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Show Vernal Express E3orib$Qp tPab ite fishtail fecps ft taho iff? Good ice fishing has been reported. Lower reservoirs starting to ice over beginning with Pelican Lake. A new two pole regulation starts Jan 1, double the action. Warning: Whirling disease dis-ease has been found in the Northeastern Regional area, please make sure to clean, dry and sterilize waders, live wells and other fishing gear before venturing to another water. Also do not clean fish or dump fish parts taken from one water into another lake or stream as this could also move whirling disease organisms. BIG SAND WASH RESERVOIR The reservoir was drained, the dam checked, it passed inspection and is being refilled. The Division has stocked catchable fish and plans to stock fingerlings to provide immediate and long-term long-term fisheries. Lake should The Vernal Express & Uintah Recreation District in conjunction 4L Present: Pick the FosttaU Uild-Card January Visitors Kansas City .Dallas NYJets NY Giants Name lAddress Week 17 Winners 1" Rick Jenkins (10), 2 Jennifer Bradsluw (9), 3" Jean Klein (8), 4" Larry Lambertson (7), 5 Angle Lee (6), 6" Boyce Coombs (S). 7 Katelyn Bradsnaw (4), 8 Shad Zinda (3). 9" Wintry Bradley (2). W Larry Klein (1) Totals 1. Boyce Coombs (56), 1. Rick Jenkins (56), 3. Randy Upton (53), 4. Larry Klein (50), 5. Garn Birchell (48), 5. Teresa Bradey (48), 5. Jean Klein (48), 8. Dale Russell (46), 9. Harry Miyoshi (44), 10. Jennifer Bradsnaw (38), W. Angle Lee (38), 10. Lynda Phillips (38), 13. Shad Zinda (37), 14. Mindy Bradley (35), 14. Cody Coombs (35), 16. Travis Anderson (32), 17. Frank Annerl (28), 20. DeEtte Spencer (20), 21 Katelyn Bradsnaw 08). 22. Larry Lambertson (15), 23. Mike Miles (14), 24. Bill Hill 03), 25. Pete Martin 02), 26. Ranee Rasmussen (IT), 27. Chris Martin (6), 28. Adam Sarmadi (5), 29. Patrick Crosby (3) Rules 1. Indicate which team you think wiH win (do not need to pick mre except for tit breaker). 2. Pick the tie breaker by writing wnat you think aril bt th fail score of the He breaker game. The tie breaker will count as a correct or incorrect pick during the initial scoring. Then, H needed, the scores of the tie breaker will be used to break the ties as outlined ki S6 and ST below. 3. All entries must be turned into the Recreation Office or the Vernal Express office by 5.-00 p.m. the Friday before the week's games or postmarked by Friday and received In the mail no later than Monday. Only one entry perperson may be submitted each week. (Entries dropped into the mail slot of Vernal Express after 5:00 p.m. on Fridays wM not be entered. 4. rive weekly winners wiH be awarded each week. Additional prizes may be awarded when available. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute prizes if nMdctPoMwMbtgiwft to the too ten Alters each week. During the playoffs the point values wi given to the top ten finishers. 5. Only original entry forms from the Vernal Express accepted onl from those individuals with a current subscription. 6. Games left blank will be counted as incorrect picks. If a winning taain Vindicated on the tie breaker, but no score is given, then the pick will be counted in theinrUal scoring, but wM be gjvenUst place m the tie breaker determination. 7. Ties win be broken using the tie breaker. The person wttthsmafcstpoMdffiereirtial between actual scores and predicted scores wil win the tJe tie, then whoever had the closest score to the winning team w be tte winner. If at this point there is a tie, then the "pick the winner points will be split among the tied contestants. LdWTfKCina! Come Ice Fish Bottle Grand Prize $350 Cabella's Gift Certificate or UIT Outfitting Cow Elk Tag Length Prize $200 Basin Sports Gift Certificate Weight Priza-$200 Priza-$200 Basin Sports Gift Certificate Takf advantaofrfow 365 day 2007 fchingp Area restrictions apply. Sponsored by Ute Trite u&WP and US FiWS have ice. Check ice conditions carefully before venturing out. No new reports on fishing success. suc-cess. ' BULLOCKCOTTONWOOD RESERVOIRS No new reports. Both reservoirs should have ice but check conditions carefully care-fully before venturing out. Reservoirs are located approximately approx-imately 5 miles north of the town of Gusher. BROUGH RESERVOIR No new reports. Reservoir should have ice. Check ice condition carefully before venturing out. Reservoir is being filled which may make water murky. Note: Special catch and release regulations, regu-lations, please read proclamation. proclama-tion. To get to Brough, take State Route 88 south from US Route 40 (Ouray Road). Turn west at the second dirt road past the high power lines. Follow this road approximately approximate-ly 2 miles staying to the left at with: , . Winners 2006 Ut:kn:i 6-7, 2007 Home .Indianapolis .Seattle .New England -Philadelphia j Phone. 17. Randy Jenkins (28), 19. Levi Smuin (22), be doubM At the end of the season awards will be wHI be accepted. No photo copies. E-mail entries breaker. If after mim the tie breaker there is still i Hollow , bjuj. M Entry Fee: $30 Special Event Fishing Permit or Purchase of 2007 Ute Tribe Season Fishing Permit Competition will run 8:00 am December 18, 2006 through February 28, 2007 at Bottie Hollow Reservoir, Ft Duchesne, Utah. Grand Prize - Overall Size (Length, Weight, Girth) Prize-Length Prize-Weight k For Event Entry Visit Ute Plaza Supermarket 7750 US Highway 40 Fort Duchesne, Utah 84026 (435) 722-3282 For more information contact UIT Fish & Wildlife Department Fisheries (435)7254816 t- ' ' ' ,-V each main fork. Road can be quite rutted. BROWNIE . SPIRIT LAKE No new reports. The area has received several snowstorms, and lakes at similar or lower elevations are now frozen. Check ice condition carefully before venturing out Roads closed, accessible by skis or snowmobile. Warning: whirling whirl-ing disease has been found in this area, please make sure to clean, dry and sterilize waders, wad-ers, live wells and other fishing gear before venturing to another anoth-er water. Also do not clean fish or dump fish parts taken from one water into another lake or stream, as this will also move whirling disease. CALDER CROUSE RESERVOIRS RESER-VOIRS Reports of good ice fishing prior to the last set of storms. Area has received recent snow so road access is questionable. The new "trophy fishery" regulation for Calder has been accepted by the Utah Wildlife Board. New regulations regula-tions begin January 1, 2007. CURRANT CREEK RESERVOIR RESER-VOIR Lake is frozen, no reports on fishing conditions. Check ice thickness carefully before venturing out. Area received more snow last week. Expect muddy roads open to the dam. EAST PARK OAKS PARK No new reports, access by skis or snowmobile. Reservoirs should be frozen, check ice condition con-dition carefully before venturing ventur-ing out. FLAMING GORGE As of 122006, fair to good fishing for rainbows on majority of the reservoir. res-ervoir. Rainbows have moved shallow again in response to cooler water temps. Larger fish can be found feeding on points in 10 -20 ft or in inflow areas. Rainbows can be caught from shore using bait and lures in the typical spring locations such as Mustang Ridge, the Visitor Center area, Sheep Creek Bay, Antelope Flat, and most shoreline areas in WY. Rainbows can also bef caught trolling small spoons) pop gear or rapalas in 10 to 20 ft of water. Use long line technique or planer boards to get lures away from boat. Very nice sized fish are being caught. Kokanee fishing is open again as of December 1, 2006 Smallmouth fishing is very slow, fishing becomes difficult diffi-cult during fall and winter. Smallmouth typically move deeper in winter and can be found as deep as 60 feet. Lake trout fishing is fair to excellent depending on location loca-tion and size of targeted fish. Smaller fish are still catch-able catch-able and action has been good. Larger fish have pretty much finished the spawn and will be feeding again making them easier eas-ier to catch. If boat fishing for lake trout; try trolling bottom structure using down riggers or steel line and flatfish, crank baits, or flashers trailing a lure or minnow for large lake trout. Vertical jigging using tube or bucktail jigs tipped with sucker suck-er meat can also be effective for lake trout when they are on the bottom. Long-lining rapalas and other minnow imitation lures a couple hundred feet behind the boat or behind planer boards is a good technique to use to catch large lake trout in the . next few weeks. Large fish finish fin-ish spawning and actively feed near the surface in December. Areas around Linwood Bay are good locations to start White, brown or chartreuse colored 3" tube jigs on a 316 or 14 oz jig heads tipped with meat can been particularly effective for small lake trout White tube jigs have been working well the past few weeks. Fish in depths from 50 to 90 feet also look for suspending fish over deep structure and use your graph to put a jig or lure right in front of them. There are many small-and small-and medium-sized lake trout in Flaming Gorge, so please take advantage of the eight-fish lake trout regulation (one over 28 inches) and harvest a limit These smaller fish are excellent eating. Fishing is typically best during periods of stable weather weath-er and high pressure or just before a front moves in. The current surface temperature in the canyon is 47 degrees. Burbot or ling cod, were illegally introduced into the upper Green River drainage and have made their way to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The daily and possession limit for burbot is 25 fish, and all burbot caught must be killed. Please familiarize yourself with the appearance of these fish in case you catch one. Although the fish are quite odd looking in appearance, they are very good to eat with white flesh similar to walleye or perch. These fish are moving south in the reservoir reser-voir and have been caught as far south as the canyon mouth. Numerous burbot have been caught on the Linwood Bay lake trout spawning area. Jigs and spoons have been used to catch them. Recent netting in the WY end of the reservoir showed large numbers of burbot bur-bot and several age classes. GREEN RIVER (upper) Flows began daily double fluctuations fluc-tuations to maximize power profits as is allowed by the 2000 Flow "Recommendations for "recovery of threatened and 'endangered downstream fish. Visit the Bureau of ess; 3 0 Buy 3 Outlaw Trail Journals Receive 30 OFF! And Receive 25 OFF Books Written by Doris Karren Burton 'Wv vm f-vm wiiiMMirjii.iiiiiiiMii.ji Jmmm . fef If If t Bed Canyon feels like the middle of nowhere. If the middle of nowhere had warm cabins and fine dining. Enjoy a delicious meal at Flaming Gorge Country's premier resort. Our restaurant is open every weekend for breakfast, lunch and dinner. .' , Luxury log cabins available upon request. Reclamation website www. uc.usbr.gov for the latest information. infor-mation. V As the Western Area Power Administration attempts to maximize power production, a base flow of 800 cfs would be maintained but two fluctuations fluctua-tions up to 2000 cfs would be conducted in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 11 am and afternoons after-noons from 4 p.m. until 10 pm. These flows attempt to follow electricity use during peak consumption con-sumption times. Fluctuating flows could negatively impact fishing success suc-cess on the river. Currently, good fishing on the river with some slow days as the weather patterns change. The river receives much less fishing pressure this time of year. Fly fisherman should look at more nymphs as few hatches occur. Hatches only occur on some days in the right weather conditions. con-ditions. Try streamers such as 2-6 Buggers in tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies. Visit the following web site to see up to date flies and lures that are catching fish. wwwiishgreenriver.com. Spin fishermen should try small rapalas (floating, countdown count-down and husky jerk); spinners; spin-ners; black, brown or olive marabou jigs; and tube jigs. Please check to see that your tube jigs contain no fish attracting attract-ing scents as they are illegal to use in the river. Fishing at night during full moon periods peri-ods can be a good time to catch large browns with plugs during the fall. New Zealand Mudsnail densities have dramatically increased in several localized areas near Little Hole, and have been documented within with-in several miles of the dam. Please thoroughly clean mud and vegetation from waders, boats and fishing gear; and if possible, completely dry equipment equip-ment before leaving the area. A hot water bath (120 degrees Fahrenheit) will kill "'mud- snails, and spraying equipment with 409 or a similar soap solu tion before drying will increase ON SALE NOW!!! November 29 to January 31, 2007 Tha etviliMd way to Bjoy th (nat outdoors. Highway 44 Flaming Gorge Country 438.869.3789 r.rdcuyonlodgt.com Fwtaun la MorMtton with Aihlay HaUonal Forast effectiveness. GREEN RIVER (lower) Water level is low, but above average for this time of year due to the dam flows. No new reports from anglers. , : Some stretches are beginning to freeze. - MATT WARNER c RESERVOIR RESER-VOIR No new reports. Iced over by Saturday, November 18th. Roads likely inaccessible from recent snowfall and deep drifts. 1 MOON LAKE No new reports. Should be iced over as observed at lakes at similar elevations. PELICAN LAKE New ice about 4 inches thick on areas close to shore. Waterfowl have kept the middle ice free as of Friday, Dec. 22. Anglers report spotty (some great some fair) fishing for bluegill and few reports of bass. , RED FLEET RESERVOIR Reservoir is beginning to freeze but ice unsafe as yet. STARVATION RESERVOIR Some ice in the backs of the bays but still lots of open water. STEINAKER RESERVOIR Ice formed on most of the reservoir res-ervoir but likely unsafe. Some open water in the middle, which is being used by waterfowl. water-fowl. UINTA MOUNTAIN LAKES AND STREAMS No new reports. Lakes and streams have ice but check it carefully before venturing out. Area has received several snowstorms. Early ice fishing on lakes and reservoirs is also almost always good. Fishing success on mountain lakes and streams can be spotty so if one isn't producing pro-ducing try moving to another. With over 400 managed fisheries fisher-ies on the South Slope alone, it's easy to find a new place to fish. Always go prepared for serious weather, as the Uinta Mountains are well known for frequent unexpected storms and high winds. Note: The Uinta Mountains have a four trout limit with a bonus of four more brook trout - see prdcla-ffiaTionfor prdcla-ffiaTionfor details?,,id; ' 1 . T- 1MIWMI spi5 iipi SiSbi -1 -II |