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Show Garfield County Offers Some Of World's Finest Fishing T" ?jF T 1 rln i tl H Indians named this lake many years ago Panguitch Lake. Panguitch means "big fish" and the eager fishermen making ready to leave the dock are ready to go after them. boats, license, gas and groceries. A new general store offers additional items and horseback riding is available in the area. A large Forest Service campground is near the lake. PINE LAKE (A), is stocked with catchable rainbow with a few cutthroats cut-throats available. The beautiful little lake has a well-maintained Forest Service campground, and fishing can be very good. POSEY LAKE (B), should provide good to excellent fishing throughout the season. The 8-acre lake at 8676 feet is reached by driving 13 miles from the town of Escalante and the road is suitable for two-wheel drive vehicles in good weather. There is a well-developed campground maintained by the Forest Service, a boat ramp and dock. It is stocked with catchable rainbows and brook trout from one to three pounds can be expected. SEVIER RIVER, EAST FORK (A), is a small stream about Tropic Reservoir with many side tributaries which support wild cutthroat and brook trout fishing. SEVIER RIVER, EAST FORK BLACK CANYON (A), is open all year round and offers brown, cutthroat cut-throat and rainbow trout fishing. SEVIER RIVER, SOUTH FORK (A, is stocked with catchable rainbows after spring runoff. The stream is on private land and camping is limited. Best fishing is near Hatch and south along U.S. 89. TROPIC RESERVOIR (A), generally has fair fishing although rainbow and cutthroat trout are small. Fishing is usually better later in the summer. It has a beautifully maintained Forest Service campground cam-pground (Kings Creek) and is located approximately seven miles north of Utah Highway 12 with the turnoff located about three miles west of Bryce Canyon junction. WIDE HOLLOW RESERVOIR (B), is a small reservoir with both fishing and water skiing, located at Escalante Petrified Forest. It has been stocked and generally provides good fishing. Some of the nation's best fishing may be found in Garfield County from the high mountain lakes and streams to the valley's rivers and awesome Lake Powell, formed on the Colorado when Glen Canyon Dam was built in 1966. Fishing licenses may be purchased pur-chased in most hardware stores, some general stores and at some resorts. Utah residents can purchase pur-chase a license for $10.50. Licenses for non-residents of Utah cost $5 for a one-day license, $15 for a five-day license and $35 for an annual license. This year, for the first time, fishermen in Utah will be required to purchase a trout stamp (at $3.30. for adults, $2.30 for juveniles) to accompany their regular license. In Garfield County, the stamp is necessary when fishing all waters except Lake Powell. The only exempt fisherman is the nonresident non-resident who purchase a one-day or five-day license. Funds derived by the state from the sale of the stamps will be used for vitally needed renovation at three hatcheries, maintain conservation pools at reservoirs, obtaining public access to one creek and three rivers, and to chemically treat declining fisheries to remove undesirable fish species. General fishing information and condition and locations of lakes and streams are listed for the convenience con-venience of the visitor. Maps and information are available from Forest Service offices located in Panguitch and Escalante, and from the Bureau of Land Management Office located in Escalante. An excellent booklet, "Lakes of the Aquarius Plateau (Boulder Mountain)" prepared by the Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources also provides specific information about all slopes of the Boulder Mountain area. ANTIMONY CREEK (A), one of several creeks or streams in the county yielding good fishing for wild rainbows during most of the summer. sum-mer. Antimony Lake should be good for 3,a to 1-lb. rainbow trout. Access to the lake is limited to four-wheel drive or walk-in-only. Primitive camping at creek. ASAY CREEK (A), near Hatch is stocked with catchable rainbow. Much of the creek is on private land. BARKER RESERVOIR (B), a 12-acre 12-acre lake with an elevation of 9564 feet is stocked with trout. Approximately Ap-proximately 13 miles from Utah Highway 12, the lake has good camping facilities with good access. Six or seven other good fishing lakes are immediately accessible within two miles. DEER CREEK LAKE (B), a 22-acre 22-acre lake at 10,000 feet provides fair to good fishing for brook and cutthroat cut-throat trout ranging from Mi to 32 lb. A spring is located in the rocks above the lake for drinking. The lake is centrally located and four lakes can be reached by foot Chriss, West Deer, Green and Lower Deer. Access to Deer Creek Lake is by fool only along a 2-mile trail marked by a USFS sign along the road about three miles beyond the turnoff to Garkane Power Plant. GARKANE POWER RESERVOIR RESER-VOIR (B), visible from the main road, is stocked wtih rainbow and provides fair to good fishing. A second reservoir at Kings Pasture lies at the end of the road blocked by a locked gate. Camping is allowed outside the gate and on Forest Service land and water should be carried in. A third reservoir lies to the west about 1.5 miles, reached by foot. LOWER BOWNS RESERVOIR (B)," with an elevation of ony 7400 feet, is a 90 acre lake with a maximum depth of 58 feet. It is fishable either from shore or in boats. Visible from the Boulder Mountain road, it is accessible from the Pleasant Creek campground, although with construction in the area, access should be checked out. It is stocked with rainbows. MAMMOTH CREEK (A), has the upper headwater area and the lower end near U.S. 89 stocked with catchable cat-chable rainbows. The middle section is not stocked but contains a good population of wild brown trout. Camping is very limited along Mammoth Creek due to private lands, but available near Panguitch Lake. OAK CREEK RESERVOIR (B) is stocked with cutthroat. A new dam has been constructed and the reservoir is larger than its previous 45 acres. Oak Creek campground is lcoated about two miles from the reservoir on Oak Creek. The Forest Service maintained campsite is about two miles off the Boulder Mountain Road. PANGUITCH CREEK (A) is stocked with catchable rainbows and brown trout populations exist in the lower areas of the stream. Camping is limited primarily to Whitebridge Campground located on the creek and maintained by the : Forest Service. PANGUITCH LAKE (A) is good for rainbow trout averaging 11 inches in-ches and 34 lb. There are also larger fish including cutthroat an brown trout. Shore fishing from the 10-mile shoreline may sometimes be good but fishing is generally better from boats. Two public boat ramps are available. Five resorts offer cabins, |