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Show Thursday, May 29, 2008 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 7 WR reminds campers to play It safe S Slimmi'r nmre f 0U,cJ(K)r en- ' thasiasts prepare xm-f to ho;i(l intnrair ' " ' W14I back countrv. Wiiuiue Resources would like remind the public that tliere are certain dingers out there. Individuals Indi-viduals should take precautions. The following are bear safety tips issued in a recent DWR news release. With last summer's fatal bear attack in American Fork Canyon fresh on their minds, Kevin Bunnell believes Utahns will be more willing than ever to follow that advice. "And by following these rules, you'll be helping other people too," said Bunnell, mammals mam-mals program coordinator for A bear may not visit the area while you're there, but the food you leave out and the litter you leave behind could bring a bear to that same area after you leave." Kevin Bunnell MAMMALS PROGRAM COORDINATOR, DWR the Division of Wildlife Resources. Re-sources. "A bear may not visit the area while you're there, but the food you leave out and the litter you leave behind could bring a bear to that same area after you leave. And that could create a serious problem for people who camp in the area after you." Bunnell says strong smells are what attracts bears to peo ple. By following a few simple rules, you can greatly reduce the chance that a bear visits your camp or cabin: I Don't leave food out. Instead, In-stead, lock your food and coolers cool-ers inside your vehicle or suspend sus-pend them at least 12 feet high between two trees, so bears can't reach them. You can also store food in a bear-proof container. But remember re-member that most containers, including plastic coolers, are NOT bear proof. Bear-proof containers are available at various sporting goods and outd(Xr stores. Don't scatter garbage, food scraps and fat drippings around your campsite. And don't leave them in your fire pit, either. Instead, place them in an airtight container, lock them securely in the trunk of your car or inside your trailer, and take them home with you. If bear-proof garbage cans are available in your campground, you can also leave them in the cans. After you're through cooking cook-ing and eating, immediately clean your cooking grills and anything used to prepare, eat or clean up food. Don't keep any food in the area where you're sleeping. I Cook away from your tent or sleeping area. And don't sleep in the clothes you wore while cooking or the clothes you wore while cleaning fish. Leave those clothes, along with utensils, rags and anything used to prepare, cook, eat and Dallas John On Hunting dean up food, at your cooking area or sealed inside a vehicle. I Don't bring items with you that have a strong odor. Bears have extremely sensitive sensi-tive noses. Anything that has a strong smell, including deodorant, de-odorant, perfume and certain soaps, could draw a bear to your campsite. Dallas John can be reached at 344-2972 or at djohn heraldextra.com. Gorge is starting to heat up ammg rvJJ pring has been slow to arrive all over Utah and Flaming Gorge is no exception. ex-ception. After SDendins? I the weekend in Manila, and several davs on the water, I am prepared to make a first -person report on both the fishing fish-ing and the slow-to-arrive spring. Last year at this time, the water temperature on the Gorge was 58 to GO degrees. Last weekend, the temperature tem-perature topped out at 51 degrees but averaged 48. Spring hasn't really arrived ar-rived until water temperatures reach the mid-fifties so it would be safe to say that the transition from winter to spring is certainly in slow motion, if not stuck in suspended animation. It snowed, it rained, the wind blew, it was dead calm, it was unbearably hot (for about 10 minutes), and in the end, with enough layered outerwear on I was comfortable until I started the big motor. The reservoir appeared to be behind be-hind by about three weeks: the grass was still dormant, the lake trout were still deep and weren't chasing bait in the shallows, and the bass were just becoming active. The full moon fell on the 20th which would normally indicate the peak of the early bass spawn, but instead, the bass held in deep cover and showed few signs of spawn preparations. The most active fish in the lake were the rainbows. The DWR planted a strain of rainbows rain-bows that like salmon came back to the place they were released when it was time to reproduce. Both the Lucerne and the Antelope Marinas were loaded with two to five-pound rainbows eager to spawn and bite. Anglers lined the shoreline and I 1 V - Don Allphin On Fishing caught fish using spinners (Panther Martin, Jakes, and others), but the real hot bait was the standard double renegade fly below a bubble. In four days, hundreds of trout were caught in sight of the boat ramps on either side of the lake. Smallmouth bass reacted eagerly to jerkbaits and crank baits that dove to at least five feet. My son Don Jr. liked a Pointer 78 Lucky-Craft Lucky-Craft jerkbait in the Ghost Minnow color, while I favored a crawdad-col-ored Bandit 200 crahkbait. The fish were suspended on points and in old vegetation. They held in about eight feet of water. Lake trout were elusive, at least for me. Though I had numerous hits on a dark-colored '2-ounce tube, I failed to boat a single fish. In the next few weeks the lakers will begin chasing bait in the shallows and will become easier targets for jig anglers. Flaming Gorge was worth the effort ef-fort and with warmer weather on the horizon the fishing should heat up, too. I Don Allphin can be reached at remaxdoad fgmail.com X V Y W t o . y v ' 1 if ' w i MARIO RUIZNorth County American Fork's Adrian Guerrero, right and Springville's Joe Shinners run toward the ball on March 13. Though the Caveman soccer team struggled this year, they will return 10 varsity players next season. Review Continued from Page 6 His best marks for the season place him second on the school list behind only Chris Merkley in the 3,200m, and he moved up to the third spot in the 1,600m. Daniel Litchford wrapped up his senior season by earning the second spot in the shot put and fifth all-time in the discus at AFHS. Sophomore Danielle West moved into the No. 2 position for both the 800m and 1,600m at AFHS. She also medaled in both events at the state meet and has two more years to try to break the school records and finish higher in the 5A ranks. The team will return a bunch of experienced underclassmen who are anxious to improve results next year. 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