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Thursday, April 2
Kolob Arch
Featured Rec PropertyMeadow Estates
Offered by Mountains West Ranches - 801.699.4762
What's NewA Kokanee Fishing Seminar will be held Saturday, April 4, at Sportsman's Warehouse in Midvale. Jared Johnson from Rocky Mountain Tackle will be make a presentation, beginning at 12 noon.
DWR is looking for a few volunteers to help catch and transport catfish from Lake Powell, to be used as broodstock at Wahweap Hatchery. Details.
I'd love to fish Flaming Gorge next week, but I can't fit it into my schedule. The Green and Provo are good choices but they can be very crowded. I think I'll try Diamond Fork - it's a good stream, often overlooked, not far from home.
I hiked last Saturday in perfect conditions. Got these photos and this video of Kolob Arch, in the Zion Park backcountry. The next few weeks will be perfect for hiking the dry areas in southern Utah.
Just under the arch I slipped, fell and sprained my ankle. Hurt like heck and made it difficult to hike the 6.5 miles out. Read my blog about the trip.
Hopefully, the ankle will heal quickly and I'll be able to hike Buckskin Gulch later this month. After that, either Dark Canyon or Coyote Gulch.
I plan to hit Lake Powell during early May. Not a bad spring schedule.
Easter Jeep Safari, April 4-12, Moab. The safari consists of trail rides, mostly day-long trips, departing from Moab throughout this week long event. The official event is hosted by the Red Rock 4-Wheelers Inc, the local four wheel drive club of Moab.
So, I plan to stay away from Moab!
See our events calendar- Good Fishing, Dave Webb
The Green, Provo, Weber and most other streams should fish well.
Flaming Gorge is very good for rainbows in the Sheep Creek and Hideout areas.
Bear Lake is good trolling for cutthroats.
Otter Creek Reservoir shore fishing has slowed but trollers are still doing well.
Piute Reservoir has good to very good trout fishing.
Jordanelle, Deer Creek and Rockport reservoirs now have open water and boat ramps are usable. Fishing has been slow but should pick up a bit when the water warms.
Lake Powell is good when the weather is calm and warm, and slow during stormy periods. Action will become consistently good for all species later this month. Watch the weather forecast and head down when there will be 3-4 nice days.
Many community ponds are now being stocked and should offer decent fishing.
- Boaters World store is closing, everything is discounted
- Lake Powell - stripers caught near Red Canyon
- Lake Powell has good fishing despite storms
- Lake Powell tough tournament fishing
- Flaming Gorge - will water be piped to Colorado?
- Bear Lake is good trolling for cutthroat
- Strawberry still has decent ice fishing
- What are good baits to catch carp
- Utah wilderness bill reintroduced
- Obama signs bill adding to Utah's wilderness
- Outdoor notes
- Off-road vehicles recalled after 46 deaths
- Family-friendly events calendar
- Spared from slaughter, bison will move to Wyoming
- Pleasant Grove getting urban fishery, wading beach
- Officers look into gray wolf killing in northcentral Washington
- Beloved 'Ranger Bart' Anderson dies at 66
- Zion National Park shuttles to resume in April
- DWR recommends increase in big-game hunting permits
- Public scrutinizes plan for Utah Lake
Salt Lake Tribune
- Rolly: Anglers we love you, hunters get lost
- Washington County lands bill may be the wilderness model
- Senate again OKs wilderness expansion bill, including parcels near Zion
- Bogus bidder: BLM auction monkey-wrencher faces two felonies
- Author emphasizes nature as nurture
- On top with a borrowed heart
- Outdoor notebook: See mountain goats
- Sage grouse may be listed as endangered
- Where is it?
- Bird Sighting: Pine siskin
- Hook Shot: A king of a salmon in Alaska
- Distemper has run course in Yellowstone wolves
- Panel pushes on Utah Lake recovery
KSL
- Snowpack looking better for Northern Utah
- Tourism office launches new summer ad campaign
- Body in Canyonlands identified as Minn. professor
- Oil companies appeal yanked drilling leases
At Your Leisure
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- Travel Adventure: Swimming with the Fishes
- Product Review: Prepare to Launch
- Trailhead: Rocket Racing
- Dutch Oven 101: Funky Bread
- Giveaways & Events: Winners with Toone
Other
- Boulder Mt. sports trophy brookies
- Crazy weather blamed for spotty walleye action
Regional
- Outdoors: Idaho sets spring king season
- Upper Salmon River has lots of water for steelhead anglers
- Walleye caught in CJ Strike has Fish & Game worried
- Feds file to delist gray wolves, except in Wyoming
- Tester: Passage of 'Wolf Kill Bill' Was Common Sense
- Idaho wolves closer to being off endangered species list
- Idaho sportsmen likely off hook for fee increase
- Idaho Senate approves boat fee increase
- Game officers to alter some hunting seasons
- Nat'l Geo completes new Geotourism map guide
- Bison herd moved out of Yellowstone
- It will be a good spring for turkey hunting
- New Google maps show sensitive areas of West
- Fly fishing for carp in the urban waters of Denver
- What: The fourth annual Larimer County Boating and Fishing Expo
- Havasu Winning Pattern
- Anglers should follow written, unwritten rules on the water