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Show .: RECREMTQN - EDITOR: ERIC D. SNIDER 3 ; THE DAILY HERALD (wwHarkTheHerald.com) 344-25- THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 2001 FISHING REPORT BEAR LAKE Bonneville whitefish are beginning to stage off rocky points and shorelines for the spawning run. Anglers are reporting fair fishing in feet of water using 116 to 18 ounce jigs. Most of the fish caught recently were males, which is typical for the beginning of the run: Fishing will improve through Anglers should anchor along rocky shorelines and fish the jigs along the. bottom. Another productive lure to try are small and 1). Again, the key to spinners catching fish is to keep the lure near the bottom. Fly fishing for whitefish should also be good in rocky shoreline areas along the east side of the lake. Use a sinking fly line with large (2 or 4) wooly buggers, minnow imitations, streamers, or popsicles fished slowly along the bottom. Whitefish can be caught from shore if you do not have a boat. It helps if you wear chest waders and stand just off shore so you can cast into slightly deeper water. Cutthroat trout fishing is spotty but can be good at times off the rockpile and Cisco Beach jigging with tube jigs tipped with Cisco meat in 50-7- 0 feet of water. Trailers are reporting slower fishing, but are catching some fish trolling rapalas and flatfish off the rockpile and along the east side of the lake. . , 4 I f J J (0 s. "'is r pholos JttK (jRAC favorite: Above, a bull bugles while his calf looks up inquisitively. Jeff Grace, of Lehi, started nature photography 18 years ago; this is one of Grace's prints. A 1 top-sellin- g f a RESERVOIR 3 to 4 inches of ice around much of the reservoir but several open water areas or thin ice areas still exist. It would be best to wait a while longer before ice fishing. Always test the ice by drilling a hole along the edges of the reservoir and then continue to drill holes as you travel to different locations on the ice. Remember the limit is four trout. Only one can be over 18 inches. Please do your part to ensure the future of this heavi-l- y utilized fishery by voluntarily releasing fish! Do not fillet fish until you are home and ready to cook them. STRAWBERRY ' V . U t n.4 u 1 V, CAPT RE i m NATURE JORDANELLE RESERVOIR Some ice has formed in the Rock Cliff arm of the it is reservoir but considered unsafe. has never totally frozen over) A State Park ranger reports that shore anglers are averaging about one fish per hour using powerbaits or worms. The Ranger also reports that boaters are doing very well by simply trolling pop gear and a worm or drift fishing with worms or power-bait- . Campgrounds are closed. REMINDER: BASS MUST BE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE WATER. Please remember regulation of only four trout. Do your part to prevent the spread of WHIRLING DISEASE by cleaning mud from waders and equipment. DO NOT TRANSPORT any parts ALL of fish caught here to other waters. PROVO RIVER (above Olmstead DiverArtificial flies and lures only! sion Dam) Several anglers seen today using their new Christmas fly fishing equipment. Stay out of the river as much as possible to avoid crushing trout eggs. Traditional flies such d as bead heads, hares ear and are doing well. Only others in sizes 16-2- 0 two brown trout under 15 inches may be kept. All rainbows and cutthroats must be immediately released. Do your part to prevent the spread of whirling disease by cleaning mud from waders and equipment. DO NOT TRANSPORT any parts of fish caught here to other waters. PROVO RIVER (below Olmstead) bait allowed stretch (Dec 26) Good fishing. Small nymphs have worked well. Water is low and clear and success has been good. There are no size restrictions on this part of the river and bait is allowed. Fishing pressure is very light. DEER CREEK RESERVOIR One angler reports having good success for perch once his fish finder locates a school of perch. Boat ramps are plowed but docks have been pulled and no ice on the reservoir as of yet. Bass success has been reported as fair. Regular trout anglers do well by trolling during early morning hours with pop gear and worm. Boat ramps are slick. Remember you may now keep 10 perch. Do your part to prevent the spread of WHIRLING DISEASE by cleaning mud from waders and equipment. DO NOT TRANSPORT any parts of fish caught here to other waters. UTAH LAKE Ice forms and melts with the warmer afternoon then temps. Not advised to try and ice fish yet. Nobody has really been seen trying to fish the-lakfor the last two weeks. For more information call Utah Lake State Park at (801) 3750731 or the DWR at (801) 489-567YUBA RESERVOIR Lake is ice free but few anglers are using the reservoir. Boat ramps are open and ice free. Remember that you should plan on paying a fee to fish from shore. Yuba State Park has five areas where people are allowed to fish from shore. The rest of the reservoir shoreline is either closed to fishing or is private property. There is one small stretch of shoreline, from the main state park on the west side of the reservoir, to the bridge that crosses the reservoir, that you can fish without paying a fee. The Yuba State Park phone number is (435) 758-261HOBBLE CREEK & DIAMOND Still seeing very few RIVERS FORK anglers using these two rivers. Fishing is good on both rivers with both flies and baits and fishing pressure is very light due to the temperatures. Access to parts of Diamond Fork will be a little difficult from Monks Holconlow to Three Forks due to a three-yea- r struction project. The US Forest Service has more information about the project. Unsafe ice. This reservoir has several areas of thin ice because of some warm springs in the reservoir. Not advised to go on the ice. An occasional angler fishes the inlet in the they usually report slow open water area to fair success. TIBBLE FORK RESERVOIR Very SPRING LAKE & SALEM POND light fishing pressure on Dec. 21. Slow to fair fishing using traditional baits. JORDAN RIVER Very little fishing pressure. Success should be at least fair using worms. Several species'can being caught with this bait. USFS closed and PAYSON LAKES locked the gate to the lakes due to the weather. No ice yet TOOELE COUNTY WATERS on the reservoirs to speak of. Slow fishing at ail the reservoirs. See FISHING, Al 2 Scenic photography grows in popularity By JOHN BEST Herald Correspondent Nature and scenic photography are growing national hobbies with millions of amateurs looking for that stunning picture to hang on the wall. Photographers in Utah have an uncommon advantage with an outdoor studio abundant in scenic wonder and abounding in. majestic wildlife. Evidence of Utah's photogenic landscape can be seen in calendars, books and framed art around the world. With a few helpful tips from local photographer Jeff Grace, who has learned how to take great photos, even amateurs can capture pictures with dazzling light, great composition and dramatic appearance that give photos the professional look. If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, Grace's photos speak volumes. His dramatic portfolio includes a wide variety of scenic and wildlife photos. Grace,' a Lehi resident, started taking pictures 18 years ago. He grew up with a tradition of outdoor adventures. He loved hunting and hunted everything he could. As he grew older, he found he still loved the outdoor traditions but had lost the killer instinct. His solution was to hunt with a camera. "It is actually much more challenging to hunt with a camera," Grace said. "You not only have to capture the animal, but also the setting and the light to get a good picture. I have found a lot more satisfaction in wildlife photography than in wildlife hunting." Grace is pursuing a dream to ; f: award-winnin- g be a professional outdoor photoge rapher, giving up his occupation as a transport driver for Walker Fuel and devoting all his time to photography. He plans to move to a mountain cabin as soon as he sells his house. Grace already sells his photographic work in a gallery in Moab and several other locations. His business is called "Images of Grace," and is a family operation with his mother JoArine and father Leland helping with the matting and fram full-tim- - ing of photos. He says his children, Alan, Holly and Alyssa, are great supporters of his passion, even as they have had to sacrifice as their father spent time and money getting the photography business going. "I think I could spend the rest of my life exploring and trying to see what I can share with others about Utah," he said. "I have found that the road less traveled makes all the difference. Most people only see the major viewpoints along the highway. Down Tunnel project changes Diamond By HARTT WIXOM Herald Correspondent News item in The Daily Herald July 15: "Construction will begin this month on a $5 million, four-yeproject to construct a large tunnel in Diamond Fork Canyon. ..." The Syar Tunnel project will have a profound impact on sportsmen within half an hour of Utah Valley. Summer irrigation water from Strawberry Reservoir now flooding down Sixth Water Creek and Diamond Fork will be diverted into a tunnel for conveyance to the Spanish Fork River. The two stream channels will no longer be scoured with some 20 times more water than nature intended them to carry. Thus, anglers can fish Sixth Water and Diamond Fork all ar Jhri iKACL'' Courtesy - photo Proper lighting: Jeff Grace braved c6td weather to capture the Tetons early during an October morning. summer long minus the extra the two campgrounds, and Diamond Fork, will Palmyra be safe for summer use again. The downside is that to reach the one popular Three Forks trails of which leads to nationally publicized warm springs on Fifth Water Creek it will be necessary during the construction to approach from the top of Hobble Creek. Canyon, or via Rays Valley, up the Sheep Creek road off flow, and U.S. 6. The Diamond Fork road will be shut off at Monks Hollow from e any west side access until a tunnel is connected with an existing underground pipeline, according to Nancy Hardman, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Oreml 'u Hopefully, with ,he heavy crush of water allayed, Sixth Wa.ter and Diamond Fork can four-mil- 31 1 . the trails and dirt roads are unbelievable sights that make great pictures." Grace says the two things he enjoys most are providing beautiful pictures for others to see, and sharing his knowledge with others to help them take .good pictures. Grace offers some tips to help amateurs capture great images on film. First, he said, "Start with the best equipment you can afford. Most cameras take good pictures, See NATURE, Al 2 Mi Canyon heal and revegetate where they have been heavily eroded for half a century. As part of the Central Utah Project, federal biologists realized the damage that had been done and have taken steps to correct it. "It was decided to use a tunnel to avoid any more visible damage to the canyon," Hardman said. The work was delayed for several years because it was expected that a Monks Hollow Reservoir would be built to store excess Strawberry water. But high flows would have still been necessary below Monks Hollow to satisfy irrigation interests each summer. And the reservoir would have wiped out a" scenic and highly popular canyon getaway some 15 miles from downtown PiUvo. Last autumn I walked Sixth Water Creek from Rays Valley to Three Forks (confluence with Diamond Fork and Cottonwood Creek) after irrigation season. The fish were there. Many fish exceeding 14 inches opted for a large beadhead pattern, drifting along the bottom. This fishery, should be safe to walk again during the irrigation season between May and October. One negative will be that since the tunnel has in the past conveyed large fish, as well as excess flow, from Strawberry into Sbrth Water, the trout will now presumably be washed into the Spanish Fork River system near the mouth of the canyon. One thing about getting through Sixth Water Canyon below Rays Valley it isn't easy. I made the trip in hip boots only because the water was low. fcJt See TUNNEL, A 12 |
