Utah Fishing & Outdoors Report

The weather is so nice, this is a wonderful time to go fishing. Get out and enjoy the season.

Brown trout will be spawning during the next few weeks. They build and guard nests in shallow gravel on our streams. Adult fish and the nests are vulnerable; take care that you don't harm them because they represent the good fishing of the future.

You can still fish for trout in the streams, just don't target fish guarding nests. Fish below the nests and you may catch opportunistic trout waiting for roe to wash down. You can also feel good about fishing the deeper runs. Success is good right now on our trout streams.

Strawberry, Scofield, Fish Lake, Flaming Gorge, Bear Lake and many other waters are all productive. Good fising will continue on these waters until access becomes difficult because of snow and ice.

See DWR's regional fishing reports for details about all of our waters.

DWR Hotspots Report
DWR says these waters offer hot fishing
- Pelican Lake for bluegill and largemouth bass
- Calder Reservoir for rainbows
- Weber River for trout and whitefish
- Lake Powell for bass, stripers, walleye, crappie and catfish

Interesting Posts By Anglers
Electric Lake is good for cutts
Strawberry continues to fish well
Photos of beautiful bass
Scofield yeilds big tiger trout

Deseret Morning News
Scofield Reservoir — Officials aim to make spot popular again
Utah annual deer hunt gets off to slow start
Get started on slopes with Morning News ski, snowboard class
Ray Grass: Carpe carp? Thanks, but I'll stick with bass, trout
Time to report on Utah's fishing conditions
Where have hunters gone — and why?
Outdoor notes
All done: U.S. 189 in Provo Canyon
Environmental seminar is this weekend in Moab
Betatakin and Arizona's Navajo National Monument
If you go to the Navajo National Monument
Fog and snow limit hunting success
Record number of lake trout netted in Yellowstone Lake
Wolf sanctuary loses round in bid to expand

Salt Lake Tribune
Hike of the week: Mount Aire Trail - Mill Creek Canyon
Electroshock survey on the Provo River (with video)
Antelope Island bison roundup in full swing (with video)
Wharton: Good dogs and good memories
Outdoor Notebook: Picture this - your winning photo on a Glen Canyon pass
Where is it?
The Outsider: Scenic calendars, Rowmark Ski Swap
Calls to DWR's hot line produce deer hunt citations
Hook shot
Pony up for this unique headband
Tight lines: While floating downriver, time to reflect on history
Blustery weather mars deer opener (with multimedia)
REI holds adult climbing night
Bird Sighting
Recreation roundup
Mustangs recovering at BLM corrals in Nevada
6,700 endangered woundfin fish released into Virgin River waters

KUTV
Mule Deer Opener

DWR
Pheasant and quail hunts open Nov. 3
Wildlife and watersheds benefit
Making deer/elk seasons the same

Other Reports
Fly fishing author publishes new book - Richard Landerman, Salt Lake City, as reported in Fish & Fly
New Fisheries Coming to Idaho Falls