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Show A 4 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 1977 Wednesday, May 25, water is not a reasonable FISHING TIPS that fishing season one. They are down there has arrived, its time to get though, so fish the shadowy serious about thinking like a side of the lake; the pencil fish and sharpening up a of shade that a down-lofew of the old tricks that makes in the water; the always seem to catch fish. shadow a large rock leaves. Here are some additional Best of all, fish those spots tricks that may help make with a bait that seems to be the season a productive one. skipping down to the candy store for a little treat and Changing Spots Fishermen often make passes along the dark the mistake of fishing too allyway the shadow of a log long in one spot. In this makes. Whammo! Its respect fishing and hunting easier than getting held up are much alike. No game in Central Park. after a reasonable spell and Smells the hunter moves to another Fish are sensitive to spot. But the same guy smells. I learned this the might fish all day in one hard way because my old place complaining to the Uncle Russell used to sky. On the other hand always want me to run the theres this old bird we once outboard. You are just saw moving every five doggoned with good minutes. Trying to find machinery, he used to say. em old timer? we asked. What I didnt know was that he Nope, replied. he was just as good but Trying to lose em. Every didnt want to get that time I get comfortable the gasoline smell on his hands and on his bait. The son of a dern things start bitin. Think like a Fish gun caught two fish to my At night the smart one. I one day asked him fisherman fishes the dark how come he always kept a side of the lake and the cake of soap in the boat. Wash off the gas smell, shadows in the daytime. A fish is not all that stupid. he said with a shurg. How And the idea of fishing in come you didnt tell me that? I asked. You didnt the brightest, ask, Now g gin-cle- ar WMV..V.V.V.V.V.V.V.,.V.V.V.V( J $ he said. Climbing Worms it some thought, I realized that the mess of a mashed anchovy released oils and blood which gave off a scent 20 times more seductive than previously. It also works for catfish. Bass fishermen are so conditioned to casting that they miss a lot of action that would bail them out if they changed their position and fished shore-ouThis means fishing downhill with the boat snuggled up to the shore and casting out deep and bumping that worm back in. Once you get a hit, estimate at what depth it happened and concentrate on that area. When bass are hitting at 12 feet, there isnt much point in wasting too much time anywhere else. These fish are creatures of habit and the pattern of their hitting is a reliable indication of where the boat-to-sho- re dull-hoo- k Casting Long When the average fisherman flycasts to a likely spot, he is most likely casting longer than he can handle. Its the challenge, they say. But the clincher is that he probably spooks several fish between him and that long spot. The pros say you should work the close-ispots and fan the casts out so that the longest cast is the last cast for the area. An experienced hand will study a piece of water, every bit of cover, riffle and rock. Hell plan his approach for this area; and when he begins, its almost like Minnesota Fats running the table. t. n fishing will be. Try it. Mashed Minnie We were fishing for halibut one time and they wouldnt take our nice live anchovies. Putting on an PHEASANT PIIACTS Honing Stone accidentally stepped on it making a horrendous mess. But, what the heck, I put it out anyway. And not five minutes later I had a strike. Foolish enough to do it again, I had another. Giving than are harvested o Stop In cover. This is especially true where other preferred types of cover, such as residual vegetation from the previous year along roadsides, is lacking. Nest losses in hayfields are high characteristically often up to 90 percent, due to mowing. Pheasants are no match for modern, swathers. ll . . . these advertisers and ask for a complete check . . . cooling system, brakes, tires, shocks, etc. It could save you many hours of time while vacationing or driving through the of Your Present YJindovs Sticker GIIPQC2E8 IF THE fast-movin- g In a normal year the bulk of the pheasant hatch occurs about the time that farmers harvest the first crop of hay. This year, if mild weather persists, it is likely that a substantial proportion of nests will hatch prior to the hay harvest; but hens with broods will still be using the shelter provided by WINDOW STICKER ON TOUR CAR new-grow- n hay. rather than herding them to the center where there is no escape. Sportsmen can make this effort by farmers seem more worthwhile by rewarding them with their own good behavior and respect of property during fall hunting seasons. Farmers can do much to improve conditions for pheasants; but when their sole reward is disrespect and property damage, WHY BOTHER' mid-Januar- perature The dog days set in after the water temperatures y FISH ACTIVITY CHART sec. . . . Whiielnh Waiieys and Parch Northern Pike Kokanee and Mackinaw Trout Smaiimouth Black Bass Largemouih Black Bass Crappie and Biuegni . . .. Channel Catfish Spawning Range Feeding Range 50 . 55 ... 55 . . 50 . 40 60 35 . 40 60 40 40 50 40 SO ... . 55 .. 60 70 .. and periods, people fishing off the banks generally do very well. 75 .. 19 51 35 50 65 45 55 50 60 65 .. .. ... 55 75 55 60 80 65 70 70 80 60 Degrees in 45 Fahrenheit THERMOMETER FISHING Since fish are cold- (Reprinted by permission of the Colorado Division of Wildlife) blooded creatures, they tend to take on the same inclined to be very poor for warm and an abundance ol temperature as the water fishing through the ice. natural food becomes through available in most waters. surrounding them. Tem- From controls then their perature March, anglers fishing The dog days may range from August through behavior. They may feel through the ice generally do like eating everything in rather well. sometimes longer, other times shorter; sight, even a plastic flat After the ice leaves the but they always can be fish, when the water temperature is just right. lakes in the spring, the counted on to occur. Fishing On the other hand, when the r occurs with the for cold water and cool water is too cold or too hot, warmer water coming to water species is generally poor to terrible during this they may just want to rest the lake surface and the and will ignore anything colder water going down period, although trolling in toward the bottom. This is deep water and night you place in front of them. another period when fishing fishing (when legal) can be So, the successful angler success can be relatively productive. The dog days thinks a little bit about poor. It doesnt take long for limit warm water fishing water temperatures before this r to occur it success as well, but night A may range from a few days he goes fishing. fishing efforts may pay off. thermometer can be used to a week or so. Yet while a to take the surface water body of water may turn When you get right down temperature several places over rapidly, warming, to it, theres really not for an average. Once the although gradual, may not much time during the year average is determined, be fast depending upon when fishing is really red reference to our Fish Ac- weather and air temhot. First, youve got tivity Chart is necessary to peratures. Sometimes the spawning to put up with determine which species is water temperature may which takes 3 to 4 weeks, most likely to be feeding at reach 50 degrees, only to then the spring r 7 a particular period of time. drop to 40 after a sudden to 15 days, the dog days 5 to Note that the chart shows spring snow storm or cold 8 weeks, freeze up and front. So fishing under these stabilization 30 to 50 days, spawning temperatures few fish are interested in circumstances can be nip which shoots between 95 to food when they have sex on and tuck. 150 days per year for you. their minds. Early spring fishing after So you somehow have to fit Besides water tem- the ice has gone from the your fishing trips into the perature and prime activity lake, even with periodic remaining 215 to 260 days. temperatures, there are changes, can be good for Then, other problems such other factors to consider, cool water fish such as as work, school, bowling, such as the hunting, etc., are involved walleye, perch, northern period. Water temperatures pike and smallmouth bass which cut further into your cool down in the late fall as well as cold water fish fishing time. And the and early winter, the such as trout, kokanee and weather doesnt help either surface freezes and it takes mackinaw. One of the its either raining, the water under the ice 30 to things which makes it good snowing or blowing and 50 days to adjust, with the fishing for these species sometimes its just too warmer water (39 degrees early in the spring is the darned hot. You might say that temperatures get to you, just about like they get to the fish. turn-ove- turn-ove- ice-cov- Farmers can do much to maximize jacent protective cover water temperature range between 40 to 50 degrees. All of these species frequent the shallow waters (60 to 20 feet) during these tem- F.) going to the bottom and the colder water to the top. While this is going on, fishing is poor at best. So it is better to wait four to six weeks after the surface has frozen before trying to fish through the ice for fish. In the intermountain states, the period from December is through turn-ove- Hayfields normally receive heavy use by pheasants for nesting U at one by sportsmen. mr'S GAFDW mowing and .(3) mowing fields from side to side or from the center outward, thus allowing hens with broods to escape to ad- mid-Janua- in various areas of the country has shown that quite frequently more pheasants succumb to hay mowing operations Research Take a small sharpening stone and glue it to the top of your tackle box or some prominent spot maybe even the far side of your boat seat. This way it will be within sight and remind you to hit your hooks a lick I especially lively one, or so every once in a while. What a difference it makes. Lots of those hits you miss or seem to grab late or short, are in reality hits. The iron just aint biting. So hone it a lick or so and start connecting. Flies The fly beginning fisherman is usually impressed with the pictures of old hands with lots of flies hanging from their hats and folders with hundreds more in their tackle stowage. Frequently a few patterns in an assortment of sizes are more valuable than having hundreds of flies with no specific size at hand. Sometimes the right size of the fly brings more strikes than a specific pattern. (Reprinted by permission of Western Outdoors.) pheasant production in hay fields by (1) delaying mowing a few days until most nests have hatched, (2) avoiding night er DROUGHT CONTINUES EFFECT & CEXTIUK Complete Service TEXACO 1 You for "Serving Over $ Insp. Station No. 616 !? Call us for Inspection i I 637-157- Years" CARBON and MAIN 5 INSPECTION V2 AVE. ?! STREET i? service'1 MARION'S n 2 Miles South For Parts Inspection Station No. & FORD 11(FACTORY Service Call 1 1 $ 77--7 637-264- ?: 151 ! for appointment heldon Hansen! 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Plans Our Hands fray no Motor 98 South 3rd East conditions) and maintains an average water tem- week prior to the opening of fishing season, water flow 4 TRAINED Official Inspection 280 EAST MAIN in PRICE 129 to help you make your EXPERTS Buick - Rambler , The Woodsman would like Price North Insp. No. 389 about 300 catchable size rainbow trout due to decreased water flow. At that time of year, water usually flows into the Springville Hatchery at a rate of approximately seven cubic feet per second (depending on existing Have your Car inspected by . . . Inspection station No. Tom Marinos Two Luncheon Specials on Thursday 410 W. 1st 637-197- 2 ley- - The Division of Wildlife SOMETHING For Appointment 561 feeding those springs. AUTHORIZED OLDSMOBILE Hottest Brand Going " DEALER sup- reduced water seepage Mile East of Wellington J1GILY Valley Ford are plied with water from natural springs, the lack of typical soil moisture due to low snowpack has slowly Resources hatchery at Springville recently lost GROCERIES& REFRESHMENTS!? Your Authorized Since hatcheries SALES & SERVICE Price of NO. 500 II 21 (30 Inspection WE ALSO FEATURE: VVeterinary supplies Horse equipment Panel fencing and a full line of farm supplies. Inspection No. 783 seikyicje $ & Even though recent rainfall and snowfall has helped to alleviate some of the drought conditions in Utah, the effects of the prolonged dry weather are still being felt in some of the states fish hatcheries. ( for next years hatchery production are being revamped to raise a different proportion of fish sizes so as to provide the best fishing possible in 1978 n view of low reservoir fevers which will probably ixist and the absence of nuch fingerling stocking his year. |