on the right caught one on a spinner Men sent their wives back to the cars for hot coffee Oc a boat came in close and churned the water up even browner than it was Occasionally someone caught a fish The rest of the fisher fisher- fishermen fishermen men would have turned green with envy if they hadn't hadn t been so blue with the cold I ABOUT THE middle of the morning people stinted started drift drift- drifting ing home was typical of a cold wet opener through most of the state There were a lot of people out though Friday night there was a constant stream headIng north on Vernal Ave nue with trailers campers and boats Before dawn campfires dot dot- dotted ted shoreline Bob Nielsen State Fish and Game Dept biologist rated fishing fair with very few limits taken He said that streams at lower ele ele- elevations were very slow and fishing pressure light with high and roily waters STREAMS at the higher elevations such as Upper North and South Fork of Ash Ash- Ashley ley Creek were inaccessible because of late snows and andraIn andrain raIn Oaks Park which was stocked two days before the opening mIght have been good but was fished little if any during the weekend Mr Niels Nielsen n saId because of mud dy road conditions and over over- overall overall all poor access The reservoir area had three inches of new snow for forthe forthe the opening lIe He also reported Flaming Gorge Reservoir as slow especially from the banks although a few limits were taken trolling Although the reservoir Is open for year It was thronged for the opener THE HE RIVER below the dam did not hold up to expectations expectations but in all probability will pick up during the co com com- coming ing months he forecast Rain and snow was report report- reported ed most of the day especially at the higher elevations Mr Nielsen said that stream stocking was held to a minimum but heavier plants are planned as the high highwater water recedes especially where fishing Is expected to improve as the season progresses r |