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Show Southeast Utah fishing report GENERAL The doldrums of off the bottom. On creeks summer fishing is here. Fishing action is generally slow and requires more ingenuity on the part of the angler. Its important to fish at dawn or dusk, when fish feed more actively. This is especially true for shoreline anglers. During the summer, trout will spend most of the day in deep, cold water near the bottom of reservoirs. They can be enticed to bite, but you have to get the bait to the fish. This is a good time of year to fish from a boat, tube or anglers should try crawdad-imitatinlures around submerged vegetation along the shoreline. and streams, Tom uses beadhead Montana or prince nymphs. Depending on the hook size, these simulate a variety of aquatic insects, including stone and caddis flies. Tom suggests that the old, tried and true patterns, such as the renegade, hares ear and captain are good ones to try on a water with which you are unfamiliar. ABAJO MOUNTAINS Try fishing near the inlet at Loyds Lake, where anglers have had luck using salmon eggs, prince nymph or Mepps. Fishing success at Monticel-lReservoir ranges from poor to good, depending on the day and time of day. Worms continue to be a good bait. Fly fishermen should try to match the hatch. Despite problems with moss, Foy Reservoir continues to offer good fishing with artificial flies and baits. At Recapture Reservoir, pontoon. o Veteran fly fisherman Tom Ogden likes to use leech patterns this time of year in reservoirs. He uses a clear, round beadhead to simulate a bubble of air. Brown, olive, green, purple and red are good body colors. Using sinking line, and kicking from a tube, he keeps his leech about two feet -- - - ' Nicholson described fishing as good at Oowah for trout inches. ranging from 10-1- 4 Worms and marshmallows low. have been the best baits. Dons and Hidden lakes have been slow with only a few trout being caught on worms or PowerBait. A few bass continue to be caught in the shallows at Kens Lake, where crawdad imitations have worked best. Anglers interested in catfish should try using squid or chicken livers on the Colorado River, where 3 lb. cats are being creeled. , '" W' ' " t,-- & ! y .vv xl ' '&' , .A:: ; 1 . V,; f VU-'V- 'S' i 'K , )' 1 A f 4 ' . , t av - 4P&&. - Page 1 , ' ? K '' T, y ' i , S t ' 9 i Y ' ' -' !?IT10sr Pi WC-- T: I I K. 5, ..sW..- 's ' Xixssssm. varrsmm tuzrm '1a w' W s ' de nAl Seven of Spades, shown bucking at the PBR competition will be one of the bulls appearing at the Blue Mountain Courtesy photo Roundup this weekend. Blue Mountain Rodeo this week by Jim Keyes, USU Extension 19th Annual Blue Mountain Roundup Rodeo will be held at the San Juan County Fairgrounds this weekend on August 5 and 6. The rodeo will begin at 8 pm nightly. For the first time ever, the The sional rodeo, will be handling the duties in the announcers stand. His brand of crowd involvement and exciting music will be a delight for all local rodeo fans. Hometown youth will compete nightly in a steer riding contest, as well as in barrel kick-ofrodeo will be the f racing. The Blue Mountain Roundevent for the 2005 San Juan County Fair. up is sanctioned by the ColoTo make up for last year's rado Professional Rodeo Asdisastrous rodeo performance, sociation and the Indian National Finals Rodeo. the Blue Mountain RoundProfessional cowboys and up will be pulling out all the cowgirls from all over the west stops. Each night bulls from the will be competing for nearly Professional Bull Rider's $15,000 in prize money. Price for admittance is (PBR) tour will be featured -in the performance. Many of adults $6, youth ages these bulls just returned from $4, and children under 5 are an appearance at the world free. For more information confamous Cheyenne Frontier tact the San Juan County Days. Bob Edmunds, one of the LbSlI Extension office in fastest rising stars in profes 0-1- -- 6 Serving San Juan County Since 1957 Licensed Electrical Contractor David Johnson Commercial Residential Trenching fSSS&m' 15lr rrinr W1 SSflD' 'S& 2SSJ EE 678-237- 6 Eric Johnson 678-355- 4 R& Call Us For Prompt And Efficient Service No Job Too Large Or Too Small HavrjQX EUifi' you're 50 or older, you most likely qualify for a free breast and cervical If cancer screening. To find out, call BlandingEMonticelloifl435;67.8;2$15! Jensen Orthodontics Alan C. Jensen, D.D.S., M.S. 570 West 400 North Moab, Utah 84532 Call for an appointment 0 Toll Free Utah Cancer Control Program Joint Program of the Utah Department of Health and Utah s Local Health Departments A 5 ipl: 1-- AW s ' K. NT 3. 2005 'vr' f Conservation officer Joe Nicholson reports good fishing at Blue Lake with worms or Jake's spinners for those throwing lures. Fishing pressure has been &V ' ' v Wednesday. August . 4 't.,S r LAKE POWELL The Lake Powell fishing home page is: www. way nes word s. com LA SAL MOUNTAINS y-- W SAN JUAN RECORD g 877-322-73- 60 SPECIALIZING IN BRACES |