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Show C2 Wednesday, July NORTHEASTERN REGION Fishing report updated July 17, 2008 Warning: whirling disease has been found in the Northeastern Regional area, please make sure to clean, dry and sterilize waders, wad-ers, live wells and other fishing gear before venturing to another water. Cleaning fish: Biologists now believe the disposal offish parts, especially the head and skeleton, is one of the primary reasons whirling disease has spread to new waters. To avoid moving whirling disease and other un-desired un-desired organisms, the preferred method is to clean fish at home and send the parts to a landfill. If that isn't possible, please clean the fish and bury the parts 100 yards or more away from the water's edge. BIG SANDWASH RESERVOIR RESER-VOIR Anglers report good fishing for rainbows. The cool spring extended the season for trout being in the upper waters but now they are starting to move deeper. Duringthe cool hours, try fishing top water flies and lures, and use either a bubble or floating float-ing baits to clear the submerged vegetation and boulders. As the water warms, go deeper. Big Sandwash is one of the three reservoirs participating in The Fox Family Fishing Event. Specially marked fish may be turned in for a prize. If you catch a fish marked with a red tag, bring the fish andor clip the tag (if caught and released) and take it to the main gate at Steinaker State Park, several local businesses busi-nesses being advertised on the radio or the Division Office in Vernal. For more information contact KIFX radio at 435-789-5101. BULLOCKCOTTONWOOD Assistant Men's & Women's Basketball Coach for Colorado Northwest Call 970 - JDS Plumbing Jiffy Pawn LeAnn Martin Quality Transmission Dan's Tire Champion Weatherford Country Grub Superior Lube Esquire RV Simper Supply R.W. Jones 1 s isoiiito-lienioistlelliri YOU CAN HELP PREVENT HUMAN AND EQUINE INFECTIONS!!! - P. fin Urgent iessage From The Uiotoli losunito Abatement District 23, 2008 RESERVOIRS Anglers report fair to good fishing for rainbows and fair for other fish at Bullock. Few tiger musky being taken, remember re-member the special regulation on tiger musky is one fish 40 inches or over, anything under 40 must be released. Division biologists recently moved smallmouth bass into Cottonwood to supplement supple-ment the breeding population which was decimated when the reservoir was drained. If you catch a smallmouth bass, please release it quickly to the water. Small boats can be launched from undeveloped sites near the dams. Reservoirs are located approximately ap-proximately 5 miles north of the town of Gusher. BROUGH RESERVOIR Fishing has remained slow and steady for nice-sized fish. Fish have moved deeper to avoid the warm surface waters. Note: slow catch rates are expected on a "trophy" style fishery because to get large fish, management has to restrict the population numbers. 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, it should be signed. Follow this road approximately two miles following the signs. Road can be quite rutted. BROWNIE SPIRIT LAKE The road is open to Browne and to Spirit. Recent reports from Brownie are of slow to fair fishing and fair to good at Spirit. Warning: Warn-ing: whirling disease has been found in this area, please make sure to clean, dry and sterilize waders, live wells and other fishing gear before venturing to another water. Do not move fish or fish parts from one area to another. Community College j Season Runs "! October 15 - March 15 675 - 3312 for info. Thank You to all who sponsored the 11 year old Baseball Allstar Team Thank You to everyone who supported us in our Raffle. Winners are: Cami Lance winner of the quilt Desiree Sutton winner of the Galleries Gift Certificate Protect Yourself: 1. Use mosquito repellents containing DEEI Follow the label directions carefully. 2. Wear long sleeves and pants for extra protection. 3. Especially from dusk to dawn, avoid outdoor activity when mosquitoes are present. 4. Use mosquito netting when sleeping outdoors or in unscreened structures. 5. Seal doors and windows with screens in good condition. Reduce Mosquito Habitat: 1. Don't allow irrigation water to stand pooled in the field. Millions of aquatic mosquito larvae will die if deprived of waer before they can develop into disease-carrying adults. 2. Drain any standing water around your home or busines. Empty water from tires, rain gutters, cans and other containers which may collect water. 3. Change water in birdbaths, water troughs and wading pools at least once per week. 4. Don't allow water to stagnate in garden ponds. Clean them Often. Vernal Cleaning fish: Biologists now believe the disposal offish parts, especially the head and skeleton, is one of the primary reasons whirling disease has spread to new waters. To avoid moving whirling disease and other un-desired un-desired organisms, the preferred method is to clean fish at home and send the parts to a landfill. If that isn't possible, clean the fish and bury the parts lOOyards or more away from the water's edge. CALDER CROUSE RESERVOIRS RESER-VOIRS Anglers report slow to fair fishing for some nice- sized, heavy fish. Recent surveys indicate a healthy population of fish survived the winter in Calder. Crouse was a complete kill but it has been restocked with catchables. The winterkill will only help the Calder fishery change to trophy management as under the previous management manage-ment scenario; the water was stocked with considerably more fish to provide faster fishing for smaller fish. Calder has special regulations, which include: flies and lures only, no baits; all fish under 22 inches must be released immediately; bag limit is one fish over 22 inches. CURRANT CREEK RESERVOIR RES-ERVOIR Recent reports from anglers are of fair fishing with all the access roads now being passible. EAST PARK OAKS PARK The Roads are open to East Park and Oaks Park. Anglers reporting report-ing slow fishing during the day with faster fishing in the cooler hours. Reports indicate most lures and baits are working with no "silver technique" out fishing the others. FLAMING GORGE Surface water temps: 68 - 71 degrees. Lake Trout Fishing: Anglers continue to report good to excellent excel-lent fishing for 16 to 24 inch lake trout in the Canyon. Areas to try are points next to deep water in Sheep Creek, Red canyon, the Skull Creeks and Jarvies Canyon. Lures to try include: tube jigs in white, chartreuse, glow or brown tipped with a small chunk of sucker or chub meat, Airplane jigs and jigging spoons. No stretch line will help anglers feel strikes and set the hook better. Use a graph to see suspended fish and put your jig in their face. Iftrolling,usedownriggersto get lures like needlefish, other spoons and rapalas down near the bottom. Try and keep the lure within 10 feet of the bottom Weldon Construction Evaporative System National Oilwell Circle D Services Patrick Newberry Barry Petroleum Cochrane Resources Petroglyph Ray Zufelt Ashley Trading Post Dry Fork Saddle Express unless you are seeing suspended fish on the graph. If you are seeing see-ing suspended fish, put the lure at that depth. Fishing is usually best early in the morning or later in the afternoon. Unlike their larger relatives, the smaller lake trout are excellent table fair with orange flesh and taste as good or better than a rainbow when cooked up on the grill. There's an overabundance of lake trout under 28" in the Gorge so do your part to help the fishery and keep a limit of 8 fish. Larger lake trout fishing has been fair to good at traditional structure spots from Big Bend south to Sheep Creek Bay. Big lake trout eat big food so lures andjigscanbebigalso. Try larger tube jigs and jigging spoons or if trolling, use large plugs, spoons, or flatfish on a downrigger. Remember, Re-member, only one fish over 28" may be kept. Kokanee Fishing: Kokanee fishing has been good in certain areas of the reservoir including areas around the Pipeline, Sheep Creek and Jarvies Canyon. For the month of July, fish in depths 40-55 feet based on where you see fish on the graph. Down riggers, long lining, lead weights and planer boards can get the small spoons like needlefish, triple teasers, or other erratic moving lures and spoons and down to the right depth range. Troll at speeds from 1.5 to 2.5 mph. Kokanee will move deeper as warm temps warm. Once surface temps reach 70 degrees, the fish will be in more than 45ft of water so look for them on your graph. Rainbow Fishing: There's good fishing on most areas of the reservoir. Almost 400,000 rainbows were stocked into the reservoir at various locations. These fish are about 8 inches and can easily be caught by trolling spoons, pop gear and spinners in shallow water. Anglers can use marshmallows and worms, flies such as wooly buggers, minnow imitation plugs, spinners and jigs to catch fish from shore. If fishing from a boat and looking for larger fish, try fishing in 30-40 ft with downriggers. Don't be afraid of harvesting some rainbows as they are really tasty from the cold waters of the Gorge. Burbot (Ling) Fishing: If you want to go after these fish try the following techniques. If fishing from a boat, go out at night in , water from 20 to 50 feet using ; glow jigs. Areas like Firehole, ' Lost Dog, Sage Creek, Confluence, Conflu-ence, Buckboard, Holmes Crossing, Cross-ing, Anvil Draw, Skunk Cliffs and Marsh Creek are good places to try. Try fishing with jigs late in the afternoon, early morning or at night on points coming into reservoir. Use glow tube or curly tail jigs 2 to 3 inches in size about 18 to 14 oz in weight. Jigging spoons and jigging rapalas also work well. Tipping with sucker or crayfish meat and the use of smelly jelly or similar scents in crayfish seem to help. These fish are in depths from 40 to 90 feet but seem to be caught in 40 to 60 feet mostly in the Wyoming end of the reservoir. During the day, these fish will move deep (70-100 ft) so jigging in deep water may produce some fish during the day. If fishing in UT try rocky points on Antelope Flat, Linwood Bay or Sheep Creek. Netting in the WY end of the reservoir has shown a large increase in the number of burbot present. Larger fish are 30" and up to 4-5 lbs. These fish must be harvested if caught in Utah to help control their population as they were illegally il-legally introduced to the upper Green River drainage and could .have a major impact on other fish species. There is no limit on burbot but you cannot waste the burbot in the WY end of the reservoir res-ervoir and they can be released there. However, please don't release any of these fish as they have been eating large amounts of crayfish and are also consuming consum-ing kokanee salmon, smallmouth bass and critical food sources for other fish species. They could have an extreme impact on the reservoir fishery and should be removed by fishermen. Burbot are an excellent eating fish with white, flakey flesh that is similar to a perch. They can be breaded and fried or boiled and dipped in melted butter. Smallmouth Bass Fishing: Smallmouth fishing is very good now that water temps are up. Fish shallow early and look for larger females on spawning beds and other fish in rocky areas where crayfish will be. Use twist tail grubs on lead head jigs or small plastic worms, sinkos, twitch and crankbaits in about 5 to 20 feet of water off rocky shorelines and points. Crayfish imitation colors will work the best. Drop shot techniques will also work. If fishing in the canyon, keep a limit of ten fish smaller than 10 inches to help thin out the population and increase growth on remaining fish. Smallmouth are keying in on cicadas in the Canyon so topwater plugs and lures are working. GREEN RIVER (upper) The flows on the river have returned to normal with an average of 1500 cfs with one peak per day. Visit the Bureau of Reclamation website http:www.usbr.govuc watercrspcsfgd.html for the latest information on flows. Anglers are reporting good to excellent fishing in most sections of the river; of course the 25,000 recently stocked rainbows is greatly helping the catch rates. Please remember the slot limit size range has changed from 13 to 20 inch to 15 to 22 inches to make regulations more consistent consis-tent statewide. Baetis and midge hatches have been frequent. Cicada hatches, grasshoppers and other top water fishing has been good using imitations. Also, match other hatches including baetis, midges and flying ants; be aware of what's emerging and adjust accordingly. Nymphing is still a good technique and streamers are also working, try size 2-4 buggers such as Goldilox and patterns in olive, pink and white. Visit www.fishgreenriver.com for good flies to have for your trip. Spin fishermen should try small rapalas (floating, countdown count-down and husky jerk); small spinners; black, brown or olive marabou jigs; .and .small jigs. . Please check to see that your tube"' jigs do not contain fish attracting scents as they are illegal to use in the river. New Zealand Mudsnail densities densi-ties have dramatically increased in several localized areas near Little Hole, and have been documented docu-mented in most areas of the river. Please thoroughly clean mud and vegetation from waders, boats and fishing gear; and if possible, completely dry equipment before leaving the area. A hot water bath (120 degrees Fahrenheit) will kill mudsnails, and spraying equipment with 409 or a similar soap solution before drying will increase effectiveness. GREEN RIVER (lower) The water level is now going down. No reports from anglers. MATT WARNER RESERVOIR RESER-VOIR Anglers report fishing has been spotty some reports are good fishing while others DWR's Upland Game Guidebook available It's hot in Utah right now. But a sure sign that fall is on its way is waiting for you at your local sporting goods store or the Division of Wildlife Resources' Web site. Utah's Upland Game Guidebook Guide-book for the 2008-09 hunting season is now available. In addition to sporting goods stores and the DWR's Web site (wildlife.utah.govguidebooks), you can pick the guide up at your nearest DWR office. "Utah's upland game hunts begin with the ptarmigan season on Aug. 23," said Dean Mitchell, Conservation Outreach Section chief for the DWR. "The upland game season doesn't end until the cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare hunts end on Feb. 28. That's six full months of hunting." In addition to providing hunters with lots of opportunity, Utah's upland game also provide a lot of diversity. IP- VCffNML f r?-h iw report much slower fishing than normal. Recent netting indicates the fish are healthy and most made it through the winter in good shape. MOON LAKE Newest reports re-ports indicate fair to good fishing success. Moon Lake contains a variety of trout and kokanee and fishing for all of these species should continue to be fair to good, especially in the cooler hours. PELICAN LAKE The cold weather delay in fishing is now officially over with good to excellent excel-lent fishing being reported for bass and bluegill. RED FLEET RESERVOIR Anglers are reporting good fishing fish-ing for trout, bass and bluegill. High water has flooded the vegetation which is a good place to start fishing for bass and bluegill. Rainbows are also near the structure but try fishing on the outside edge and in deeper waters. Note: duringthe warmer hours there has been an increase in waterskiing, wake boarding and jet ski activies so be prepared for large waves. Redfleet is one of the three reservoirs participating in The Fox Family Fishing Event. Specially Spe-cially marked fish may be turned in for a prize. If you catch a fish marked with a red tag, bring the fish andor clip the tag (if caught and released) and take it to the main gate at Steinaker State Park, several local businesses being advertised on the radio or the Division Office in Vernal. For more information contact KIFX radio at 435-789-5101. STARVATION RESERVOIR Anglers have been reporting mostly good fishing for walleye, bass and yellow perch. A few rainbows and browns have also been reported. STEINAKER RESERVOIR Anglers report good fishing for rainbows, bass and bluegill. Fishing Fish-ing has been hot in and around the submerged vegetation and rocky structures. Steinaker is one of the three reservoirs participating in The Fox Family Fishing Event. Specially Spe-cially mar ked fish may be turned in for a prize. If you catch a fish marked with a red tag, bring the fish andor clip the tag (if caught and released) and take it to the main gate at Steinaker State Park, several local businesses being advertised on the radio or the Division Office in Vernal. For more information contact KIFX radio at 435-789-5101. UINTAMOUNTAIN LAKES AND STREAMS We are back to a more normal weather pattern pat-tern for the Uintas; there still 'maybe "ice" and snow on.-'in or around higher elevations, but most of the fishable waters are , clear and the trails accessible. During a normal year, the high Uintas melt out in late June and early July and fishing success is usually good. For current access information, please call the appropriate ap-propriate US Forest Service office as they generally manage the roads and trailheads. Fishing on mountain lakes and streams can be spotty so if one isn't producing try movingto another. With over 400 managed fisheries 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 proclamation for details. "Utah has 15 different species spe-cies of upland game, "Mitchell says. "If you want, you can hunt white-tailed ptarmigan high in the Uinta Mountains one day and chukar partridge on the rocky slopes of the West Desert the next." Mitchell says upland game hunting is also a great way to get young people into hunting. "The Utah legislature has removed the minimum age at which a young person can hunt small game in Utah," he says. "If you're a parent, par-ent, we encourage you to take your kids hunting this year. "Kids must still pass our Hunter Education course before they can hunt, so make sure you register them early for the four-week four-week class. Once they complete the course, they'll receive a free hunting license." A list of Hunter Education courses is availuble at www. wild-life.utah.govhuntereducation. wild-life.utah.govhuntereducation. Wow! let me tell you, it is worth shopping in the pages of the... 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah "435-789-3511 www.vernal.com |