Outdoors Report - By Dave Webb
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Fishing Overview
People have been hitting accessible spots on the Provo, Weber and Green rivers with pretty good success and those waters will provide more and more action during the next few weeks. Streamers and small midges have been effective. Midge patters will soon become hot. Check with local fly shops for the latest info.
Ice fishing for perch continues to be good at Yuba, Rockport, Echo, Hyrum and other reservoirs. Trout fishing is good at Strawberry, Otter Creek, Piute, Minersville and many other waters. Action can be spotty so move around until you find fish. Slush is a growing problem, bad in some areas and getting worse all around.
If normal patterns hold, ice will start to come off Utah Lake and Willard Bay in a couple weeks. Walleye fishermen get excited as that happens, but walleye action usually doesn't get going until mid-March.
DWR reports hot fishing at the following waters:
- Weber River for trout and whitefish
- Strawberry Reservoir for trout
- Utah Lake for white bass
- Yuba Reservoir for perch
- Fish Lake for splake, rainbows and perch
- Otter Creek Reservoir for trout
Interesting Post By Anglers
- Flaming Gorge still has good ice fishing for burbot- Flaming George also good for rainbows, small macks
- Jordan River has good carp fishing
- Yuba good but spotty for perch
- Pineview is good for perch but has lots of slush
- Strawberry is good but spotty
- Bear Lake is good for cutts and a few small macks
- Hyrum is good for perch and trout
- Echo is good for perch
- Carp - catching them on flies
- Lake Powell, new guide on northern part of lake
- Lake Powell, proposed Farley Canyon ramp stirs debate
Recent News Articles
Ogden Standard Examiner- 27-inch cutthroat makes a whopper of a fish tale
DWR
- See thousands of snow geese
You can still apply for a bonus point or a preference point
- 11 deer killed last October
KUTV
- Snowy Weather Makes It Difficult For Deer To Find Food
- Dogsledding From Wyoming To Utah
- Poaching In Utah's Big Game Wilderness
- Travel Guide: Brian Head Ski Resort
Salt Lake Tribune
- Wharton: Recreation bills short of answers
- Outdoor love spots
- Out takes: Give us your best shot
- Where is it?
- Ski outing of the week: More Deer Valley glade skiing
- Recreation roundup
- The outsider: Women in the Outdoors
- Outdoor notes: Polar bear plunge to support Special Olympics
- Hook shot
- Toasting Stanley's flask
- Learn how to tune, wax your skis and snowboards
- Salt Lake County bans outdoor smoking in public areas -- except the fairways
- SL County golf courses may bar puffing while putting
- Paleontologists cut from Dino monument staff
- Rescuers find lost snowmobiler at Iron County Scout camp
- Giant flocks of cranes, geese amass in migration spectacle
- Are Lake Mead, Powell at risk of drying up by 2021?
- Lake Powell's sandstone walls speak after 232 years, and much graffiti
- Logan River cries out for Wild and Scenic River protection
Deseret Morning News
- Powder days - Slow start gives way to near epic season
- Utah's signature ski runs - The Canyons
- Environmental group files lawsuit against U.S. Forest Service
- Ray Grass: Ski cross is excellent addition to Olympics
- Lake Powell '08 fishing predictions
- Will Powell be all dried up by 2021?
- Outdoor notes
- DWR will move bison to Book Cliffs
- Boat show mooring
- On the go - Like other Americans, Utahns don't plan to stay home in 2008
- An uphill climb: Famed mountain climber from Ogden battling MS
- Legislator seeks to clean up waterways and air quality
Regional
- Study Shows Hunters, Anglers on the Decline
- US avalanche deaths near record levels
- Otters Bighorn policy may result in more lawsuits
- Bighorn sheep recovery plan released
- Fighting To Save Our Wildlife
- IDFG seeks input to changes in big game season
- Dexter artist reels in fly-fishing enthusiasts
- Big Money Thumbed Down for Idaho Bighorn Sheep Tag
- Cost to save bighorn pegged at $26.7m
- Wildlife Service wants out of sage grouse agreement
- Wolf Hunts in the West Inevitable, But Perhaps Years Away
- Idaho's wolf management plan gets biologists' support
- Montana Extends Comment Period for Potential Wolf Hunting Season
- Wildlife killed by trains near Rawlins
- Yellowstone Bison Slaughter a Sham
- Committee schedules hearing for Wyo Range bill
- 'Not your normal house cat'
- Biologists watch high water for impact upon young fish
- Rainbow trout revival underway in Colorado?
- Tiny rabbit may cause jumbo-size headache
- 12-pound cutthroat trout leads Pyramid Lake derby
- Loaded guns in Glacier National Park?
What's New
REI-OUTLET: Deal of the Day A New Deal Every Day!
We enjoyed hiking Snow Canyon last weekend. It's the perfect place for late winter sunshine. We came back with these new photos.
We also hiked in Red Cliffs Recreation Area, played at Sand Hollow Reservoir and toured the St George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm. The dinosaur tracks there are amazing.
I've just finished creating this video clip for Tag-A-Long Expeditions whitewater river trips. Rafting companies are now gearing up for the coming season, which will bring some of the best whitewater ever. Now's the time to book trips.
Upcoming Events
Bryce Canyon Winter Festival, Feb 16-18, Ruby's Inn at Bryce Canyon. 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. 435-834-5341 or 866-866-6616.Utah Boat Show, Feb 20-24, South Towne Expo Center. See over 500 boats including: ski boats, wakeboard boats, cruisers, fishing boats, houseboats, personal watercraft and more. Pro riders will be demonstrating the newest gear and latest tricks on a 17 foot lake inside the show.
Snow Goose Festival, February 29-March 1, celebrating the arrival of thousands of Lesser Snow Geese in the fields and waters between Delta and Clear Lake Management Area.
See our full events report