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Show Fisfag Forecast Promising) For Accessible Wrters .on Jpoug 3 Opening) casionally take to five pounds. UPPER ENTERPRISE HES-ERVOIR: HES-ERVOIR: Mid-winter floods slowed growth of 1965 finger-ling finger-ling plants. Eight to 10 inch yearling fish will hamper early' ear-ly' season' fishing. One pound two -y-sar old fish-should be common. Fishery will come Into In-to its own in July as in 1966. LOWER ENTERPRISE RESERVOIR: RES-ERVOIR: Should be better fishing than Upper Enterprise on the opening. Rainbows 11 to 15 inches expected; moderate moder-ate pressure. summer. PANGUITCH LAKE: Very good rate of success expected on opening. Yearling rainbows should be slightly . smaller than in 1966 at 8 to 11 inches. Two year old fish will be present in good numbers, averaging 12 to 14 inches. NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR: Drastic drawdown in fall of 1966 will affect fishing success. suc-cess. Rainbows will range from 11 to 15 Inches. Heavy pressure is expected on the opening. PARAGON AH RESERVOIR: Should be similar to the 1966 opening. Rainbows 11 to 16 inches expected, with a good rate of success. Low water in mid-summer usually produces "muddy-tasting" fish. Go fishing fish-ing here early in the season. YANKEE MEADOW RESERVOIR: RESER-VOIR: Rated very good for the opening. Brook trout from 8 inches to two pounds, rainbows rain-bows from 11 inches to three pounds available. This reservoir reser-voir has become a popular fly fishing spot since chemical treatment in 1964. NAVAJO LAKE: Yearly winterkill win-terkill occurs to some extent with brookies fairing better than rainbows. Heavy catch-able catch-able plants will be made prior to the opening. Fishing should be fair to good; pressure moderate. Late storms, high water ana still unaccessible areas are expected to hamper somewhat the opening of the 1967 fishing fish-ing season in Utah Saturday, June 3. Utah Fish and Game Department, Depart-ment, however, has compiled a comprehensive report of expectations ex-pectations on various waters in southern Utah. The report indicates that approximately ap-proximately average spring water levels are expected following fol-lowing slightly below average aver-age water levels. Fishing pros-I pros-I pects are good for the opening, open-ing, although somwhat less promising than In 966. Streams are likely to be high and muddy mud-dy on the opening due to delayed de-layed runoff. Many of the higher lakes will be inaccessible for the opening weekend. Included among them will likely be Navajo Lake which early this week was still iced in. A report, by waters, of conditions con-ditions and expectations follows: fol-lows: MINERSVILLE RESERVOIR: This year-round water experienced exper-ienced a heavy summerkill in 1966. Winter and spring fishing fish-ing has been fairly slow, although al-though most fish taken are over 13 inches. Tentatively scheduled for chemical rehabilitation reha-bilitation in 1967, should have little fishing pressure this PINE VALLEY RESERVOIR: A self-sustaining population of brook trout 8 to 11 inches adds variety to this rainbow catchable fishery. Rate of success suc-cess usually is high. This is an ideal camping area and attracts at-tracts large numbers of nonresident non-resident fishermen, . KOLOB RESERVOIR: Heavy snows have prevented preseason presea-son surveys. This was one of the hot spots of the region in 1966 and should continue to be this year. Kolob contains about equal numbers of brook and rainbow trout. i " " "" DUCK CREEK SPRINGS: A very popular fishery, this lake requires heavy stocking with catchables. "Lunker" German browns, brook and rainbows provide incentive to anglers. Very heavy pressure expected on opening. Rate of success, fair. ASPEN - MIRROR LAKE: Sim to Duck Creek, this nearby near-by lake also will have heavy pressue on the opening. Fine camping areas near these lakes. BAKER RESERVOIR: Rainbows Rain-bows will run from 11 inches up. Heavy pressure expected on the opening, with success fair to good. Brown trout oc- at a point S. 50 ft. and E. 600 ft. from W Cor. Sec. 27, T37S, R12W, to be used for domestic purposes of one family, stockwatering of 700 cattle and 10 horses, and from March 15 to October 31 for irrigation of 45 acs. All uses in NW&SWl,i Sec 27, SEtt-SE4 SEtt-SE4 Sec. 28, T37S, R12W. Protest resisting the granting grant-ing of these applications with reasons therefor must be filed in duplicate with the State Engineer, 442 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before July 15, 1967- Hubert C. Lambert STATE ENGINEER Published in Iron Countv Rec- ord, Cedar City, Utah, June 1, 8, and 15, 1967. |