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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday September 19, 2002 7A At 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 1, Jodi Valley Reservoir will be dosed to fishing untO Dec. 14. Once the reservoir reopens to fishing, the trout limit wul be two, of which only one can be over 22 inches. All trout 15 to 22 inches must be three. Recapture Reservoir offers fair trout fishing with baits and hires. At Recapture, the daily immediately released. This i amendment to the 20Q2 fishing proclamation was made to pro--j tect the large adult splake, which come into shallow water during the new dosed period. We need protection for those huge splake as well as those between IS to 22 : Andies to help control the Utah 'xhub population. The growth and survivability of trout at Joes Vfel--i ley Reservoir has decreased as 'chub numbers have increased. a Liberalized bag limits have taken place at the following ! i doubled Jor all game fish until Nov. 1. The daily bag and possession limits for all game fish have also been doubled at Lloyds Lake until NoV. 1, due to low water conditions and expected loss of fish. Angling success has been fair. Benches Pond. This pond was stocked for the last time this yearjust before Labor Day. . Cleveland Reservoir. The daily bag limit is eight fish until Nov. 1. Fly fishermen have had good luck from float tubes using size eight black beadhead leech The water level is hold-- ; ! GigUotti Pood. Afew people are fishing, but there are currently no fish to catch. Fish will be restocked after the pond completely refills and it is confirmed that the leaks have been fixed. That will probably occur in early October. Construction of a re- -. stroom is anticipated to begin in October, with funding and service donations from the Carbon County Restaurant Ihx Commission, Helper City, and the Price River Whter Improvement Dis- -- j j . trict Huntington Reservoir (near the top of Huntington Canyon). The water level is holding. Flyfishing has been excellent for tiger trout up to 18 inches, using a size eight black beadhead leech pattern. The fish are deep and near the lake bottom. Afloat tube Duck Fork Reservoir; Fishi Electric Lake currently has ing remains excellent, especially is recommended about 100 yards '.an eight fish limit. Tickle restric- for tiger trout The water level is in front of the dam at a depth of tions, requiring anglers to use Very low, and will remain so un- 16 to 22 feet Release of tiger artificial flies or hues only, have til after the rotenone treatment trout is encouraged so that fish been suspended. This change will project scheduled to begin Sept can grow larger. Any brown trout remain in effect until the end of 23. Anglers have from now caught should be harvest. The The year. through Sept 22 to harvest fish. reservoir is dosed to the possesI Duck Fork Reservoir. An- Current fishing regulations, sion of cutthroat trout and trout which allow anglers to harvest 16 with cutthroat markings. gers may keep up Jo fish using any legal bait will end These bait ! Joes Valley Reservoir; Beregu-legal rising any datkms are in effect until the did Oct 1. Beginning Oct 1, har- ginning on Nov. 1, fishingregu-lation- s aof September. vest of cutthroat trout will be prowill change at Joes Vkfiey reThe daily bag and possession hibited and anglers will-bReservoir. The reservoir will be iimits have been doubled at quired to use artificial flies or closed to fishing from 6 a.m. on Cleveland and Miller Flat reser-- j .hires. Nov. 1 until Dec. 14. When the ivoirs, Ken's Lake, Lloyds Lake, Electric Lake. Due to reservoir reopens to fishing, the Monticello Lake, and Recapture drought anglers may now take a trout limit wul be two. No more ileservoir. These regulations are limit of ejght fish using any legal than one trout may be over 22 dn effect untO Nov. 1. bait Fishing remains excellent at inches. All trout 15 to 22 inches must be immediately released. Abajo Mountains.Toy Res- Electric like. The power comervoir continues to provide good pany reports that the lake may This regulation change will fishing with baits and hires. Lure become empty in March unless tect the large spawning spl In the morning and evening are they are able to drill some wells which are very vulnerable in Norecommended. There is no fish-- ! to pump water into the lake. vember and early December. In fishMonticello Perron Reservoir. at addition, we need to save the opportunity Fly ing esenioiriidwthatthedam,out-- I ing is excellent for rainbow, cutsplake from 13 to 22 inches let and spillway are under con-- ; throat and bnxk trout along the which can help control the chub xtruction. Repair work will be shoreline of Ferron Reservoir population. Lake Powell. The Lake completed in early October. The with a caddis pupa or a small, tan, lake will not be restocked until sparkle wooly bugger. Anglers Powell fishing report home page 2003. Fishing is fair with baits are encouraged to harvest I is: htwww.wayneswordsxom. and hires at Blanding number trout DWR biologist and project. -- --- . t, : j I ; j j ; : ; ; . e i ! website weekly. He provides detailed information on locations, tackle and techniques for each species in the lake. In 2002, an unlimited number ofs maysbe kept The bass limit u 20, and the large-mout- h bass limit is five. - -- -- I LaSal Mountain lakes. low to moderate with some color due to recent rains. From the railroad bridge approximately one mile below the Scofield Reser- voir dam downstream to the confluence with die White River, only artificial flies and lures may be used. fttes Hole. Rur to good fishing is expected, since stocking two weeks ago. Olive wooly buggers and Jakes Spina-Luhave been effective. The daily bag and possession limit is four trout res Potter's Ponds. Both ponds were stocked with 1,500 considerably and many people have waited a long time to draw a permit, Mitchell explained. wait"Establishing a ing period for both subspecies of turkbyS id Utah,' and changing the 'barms pciint 'system with the most bonus points have the best chance possible of drawing a permit, are two things that could be done to get these people involved in wild turkey hunting." Mitchell explained that more than 9,000 applications were re-ceived for the L332 permits that were available for the 2002 hunts. ' The 2002. board also approved a NaA total of 1,355 wild tur- tional Wild TUrkey Federation keys found new homes in Utah and Sportsman for Fish and Wildin the past 12 months, stated life proposal to set aside 15 per Dean Mitchell, upland game coordinator for the DWR. "Unfortunately, during that time some wild turkeys were lost because of long-ter- two-ye- cent of Utah's wild turkey! 1 to 18 5 permil old hunters in 2003. The DWR also supported this proposal, Mitchell stated. "The future of wildlife conservation rests with our youth and we'd like to see more of them excited about and involved in wild turkey hunting. Utah's 2003 Wild TUrkey Addendum will be available in late November. Hunters may apply forper-mit- s from Dec. 3 through Dec. 30. Draw results win be posted by Feb. 4, 2003. ' ar : . ' For moreinformation contact the nearest Division of WfldUfe Resources office. m drought across the state and a heavy winter in parts of north- ern and central Utah. For that reason, the board approved a slight decrease in turkey permits for next spring's hunts." r Included in the 1,355 total wore 484 Rio Grande wild turi . keys brought into Utah from Kansas and South Dakota. A total of 541 Rio Grande and 158 Merriam's wild turkeys were also moved within the to start new populations c. state, and bolster existing ones. In addition to the permit decreases, the board approved a two-yewaiting period for hunters who draw a Merriam's or.Rio Grande permit and a change in the wild turkey bonus point wstem that makes it more like tne system that's currently in place for big game: "Interest in wild turkey hunting In I Itah hiupHihtfj catch-able-si- ze rainbow trout before Labor Day. Good fishing is expected. Price River; No recent re- port Flows are somewhat ad- ored from recent storm runoff Recommended fly patterns include the Hares Ear or Double Ugy. Scofield Reservoir; Fishing was excellent this past weekend Some anglers were taking home limits of good-sizfish. Worms ed and PowerBait are recommended Wrigky Springs Reservoir; The highly alkaline water has diluted from recent storms, the trout some relief, fishing continues to be re-- Bonnie Staffing stands with her horse Duke after competing in the American West BarnH Race hekf in Sahrta durir the Labor Day weekend. Stradling took honwse times in many different races at ttw event prizes for her O. ported. The four trout statewide Spirit Starts Utah wildlife board approves wild turkey hunting raids The Utah Wildlife Board met in Richfield Sept. 10 to discuss how to get hunters involved in wild turkey hunts. The board also decided to maintain s imiiar amount of peTmits. as last yean hunt for the upcoming season.' ' V The. board approved 724 Rio Grande permi ts for Utah's 20(B spring hunts which isa decrease of 53 from the 777 offered for die 2002 hunts. The board also, approved 330 Merriam's permits, a decrease of five from the 555 offered in Barrel racers from across the state competed in the American West Barrel Race in Salina over the Labor Day weekend. Several racers from Carbon County competed in the event and many brought home prizes. The event was the largest barrel race ever in Utah with over 700 entries. Contestants competed for over $20,000 in cash, 12 saddles and 80 other awards. This is the second largest event in the American West Barrel Racing series next to the finals which is held in Reno each year. Former Price resident Bonnie Stradling had a successful series at the event by placing in three seperate series. Stradling placed third in the opend, first in the senior and first in the maturity even) opening day. Stradling also finished in third place in the open, first in the senior and first in the maturity event the following day. Finally, Stradling placed second in the open event the final day. She also won the average in the open ID event which captured her several prizes including cash, a saddle, blanket, jacket and belt buckle. Carbon and Emery County residents who also placed at the event include the following: . Jill Jensen; fourth in 3D. Jackie McCourt; seventh in 2D. Kim Mooseman; eighth in 4D. Roanna Rich; second senior 4D. Amy Housekeeper; average in 2D youth. Holli Housekeeper; second in 4D youth. Andi Adams; first ID youth. Fastest youth time of the week. LaSal Mountains. Kens Lake is very low. The daily bag limit has been doubled for all game fish until Nov. 1. Fishing has been fair to good at many - . ; leader, Itayne Gustaveson, dates fishing conditions at this . j ! Carbon County barrel racers compete in Utah state event Four fish limit announced at community fishing waters. Inordertoproridebetterfish-in- g at waters located in Utah's communities, the board fish aggregate limit at most of them. Afour fish aggregate limit means anglers cannot keep more than four fish, no matter what species of fish they catch. "In addition to trout, we're stocking these community waters with catfish, laTgemouth bass and bhiegiUsPettengin stated. The statewide limit for catfish is eight fish. Wb can't allow anglers to limit we went to this year limits these young anglers to only two trout a day, Pettengill explained. "We felt that was too restrictive and wanted to allow young anglers a chance to keep the same number of fish adult anglers can." Upper trout limit Standard- Regulations at reservoirs where anglers are only allowed one trout over a certain length (known as a slot limit) will be standardized at 22 inches in 2003. Its Here The upper limit at Kolob Reservoir is currently 20 inches, it's 18 at Strawberry and it's different lengths at various other reservoirs," Pettengill explained. "We wanted to make it easier for anglers to know what the limit is by standardizing it at 22 inches. Pettengill adds that the regulation will not affect the Green River and other streams. For more information contact the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office, or the divisions Salt Lake City office at Mont Harmon & Helper JcHighSchooTs U VniUa Fktbqr let crcsa saadwiches U Waflla fWboy saadacs oa a stick 12 Fkttwjr cooties sad oreua saadwiches nt ' Only Support your Moat Hanaaa sad Helper Ja High stadeato b ordering oaliac at j arrives. The waters this regulation applies to will be listed as community fishing waters under the spe-df- ic waters section in the 2003 Utah fishing proclamation. I 4- - JM ' . I -lt "'V J 8 V V f s s (i The t : rt ar . Hj.i i Sr pOi' ' 6pm at the BDAC Sepfoml Faren. with players for the 2003 Baseball Season Please Attend - . Thanks for Carbon Babe RutLeagul Juvenile and adult fishing limit to be the same. Beginning Jan. 1, 2003, the fish limit for anglers under 14 years old will be the same as the adult limit. Currently, anglers under 14vears old who doat buy a fishing hcense can fish for free .and take half the limit that an adult can take. - , 1 0 Fatboy Ice Cream Fundraiser keep that many catfish at these heavily fished waters and still provide good fishing for everyone. We need to spread fish out over a longer period of time so everyone can enjoy good fishing, and not just the people who are there when the stocking truck 13-1- 5 ; ... This Weeks in v : American Profile... . flwtownivherv everyone is an author WE DO SIDING REPAIRS!! . Nearly aD,ifnot all, of the llOpisople odl Daniel, home can mso imho BUY 2 window; figETO . GET , FfiEE! 1 iaufooR.lboddxate the 100th birthday oftfaissoenic valley hurilet, the residents came together to publish a tmtHdume limited edition offlsookxfulhistay WITH PURCHAK InAddition v: Ralph, .j 4 m, shawn . 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