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Show Page B2 DWR tEimeg-nbgpgnhg- the inlet with traditional baits. LAKE POWELL - Wayne Gustaveson, DWR Lake Powell project leader, provides the following report: The lake elevation is 3,586 M.S.L. and the water temperature is 73 - 76 F. Fishing is either very productive or almost impossible depending on your location. In preparation for this report, I fished the main channel from Warm Creek to Wetherill Canyon. I suspect my findings relate well to fish in the upper lake. Catchable fish are all in the same place. Here is where you need to be. Stripers and walleye are at canyon mouths on the edge of the main channel. Proximity to deep water is the key. In the past I have referred to fish location as rocky points but for fishing continues at Blanding 3 and Blanding 4 reservoirs with traditional baits. At Recapture Reservoir, fishing for northern pike continues to be fair with spinners from the shore or with Rapalas from a boat. Foy and Monticello continue to be good during the day with traditional baits and excellent in the evening with spinners. Lloyds Lake has been fair near this report that definition needs to be refined. All canyons (MaH MODEMIRE Save EEONSMIIIMION Save $49.95 Connect to thelnteme With wide wait is officially over because Preas High Speed Internet was made for speed youll get an atwayson connection and blazing speeds, there's no waiting and no need for an extra phone line all GO WIRELESS' with Share Internet connection the PCs m your home Connect your Preas you can anywhere without being tied to your modem - from your couch porch or bedroom Call today for more information ' The world Precis, And now. Special offer expires June Precis Cable 30th TV customers get $10mo. off regular rate! 6376813 communications (in Price) www.preciscom.com HIGH SPEED INTERNET UtahWhirling Disease Thanks to a number of factors, including preventative efforts by anglers, Myxobolus cerebrafis, the parasite that causes whirling disease in salmonids (trout, salmon, white-fisgrayling) is found in relatively few waters in Utah. Anglers can help contain the disease by following a few simple procedures, outlined in the Division of Wildlife Resources Whirling Disease and Utah Trout.- - What Utah Anglers Need To Know brochure: Dont dispose of fish heads, skeletons or entrails in of water. Fish parts should be disposed of in the body any by deep burying or by total burning. garbage, Dont transport live fish between bodies of water. This practice could spread disease and is strictly illegal. Clean all equipment of mud (boats, trailers, waders, boots, float tubes and fins) before leaving your fishing water. Thoroughly dry equipment in the sun, if possible, before reuse. If you are traveling directly to other waters, clean your equipment with a strong solution of chlorine bleach or use another set of equipment. If you observe the symptoms of whirling disease in fish (various deformities of the head, twisted spines, a black tail or fish swimming in whirling motions), or if you observe illegal fish stocking, contact your local DWR conservation officer or call the DWRs poaching hotline at h, join the main channel like so many branches of a tree. The deepwater channel of the canyon meets the deep main river channel and forms a corner. Most fish are congregated on that corner. The reason may be food or temperature related but the fact is that game fish are congregated and therefore easy to catch. The corner may be talus with lots of broken rubble rock. It may also be a smooth slick rock point or a steep cliff or some combination of all of these. Each of these habitats hold fish, especially the slick rock humps and points within 100 yards of the corner. A corner ending in a long shallow flat is not productive Once the proper corner habitat is located then the technique is up to you. If targeting bass, fish with soft plastics along the slick rock points, humps and tops and then over the deep-watedge to the depth below. Perhaps the best presentation is the dropshot wacky-rigge- d tmrtf WO Sold t tt latvdnn iWHUnNaCM J!9 eu tnr afttanw rwd Wvqrtyen aWpfcaWe mss ad rUw taker tntinr 4 ki taoaW sows mtt it w be owned .( Ottw rear hook of a full size surface lure. The big lure casts far Watch the lure descend into the depths. When it disappears from view it is at the minimum depth where walleye lurk in clear water. That depth is about 20 feet. Fish a clear water point with trolled wally divers or shad raps. Or cast jigs tipped with night crawlers, then slowly crawled along the bottom to capture walleye. Walleye numbers and catch rate are the best they have been in a very long time in the lower lake. My average catch is 4 walleye per trip using indiscriminant trolling techniques designed to catch any fish. In some locations stripers where are starting slurp-boil- s on the big fish eat tiny shad surface. It seems when conditions are right slurp feeding persists all day long. These events may recur daily or happen just a day or two per week. When slurping stripers are found they may be hard to catch because shad prey size is so small. One very effective technique is to use a small white plastic or marabou jig monofilatied to an h ment trailer attached to the Y ou can help to control er Of Thursday, July 1, 2004 nt Fishing report issued for Southeastern Utah LA SAL MOUNTAINS All mountain lakes are accessible and have been stocked. Fishing continues to be good at almost all waters. Sergeant Ed Meyers reports that Oowah has been excellent with salmon eggs. The limit for all waters on the mountain are four (4) trout. Kens Lake has been best either early in the morning or late in the evening. ABAJO MOUNTAINS Good tDe plastic grub, worm or Senko. The best depth is 5 feet. Make sure the bait hits bottom h often on the retrieve. 15-2- enough to reach the boil while the jig is small enough to be selected by fussy fish. Slurps have been reported in the San Juan and Halls Creek this past week. But slurps may blow up any place on Lake Powell. The prudent angler (or recreationist) should be prepared with a surface lure with dropper jig affixed, to a readily available rod at all times. Stripers caught from a slurp may of an all day catch the equal are targets fishing trip. Slurps of opportunity that should not be passed by. te 18-inc- Small-mout- exceeding two pounds are commonly caught with average bass weighing 1.5 pounds. If targeting stripers, troll g crank or cast baits. When a school is graphed under the boat or a fish is being played, quickly drop a jigging spoon into the swarming schoolmates. Cast rattletraps to a departing shad-imitatin- school to get one more before they leave. Yearling stripers are active all day long with older fish hitting more often at twilight. Again the holding depth is 0 feet. Anchovies will work on these comer habitats. If targeting walleye, look for a mudline trailing off the corner point. To feel secure, walleye need low light created by twilight or shade from floating mud. When walleye are in clear water they will be deep enough to avoid bright light. Phone:435-259-697- Fax 1831 S.Hwy191 Moab, UT 84532 6 435-259-43- 20-3- USDA Approved Affordable Housing Retailer :- - --yift xfcf:. Im Developing Check out our selection of picture frames c photo albums! 290 South Main St. 259-595- 9 We print Smartmedia, CompactFlash, Diskette, Memory Stick & Multi-medi- a CDs on Photo Paper! 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