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Thursday, Feb 11
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- Adventure Travel Cooperative
- Ancient Rock Art and Ruins
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- Bear Lake Area Snowmobiling
- Bear Lake Area Horseback Riding
- Bear Lake Area Family Reunions
- Private Fly Fishing
- Wingshooting
Moab Hiking
I really wanted to hike in Arches National Park this weekend. The Moab area is usually a great destination during late winter/early spring. But this season is strange - Moab has been colder than Salt Lake, and it keeps getting snow. All of eastern Utah has been in the deep freeze the past couple weeks. When snow falls, it is slow to melt.
Looks like Moab will warm up this coming week, and will be great going into March.
Meanwhile, I guess I'll hike in Zion Park on Saturday. St George will be pushing into the '60s. It will be nice to get down into the sunshine and fresh air.
Utah Boat Show & Watersports Expo
Utah Boat Show & Watersports Expo, Feb 11-14, 2010, South Towne Expo Center, Salt Lake City
Bryce Canyon Winter Festival
Bryce Canyon - Ruby's Inn runs this weekend, Sat-Mon. Cross country ski races, archery clinic, archery biathlon competition. Free snowshoe tours, free clinics in photography, snow sculpture, kids' events, entertainment and more. Events may be subject to change due to snow and weather conditions. Call: (435) 834-5341 or 1-866-866-6616.
Big game applications
Applications are due by March 1
It is spring fever time, and it looks like we will have beautiful weather this weekend. Should be ideal for ice fishing, late winter fly fishing, and hiking in southern Utah. All of our major trout and perch waters have good ice fishing. Streams at lower elevations are accessible and fly fishing will be picking up now.
Despite the mild temperatures, there is still thick ice on Willard Bay, Utah Lake and other similar waters. But edges will be getting soft, so take care. With warm temperatures forecast for next week, the ice may come off a little early.
Many community ponds now have open water and offer good fishing.
Best Reservoirs for Ice Fishing
- Deer Creek for trout and perch
- Strawberry for rainbows and cutthroat
- Flaming Gorge for trout and burbot (upper section has ice)
- Pelican Lake for bluegill & other species
- Red Fleet Reservoir for trout and bluegill
- Steinaker for trout and bluegill
- Hyrum Reservoir for trout
- Rockport Reservoir for trout
- Pineview for small perch
- Scofield for small trout
- Fish Lake for trout, perch
- Mill Meadow for perch
- Navajo Lake for splake
- Otter Creek has good ice fishing for rainbows ⁞
- Deer Creek has good but spotty rainbow fishing
- Deer Creek is fast for small rainbows
- Strawberry has lots of slush, good fishing
- Strawberry is good if you find the right spot
- Mill Meadow is still very good for perch
- Bear Lake has some open water, good boat fishing
- Good fly fishing on the Lower Provo
- East Canyon has good ice fishing for rainbows
- Pineview is good for small perch
- Don't wait! (Apply now for hunting permits)
- Turkey permits
- See thousands of snow geese
KUTV
- Western Hunting And Conservation Expo
- Roughin' It Outdoors Fishing Report
- Book Cliff Buffalo
- Utah Field Guide: Snow Geese
- Geoquest Zion
Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah lawmakers propose using eminent domain to take federal land
- Wolf bill heads to guv
- Timpanogos Cave rock to be blasted in $500,000 project
- Noel, faith leaders stage impromptu wilderness debate
- Outdoor notebook: Day to feast your eyes on bald eagles
- Auction permits up for grabs at hunting expo
- Rifle hunting in the canyons?
- Boat show to offer equipment, accessories and demos
- Bird sighting: Golden-crowned kinglet
- Where is it?
- Bird sighting: Golden-crowned kinglet
Deseret News
- Utah fisherman make a splash at Capitol rally to support public fishing bill
- Big Horn sheep hunt debated for Antelope Island
- Blog: Animal tales
- Slab a concern at Timpanogos Cave
- Ranger Wolf: predators pushed as park stewards
- Trout are returning to Davis streams
- Snowmobilers get lost in snowstorm near Brian Head
- The Grand Canyon in winter
- Grand Canyon information
- ICE FISHING: Outdoors, low-cost gear lure anglers to lakes
- Idaho expects large spring run of chinook salmon
- Wolf advocate receives warning for her Idaho hunting tag chicanery
- Idaho rep: Charge picnickers, bird-watchers
- 2010 Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation On-Line Trip Auction
- Two cougars killed by hunters in Wood River Valley
- More elk go to slaughter
- Game Dept. reminds anglers of limits
- Elk testing project ends
- Wyoming ships elk jerky to Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan
- Board acquires water to keep Crested Butte streams flowing
- Officials might poison pike in Nevada lake
- CU professor Anders Halverson writes book on rainbow trout