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Thursday Oct 23

Beautiful fall weather is expected to continue for the next several days. Fishing would actually improve if a cloud comes buy but right now it looks like we can expect extreme sunshine.

Strawberry normally offers excellent fall fishing, and it has come alive in recent weeks. We're hearing reports of great to incredible fishing, with lots of big ones being caught.

Jordanelle is also hot for trout, but not as many big ones. And most of our other trout reservoirs are fishing well.

Our trout streams also offer good to great action, and they should remain productive for the next several weeks. Watch for BWO hatches from late morning into the middle part of the afternoon. Nymphs and streamers are working well throughout the day and are particularly good early and late.

Green River is fishing well again. It has bounced back after slowing a couple weeks ago when they released cold water from the dam.

Lake Powell smallmouth fishing is very good but stripers are not biting. Stripers apparently have so much ready forage this year that few fish are willing to expend the energy needed to strike a lure. They are fat and healthy and should offer excellent fishing next spring. 

Willard Bay wipers boil occasionally, similar to the stripers at Lake Powell. Luck into a boil and fishing there can be great. 

- Lake Powell - everything is biting except stripers
- Yuba has good cold-weather pike fishing
- Jordanelle is great for rainbow trout
- Jordanelle trout like orange lures, baits
- Strawberry is consistent for big fish
- Strawberry - more big fish
- Strawberry - still more nice fish
- Mantua is good for trout
- Utah Lake June Sucker Rescue Plan Debated
- Sand Hollow has good bass fishing
- Pineview tiger muskie caught after great effort
- Ferron Reservoir and Skyline Drive offer nice trout
- Henry's Lake yields big trout to bait fishers
- Willard Bay has wiper boil, great fishing
- Middle Provo is good for browns, whitefish

DWR
- Proposed deer hunts changes
- DWR starts hunter phone surveys
- Utah Wildlife News
- - Deer, Elk and Moose Might Get Some Extra Help
- - Dedicated Hunter changes
- - Bonus point changes
- - Deer and elk hunting changes

Deseret News
- Moab fire forces evacuations
- 4 more arrested made in theft of hunting rifles
- Missing hunter is found in good health
- Utah's fluffy powder is star of Warren Miller ski film
- Miller's ski films have become a winter tradition0
- Miller movie schedule
- Land to open for geothermal work
- Brawny buffalo roam range on Great Salt Lake island
- Group criticizes BLM plans on protection of Utah rivers
- Registration is under way for ski, snowboard school
- Hunter turns bird-dog training into art form
- June Sucker to make a comeback at Utah Lake
- Utah geologists discover 'dinosaur dance floor'
- On top of the world
- Tiny fish finds itself in middle of water war
- Great fall weather for deer hunters

Salt Lake Tribune
- Hunting: Whitetail deer influx brings mixed reaction
- Hunters flock to mountains
- State stepping up fight to save June sucker
- 'Covert operation' nabs man accused of killing elk
- Outside magazine heaps praise on Utah skiing
- Cool temps help crews gain ground on Moab fire
- Utah's water boss stepping down
- Teen killed when his dad's gun goes off during Daggett deer hunt
- Family says teen hunter was killed by a stray bullet, not his father
- Interior's energy push would open millions of Utah acres
- Firefighters suspect 450-acre Moab blaze was human-caused
- For the Record: Teen killed in ATV accident identified
- Warren Miller's latest ski film pays tribute to Billy Poole
- Prettyman: Most ATV users are responsible riders
- Outdoor notebook: Cycling event draws world's top mountain bikers
- Books: An in-depth look at the history of hunting in the West
- Hike of the Week: Lakeside Trail, Antelope Island State Park
- Where is it?
- Hook shot: Fishing Junior Ranger Badge
- Bird sighting: Dark-eyed junco
- Outtakes: Backyard buck
- Finds: 2009 Utah Geological Survey calendar
- Plan allows bison to migrate outside of Yellowstone
- Wyo. elk study reignites controversy
- Nature writer, photographer to speak about Arctic

Other
- 2008 Deer Hunt Opener
- Deer hunt opens in Utah
- Utah Lake fish eating each other
- Fish numbers look healthy for Provo River
- Plan under way to improve Utah Lake
- Carp removal to begin at Utah Lake
- In Utah, a treasure-trove of dinosaurs awaits
- State restores endangered fish to southern Utah
- Idaho man bags monster bull elk
- Hunting for food, not for trophies

Regional
- Hunters asked to assist Chronic Wasting monitoring
- Hunters - Know Your Candidate and Thank Private Landowners
- Salmon are giving us another shot
- Teen hunter mistakes moose for elk
- Landmark Settlement Gives White Sturgeon a Glimmer of Hope
- Out and about: Snowmobiling, skiing, Fish & Game auction
- Chester Dam project gets its official start
- Poaching group ringleader gets 13 months in prison
- Groups call for disease action
- 'Canned hunting' is a fact of life: What do you think?
- Fish Creek in good shape, scientists report
- Wildlife disease debate heats up
- Man shoots mountain lion in self defense
- A land scoured by glaciers
- Heated streets in Avon may help Eagle River
- Algae the culprit in fish deaths
- Officials set fall fishing regulations
- Chum are back in large numbers
- Rare butterfly making comeback despite severe habitat loss
-  Autumn best time to nab trophy pike

Fishing Report
I enjoyed a great trip to Lake Powell last weekend. The weather was perfect and smallmouth fishing was fast. Stripers, well, they weren't cooperative at all. We were on Powell's San Juan arm, and also searched the middle lake. Here's my full report. Here are my photos.

Featured Recreational Property
There are some great deals right now on lots in Lake Powell view estates. These lots are near Page and actually do offer views of the lake. Check out this one, and also this one. Also consider this horse property in Page.

Events
Intermountain Snowmobile Show, Oct 24-25. (Friday 3 pm - 9 pm Sat 9 am - 6 pm). Salt Lake County Events Center (Equestrian Park), 10800 South 2200 West, South Jordan. Come see the new machines, talk to reps and learn about snowmobiling in our area.

Star Gazing Party, Nov 01, 2008, Snow Canyon State Park. On Saturday, November 1, 7:30-9 p.m., join Laura Cotts, guest astronomer from SUU, for a starry evening in the Canyon! Learn about several fall constellations, as well as stories about the night sky. Space is limited; registration required. For further information, to register for the program, or receive a list of upcoming activities, please phone (435) 628-2255.

Heber City's 14th Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Nov 4-9. A weeks worth of continuous cowboy talent where Cowboys and Cowgirls gather to pass on their western traditions and genuine devotion to the cowboy way of life with poetry, music, and live horsemanship. The Cowboy Poetry experience also includes, poetry in motion at the Horse Show Extravaganza; top performing acts in western entertainment; real East Texas BBQ; western vendors & craftsman; horse clinics; and the favorite Cowboy Express train ride.