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Show Sun Advocate May 6, 2004 6A Thursday Dinos end region play with win behind Smith one-hitt- er The annual Division of Wildlife Resources kids vlelanie Steele un Advocate Reporter fishing event will take place May 15 at the Huntington Game Farm Pond north of The regular season is over ind Carbon is undisputably on op. No Region 8 team was able o dethrone the Dinos this sea-o- n and Carbon enters the first ound state playoffs with a lawless, region record. Delta was the last Region 8 oe to fall under the heavy veight of Carbon's solid defense and pitching. Lefty Mike Smith pitched a for the Dinos as win over hey cruised to a he Rabbits. According to coach Lane lerrick, the strong wind that tad held up hits all day worked in Delta's favor to break up Smith's perfect game. The only Delta hit was a weak blooper that managed to drop. Smith ended the day with 13 strikeouts. The wind was not quite so kind to Carbon's Chris Hatch, , though. In the fifth-- what should have been a very long three run homer got caught in the wind and nabbed by a Delta outfielder. The hit was deep enough to ( Continued on page 7A ) 8-- Huntington. The gate opens at 8 a.m. Kids under 14 do not need a license. The limit is four fish in the aggregate (bass, blue-gil- l, and trout). There will be a lot of prizes furnished by area retailers and fishing tackle manufacturers. The DWR will have rods, reels and bait for public use and the event is free. Dedicated hunters and volunteers d will be to help the kids. 0 of-ens- e, er me-hitt- Kids fishing event Memorial weekend, updated fishing report 5-- 0 For more information, contact Brent Stettler at 636- 0266. Fishing in southeastern Utah has been mixed as the DAISY s i t ) I Ml R V ('Ml MY I'koMkl sS has not only helped the Dinos from the mound this season, but has also caused some damage from the plate Mike Smith summer months approach. Mountain reservoirs are quickly thawing with unseasonably warm temperatures. Fish hatcheries are get ting ready for their annual Day stocking of lakes, reservoirs and streams. Benches and Boulger Reservoirs - The reservoirs are thaw ing. but have not been stocked. Cleveland Reservoir - The north end w as open last w eekend. Todd Munford of Big Pine Sports in Fairview re- ported that fishing with a straight nightcraw ler and split shot was the ticket. He recommends that fly fishermen use sinking line and slow-striyellow or chartreuse wooly bugger patterns. Not many fish carried over from last year. Munford noted p some 14-1- 6 inch rainbow's. Electric Lake - The Lake is open. Mud and snow Access continue io be a problem. Biologist Justin Hart reported good fishing w ith dead minnows below the dam. Fishing has been good near the inlet with Panther Martin lures or chrome Jake's Spina-Lur- es. The tributaries are closed to fishing until July 10th to protect spawning cutthroat trout. the road dries out. Huntington Creek - Try small dry flies, such as an Adams with a light leader. Huntington Reservoir The ice is starting to come off. Munford reported seeing signs of thawing near the inlets and on the east shoreline. Shoreline angling is expected by this weekend. -- Munford recommends a straight using nightcrawler with occa- sional movement to entice strike. Tiger trout are 7 healthy and in the inch size class. Excellent fishing is expected over the next few weeks. Fly fishermen should do well with sinking line and brown leech patterns or a 12-1- rust-colore- wooly d buggers. Joes Valley Reservoir The trout limit is two; only one over 22 inches; all trout 2 inches must be from immediately released. Lasal Mountains - All -- 15-2- Fairview Lakes - The lakes are breaking up but probably won't be accessible for the next few weeks. Gooseberry Reser- voir - The U.S. Forest Service gate will remain closed until mountain lakes remain snowed in, except for Hidden and Dons lakes, which have not been stocked. (Continued on page 7A) Mont Harmon runner breaks record 17-year-- old Cook, fifth place, hurdles; Michael Spears, 2nd place, Sun Advocate Reporter shot put; Kyle Asay. st place, Aaron Sandoval of Mont softball throw, 2nd place, high Harmon junior high broke the jump; Thomas Et.el, 6th Junior High area record record place, discus; Bradey Wilde, lime for the 100 meter run, a 3rd place, zoom; Zac Jones, record which has stood since 5th place, softball throw. 987. Helper girls - Emily Cox. 6th place, hurdles; 2nd place, Sandoval's 11.19 second 800 meter relay; Whitney feme secured him first place at 2nd place, 800 metei .30 Oliver, trie April track meet and a in the record books. track relay; Brenda Davis, 2nd spot The old time was place, 400 meter relay; Boshea .50 secHowa, 2nd place, 200 meter, ond. Sandoval was also part of 2nd place, 400 meter relay, 4th the first place 4x100 relay place, 100 meter; Karlee Martino, 2nd place, 800 meter team, along with Bradey Wilde, J.J. Blue and Dustin Cook, and relay; Rebecca Limone, 6th took first in the long jump. place, 400 meter; Amber Other Mont Harmon and Fraliek, 2nd place, 400 meter Helper Junior High w inners at relay, 4th place, 200 meter; the four school meet included: Carrie Adams, 6th place, disMont Harmon girls - Megan cus; Traci Steele, 2nd place, Garvin, 4th place, high jump, 400 meter; Sara Hribar, 2nd 6th place, shot put; Erika place, 800 meter relay. OverPotts, 2nd place, shot put; all, 4th place. Farrah Nelson, 3rd place, shot Helper boys - Branden Wil1st place, 200 meter, 1st son, 2nd put; Kaylee Norris, place, discus; Whitney Williams, 4th place, high jump. 2nd place, place, softball throw; Julia softball throw, 3rd place, king Potts, 2nd place, 1600 meter, jump; Derek Fraliek, 3rd 5th place, long jump; Heather place, 800 meter relay; West Woodruff, 1st place, 200 Hunsaker, 1st place, hurdles, meter, 3rd place, 100 meter; 1st place, shot put, 3rd place, Britni Greenwood, 4th place, 400 meter relay; Cole Stevens, 400 meter, 6th place, 200 3rd place, 800 meter relay; meter; Katie Palmer, 5th place, Sam Madrid. 3rd place, 400 400 meter; Katie Kilbourne, meter relay, 4th place, mile; 4th place, 1600 meter; Team, .ID Sherman. 3rd place, 400 3rd place, 4x100 relay; 3rd meter relay, 4th place, 100 meter relay; Chris Noyes, 3rd place, 4x200 relay. Mont Harmon boys - Bren place, 800 meter relay, 6th Pruitt, 4th place, discus; J.J. place, mile; Anthony Kelly, Blue, 2nd place, 400 meter, 3rd place, 800 meter relay; 3rd place, long jump, 3rd Tyler Gale, 2nd place, long place, softball throw; Dustin jump. Overall. 2nd place. Melanie Steele 1 1 Desert Thunder Raceway track crews assist a driver with a dangling metal scrap after a collision banged-u- p the late model during the May 1 Steps taken to increase deer and elk populations While it appears Utahs big game herds made it through the winter in good shape, there's still work to do to bring deer and elk to numbers called for in the state's management plans, according to the Utah Wildlife Board. To help increase the number of deer and elk in Utah, board members approval reductions in the number of doe deer and cow elk hunting permits a ailable this fall. A total of 2. 155 doe deer permits will be available, compared to 3.605 in 2003. Most of the doe deer permits are for areas where deer damage agricultural crops each year or where rangelands are not able to support large numbers of deer. Cow elk permits were reduced even more. A total of 6.802 cow elk permits will be available, compared to 10,952 last y ear. The board also approved a total of 222 doe pronghorn antelope permits. Most of those permits are two-do- e permits that w ill allow holders to take two doe pronghorn off the Plateau unit in south-centrUtah, where the pronghorn herds are over the population objective for the unit. A total of 23 cow moose permits also will be available. Applications for 2004 Utah antierless permits will be available by May 25. Applications must be received no later than June 21 to be entered in the draw for permits. Draw results will be available by July 29. In addition to permits, Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are still conducting spring surveys to learn how many animals died this winter. But. it appears Utahs deer, elk, pronghorn and moose herds made it through the past few months in good shape. It doesnt appear there was any major winter loss," said Jim Karpowitz, big game coordinator for the DWR. al 2A l P j I I I I i ! state tournament pairings The stage is set for the Utah State High School 2- -' A baseball tournament schedules this week in Helper and Price. , Eight prep teams will be in Carbon County Thurs-- i day, Friday and Saturday seeking the baseball championship in the double elimination meet. Beginning on Thursday, games at the College of Eastern Utah field and Gardner Field in Helper will start at 1 1 a.m. The two games sched- ules for the CEU field will , be elimination games, as all four teams received losses in first round games last Saturday. The first game matches. Gunnison with Grand at a.m. and w ill be followed by a :30 p.m. matchup between Richfield and North Sevier. The winners of the tw o games will move on to Helper for late afternoon and evening games against the losers of earlier games played in Helper. The first championship bracket game in Helper pits Parowan against Beaver at 1 1 1 races. The 2004 season began on April 3 and races take place every two weeks. The next race will be May 1 5, beginning at 6 p.m. p.m. and the second will be Juan Diego and Enterprise at 1:30 p.m. The w inners of these games will get the rest of the day off, awaiting action on Friday. The loser face elimination against the winners coming out of the CEU action in 4-- p.m. and 7 p.m. games. Tournament action continues on Friday in Helper with three games, the first at a.m. The 2A state title game (Continued on page 7A) 1 1 1 The winter w'as fairly severe from Salt Lake City to Brigham City, but it was pretty mild everywhere else. Right now. Karpowitz said he is hoping for rain. Big game animals will be giving birth to and caring for fawns and calves during the next few months, and good precipitation is important in providing them the forage they need, he said. What the weather does over the next few months will play a big role in determining how well the herds do this year. Karpow itz. said the total number of deer observed statewide by DWR biologists after last fall's hunting season was down about 5 percent from the number observed after the fall 2002 seasons. He added that drought conditions are the biggest reason. "The number of fawns that have been born and have survived to adulthood has been dropping since 1998, but a wet spring last year allowed fawn numbers to rebound, he said. Were hoping to see even more fawns this year." Drought is also one of the reasons elk populations have declined from an estimated 60,595 elk after the 2002 hunting seasons to an estimated 58,025 after last years seasons. Elk herds have been intentionally reduced during the last several years to d relieve drought-impacte- rangelands. W'eve offered quite a few cow elk permits over the past few years, to try and get elk herds to a point where the habitat could sustain them, Karpowitz said. Fortunately, forage conditions improved last spring, and were seeing some good green-u- p again this year. We feel we can start building the elk herds gradually again. This years cow elk permit reduction is the first step in doing that. While deer and elk numbers are down slightly, pronghorn on the Plateau unit in Utah are doing well. According to Karpowitz, the herds are above objective currently. He stated that increased doe hunting, and transplanting animals from the unit to other pronghorn units, are two ways to reduce the number of animals and bring them back within objective. The states moose herds also are doing well, although a few animals have died during the hot summers the past few years, Karpowitz pointed out. Moose in Utah are at the extreme south end of their range, and the hot weather can negatively affect them, he said. For more information, contact the Price Division of Wildlife Resources office. south-centr- al |