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Show Conditions oi fishing waters outlined by State Fish and Game as season opens cutthroat and brook. Heavy pressure. Camping areas limited. lim-ited. Access good. Lake Powell: Fishing slowing; slow-ing; some large bass and trout still being caught, but majority of creel are small fish. Crappio and catfish still good. Mammoth and Panguitch Creeks: Stocked with rainbow catchables, also some nice German brown. Fishing should be good. Minersvllle Reservoir: Reservoir Res-ervoir full and spilling; fishing fish-ing may be spotty like last year. Rainbow average 12 to 14 inches, with some lunkers. Camping facilities limited; dirt boat ramp. Navajo Lake: Stocked with catchable rainbow. Road still covered with snow in spots. Fishing should be fair to good. Good camping area. Newcastle Reservoir: Fishing Fish-ing will be good. Low water will affect the fishing from Juno 15 throughout the season. sea-son. Otter Creek Reservoir: Stock, ed for opening. Panguitch Lake: Good catch rate for boat fishermen, but slow from shore. Rainbow 9 to 13 inches. Good camping facilities. Paragonah Reservoir: Fishing Fish-ing will be fair to good for rainbow 9 to 15 inches. Pine Valley Reservoir: Fish-ing Fish-ing should be excellent with rapid creel returns. Fish will be in the 8 to 10 inch categry. Heavy pressure. Camping facilities fa-cilities limited but excellent. All roads are open. Yankee Meadow Reservoir: Fishing will ibe fair to good. Good for rainbow catchables and brook 8 to 14 inches. According to the Utah Fish and Game Department, fishing fish-ing in the Southwestern section sec-tion of the state should be fair to good on all streams that are in stockable condition, and good on the larger reservoirs. As usual, the runoff l.s at Its peak now and some streams will not be stocked for the opener. op-ener. Access to the higher lakes will be better than last year. Every indication points to a near record if not record number num-ber of anglers trying their luck on the opening day, Saturday, Sa-turday, June 6. Conditions on popular fishing fish-ing waters are reported as follows: Aspen-Mirror Lake: Stocked with catchable rainbow. Road conditions unknown at this time. Good camping area. Baker Reservoir: Should provide pro-vide excellent fishing and a good catch rate- Heavy pressure. pres-sure. Camping areas are very limited with inadequate facilities. fa-cilities. All roads are open. Beaver Mountain Lakes: Road is open to Three Creeks, Little, and Indian Creek reservoirs; res-ervoirs; Puffer Lake and Kent Lake still inaccessible. Lakes socked mostly with rainbow. Some brook and cutthro.it. Fishing rate good. Duck Creek Springs: Stocked Stock-ed with catchable rainbow. Fishing should be good. Good camping. Enterprise Reservoir (Upper (Up-per and Lower): Anglers can expect to catch 8 to 10 inch fish. Catch rate should be good. Water in lower reservoir is low. Camping facilities are excellent but limited. All roads are open. Kolob Reservoir: Good fishing fish-ing for rainbow, with some |