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Show "Tars lft tl The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, March 41 mt iBntaia - I,rr HfKf - ji'ini qy th" If ay- -jr r pninjnt JitofUlmM 5, 1978 Utah Lake Bass: Good Spring Bet its easy to catch 40 or 50 in an hour. If By Tom Wharton theyre not, you may have to wait Tribune Outdoors Writer several hours just to catch one or two. PROVO Where can I find a spot The white bass are easy to catch, where my kids can learn to fish? and will hit just about any type of lure. The question is a common one. And Like Worms the answer isn't always easy to find. I weekend when the bass fish every Kids dont have a lot of patience, as Paul Maki of Sait a general rule. They need to catch fish are running, said on a recent weekend. 1 use Lake City interested. to at a fairly rapid rate stay works. Worms fished along Or have something in the near vicinity whatever the bottom are good right now. Later in to do if the fish aren't biting. the spring, lures are good. Try Utah Lake I caught 50 in an hour last year There are, however, some pos- using a silver sp'nner, said Steve sibilities to try, and Utah Lake may be Hardle of Provo. But the water is a one of them. bllle lower tins year. Tne aiea is close to the Wasatrh Ive been here when theyve (the Front, features a nice state park at the white bass) been in so thick that it was Provo Boat Harbor (although fish are like a cloudburst on the water, says often caught near Saratoga, the Ameri- Ilarvey Shell of Salt Lake City. Then can Fork Boat Harbor, Lincoln Beach the kids ha ve a ball . or just to the west of Geneva). When the Theyre catching a few more white hass are in, the area can provide behind Geneva, said Brent Keller of all the iishing most kids can handle. Orem, who was fishing on the Provo Like other fishing spots, you have to River east of the state park for the take a chance when fishing Utah Lake. white bass with fair success. But I If the white bass are in close to shore, know a guy who got 35 in an here the other night. Mornings and evenings are usually the best time, until the fish start running." No Limit of With talk catching 35 or 50 fish an hour, an angler aware of the law might wonder how such a thing would be legal. It is, because there are no limits on white bass at Utah Lake. That doesnt mean, however, that Heres a list of outdoor briefs from the fish arent excellent table fare. around the state: Filets from the 10 to long fish Several new hunter education are as good as any game fish in the classes will be starting in the next state. few weeks. They make good eating, says Jim Classes are scheduled to begin Koerner of Salt Lake City. We just March 22 at West Jordan Junior filet them out and freeze them. High School at 7 p.m. ; March 28 at Besides white bass, anglers can also .Evergreen Junior High School at 7 catch channel catfish and mudeats this Elemen29 at March Jackling p.m.; time of year at Utah Lake. And the tary; March 29 at the Whitmore walleye run is just around the comer. Library; April 6 at Eisenhower I plan to sit out all night, said Junior High School, and April 6 at Maki, and try to catch some channel Granger High School. catfish using chicken livers. Here is the latest Utah Division of Leo Mills of Salt Lake City fishes the Wildlife Resources fishing and huntProvo Boat Harbor almost exclusively ing report: for catfish. And he has worked out a Northern Region: There are no unique system. more sleigh rides at the Hardware He sits in his car near his pole, Ranch. The visitor center, however, sometimes taking a nap. But he has a is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. small bell taped about four inches Crappie fishing at Willard Bay is below the tip of his fishing rod. When a fair to good. Cutthroat fishing is fair catfish bites, the bell rings and Mills for larger fish at Bear Lake. The whitefish season is closed. springs into action. Its quite sensitive, he says. Central Region: There are good in of Mills comes down to Utah Lake jackrabbits populations Fehmer, Dog, Cedar, Rush and Skull around once a week, uid more often Valleys. Some brown trout are being when the weather warms up. taken in the lower Spanish Fork and And, with spring just around the Sanpitch Rivers. comer and the general opener still over Northeastern Region: Fishing for two months away, its likely that more bluegill through the ice at Pelican and more Utahns will soon be seeking Lake has been good. Fishing season places like Utah Lake to prepare has closed at Lake Canyon Lake. themselves and their children for the Flaming Gorge fishing is sluw, but season. coming trailers are having the best success. Southern Region: Cougar hunting has been fair while jackrabbit and coyote hunting has been slow. Bass fishing at Lake Powell is picking up while trout fishing has been fair at Wahweap Bay. Trout fishing using dead minnow lures on the Sevier The ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) River has been fair. New York Mets have lost their shirts. Southeastern Region: Bass fishing Thieves removed 46 uniform shirts has been fair to good on rocky from the National League club's spring outcrops and gravel bottoms. The training camp Friday night but didnt fish are 10 to 15 feet deep. Black jibs, take anything else. Mr. Twisters, and plastic worms "Tliis is the third time in four years have been good in the Bullfrog area our shirts have been ripped off, of Lake Powell. Crappie fishing has equipment manager Herb Norman been poor. said. It must be the same guys. 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