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Show Sundav. Mav i ........ ....... The 4 l'V, 25. THF3 1; r.P.Af D f - - F i. fc.i , stark beauty of the desert around Lake Powell as seen from a plane before it lands near Bullfrog Marina. friper Fishing Attracts Crowds at Lake Powel By MIKE JENSEN Herald Correspondent Nowhere in the State of Utah can fishermen find a more perfect setting for fishing than at Lake Powell. It s 1.900 miles of shoreline offers scenery as breath-takin- g h well as fishing. The lake hosts a wide variety of fish that include large and smallmouth bass, striped bass, crappie, bluegill. catfish, walleye, northern pike and trout. Lake Powell offers good year-roun-d fishing but spring and fall months offer the best angling. Wayne Gustaveson, a Fisheries Biologist for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says, "fishing will be strong throughout May while the stripers spawn. The pace slackens during June and July. top-notc- ft when stripers move to deeper, cooler water, but picks up again in the fall." From August to December, anglers should see the return of good striper fishing. Gustaveson predicts the shad population and striper size will remain stable. A Colorado Springs angler recently broke the Lake Powell record for striped bass. Dan Long stricaught the per near Dangling Rope Marina, on April 26th at 9:30 p.m. using a "little mac." The previous record set in August of 1985 stood at 8 ounces. "The key to it all is night fishing. Striper feed mostly in the evenings and that s when you ll find the trophy lish." said shad population according to Gustaveson. "May and June are the best months for catching walleye, as well as September and October." he said. Crappie fishing is best in the months of April and May. A steady decline has been seen in the crappie populations due to the lack of vegetation for eggs and young fish. The lake reached its maximum depth in 1930 covering much of the habitat that crappie thrive on. Large and smallmouth bass fishpick up in September. ing will Gustaveson said, Walleye, like striper, feed on shad populations. Thinner fish are being seen this year due to a low N1 i - .! .. c - A i By REX C. INFANGER Herald Correspondent Lake Powell is one of the most beautiful places on the face of this earth. The towering sandstone cliffs. Indian ruins. Rainbow Bridge and dark blue waters all combine to give it a majesty that is rivaled nowhere else in the world. This beauty plus a fishery that has Crappie. Largemouth Bass. Bluegill. Trout. Walleye Wrack -- Guide Steve Partridge pulls in a striper from the rocky shore. 'mhj. im T m mm!' Pike. Channel Catfish and Striped Bass makes Lake Powell one of the ideal places to visit. The only trouble with visiting the lake is the drive dragging a boat through some fairly hot. rugged country. Now there is a better way to get down to the lake. Last Saturday Bill Tooke. Jr. introduced Mike Jensen and I to a great way to see Lake Powell and to do some fishing. Bill met Mike and I at the Provo Airport at 7:00 a.m. He introduced us to Mark Killpack. a pilot for Alpine Air. Mark ran through a quick check of the fourseater Piper Turbo Arrow we were to fly down and at 7:50 we were in the air. The flight path we took was through Spanish Fork Canyon, then southeast to Bullfrog. The view was beautiful and as the plane flew over the Henry Mountains and the mesas below, it made one appreciate the early settlers and their struggles to just get through the country we were flying over in minutes. six-ho- -- 3 " ' t sure and check current fishsince Lake Powproclamations ing ell is situated in both Utah and Arizona. Be SAW 1 t For more information on boat rentals, accomodations, fishing guides and marina services contact: Del E. Webb Recreational Properties. P.O. Box 29040. Phoee nix. Arizona 85038 or call t toll-fre- The plane was on the ground at Bullfrog at 9:00 a.m. We were met by a friend of mine. Steve Para professional guide tridge and taken down to the lake. Steve had been fishing already that morning and knew where we should start. Mike had a hit first and got a nice Walleye right up to the boat before it came off. I had the next hit and boated a three-poun- d Walleye. The time was 10:20 a.m. 2' 2 hours since we had left Provo! Steve took us over to Halls Crossing to pick up Bill and Mark then ail five of us headed up lake to the Moki Wall. There were boats everywhere so we went up Moki Canyon to a rock slide to one of the guides Bill is negotiating with All of us had bites. Lut Steve was the first to land a Striper. We caught fish throughout the day until it was time to leave. Steve dropped us oft at the end of the Halls Crossing runway and we walked up to the plane. Mark had us in the air at 6:40 p.m. We flew back a slightly different route and were able to see up on the skyline, the Thistle Mudslide and the flooding of the Provo Boat Harbor. The plane landed at 8:00 p.m. with four tired fishermen and a bag full of fish. The entire trip took 12 hours and we got to fish nine of those. This was a quick and easy way to see Lake Powell and it was a GREAT fishing trip! I m ready to go again. Bill. - -- r " I r Ww. 1 W n a in f J snow-mobile- w . Bill Tooke -- Herald correspondent ' 5 Jr. shows off an impressive collection of - '.i- t anglers. Wahweep. Dangling Rope. Halls Crossing. Bullfrog and Hue Marinas all provide gas. convenience store, fishing supplies and other sen ices. Fishing Guides and boat rentals are available at all marinas except Dangling Rope Marina which is accessible by boat only. Wahweep and Bullfrog Mannas offer motel accomodations. Nine Hours of Fishing In One Day Powell V ' smallmouth bass wil continue to be introduced to Lake Powell and bass fishing in general will improve over the next several years. There are five marinas located approximatley every fifty miles on Long. t " the lake that offer services to v t - -1p Rex Infanger fishes one of the remote back waters of Lake Powell. stripers. - . |