Fishbytes is a weekly outdoors report provided by redrockadventure.com. It is posted on our website and sent as an email newsletter (subscribe or unsubscribe). Please forward it to others you think may be interested. View archived past reports.
Thursday, May 14
♣ Read our fishing articles
♣ Listen to FishBytes on KSL Outdoors
♣ Take a SkyCall satellite phone on your next adventure
- 5 Acres in Spring City for just $29,000
- Partially constructed cabin in the Pine Creek Ranch development near Mt Pleasant, on 1.49 acres for just $34,000
Where to fish over Memorial Day Weekend
Popular waters will be busy but there are places to get away from the crowds.
Lake Powell is worth the trip, even though there will be crazy busy. Get there early and boat away from the marinas. Fishing will be good lake-wide so you can easily find your own remote canyon.
Here are other good bets:
- Flaming Gorge
- Fish Lake
- Bear Lake
- Red Fleet
- Steinaker
- Piute
Bighorn Sheep
We stumbled upon a bighorn sheep near the mouth of Little Wild Horse Canyon, and managed to get it on video. See it here.
Events
Shad Rally is this weekend at Lake Powell.
Great Salt Lake Bird Festival starts tomorrow.
Utah Outdoor Adventure Expo, June 5-6, 2009 at the Utah State Fairpark, 155 N 1000 W, Salt Lake City. Information, demonstrations and products related to all kinds of outdoor recreation.
Free Fishing Day, June 6. A license is not needed to fish in Utah one this day only. All other regulations will be enforced. Clinics and workshops will be held in many locations to teach people to fish.
See our events calendar- Good Fishing, Dave Webb
Strawberry, Scofield and Fish Lake now have open water and good fishing. Fish are dispersed so you may have to hunt them down.
Most streams are challenging because of high water. But flows have peaked on some, and will soon peak on the rest, so conditions should begin to improve statewide. Take care because flows will be dangerously high on some waters this weekend.
Green River cicadas are starting to show up. Fishing will be difficult this weekend because of high water, but flows should now start coming down and action may become quite good next week. Cicadas will become more prevalent and they bring some of the best fishing of the year. Check with the fly shops for the latest info.
The Middle Weber is fishing well and has some Mother's Day Caddis. Lower Weber is difficult.
The Middle Provo is also fishing well. On the Lower Provo, flows are so high that fishing is tough.
- Lake Powell big largemouth are biting
- Utah Lake has fast fishing for white bass
- Utah Lake has some nice bass
- Calder has good rainbow action
- Smith and Morehouse has good open water fishing
- Otter Creek is good but windy
- Pelican is good for bass, bluegill
- Flaming Gorge is good for rainbows, kokanee are starting
- East Canyon is good trolling for rainbows
- Electric Lake has open water, nice cutthroats
- Wildlife pros honored
- Bear safety tips
Deseret News
- Kids go fishing
- Enthusiasm is catching as kids go fishing
- Travel feeds the soul even in recession, tourism industry told
- Bird festival kicks off in Farmington
- American Le Mans Series returns to Utah
- Cycling notes: Cyclists circle Pioneer Park in criterium
- Outdoor notes
- Local drivers will race new class of car, the GT3
- Tween-teen parents work to ward off summer boredom
- Senate backs loaded guns in national parks
- Hovenweep: Remote location adds to mystery, serenity surrounding ancient ruins
Salt Lake Tribune
- Four men charged with poaching in Juab County
- Angler nabs record crappie
- Kayakers get vertical to raise money for young adults with cancer
- Smithson's Spiral Jetty decorates Great Salt Lake
- Wharton: Great Basin art makes me mad
- Mothers who love Mother Nature
- 11th annual bird festival lands at Great Salt Lake
- Sales of snow-sports goods take a hit
- Wanted: Homes for old horses
- Strapped Salt Lake County mulls turning over parks upkeep to cities
- Feds reviewing BLM evidence from ATV protest ride
- Judge denies motion to dismiss grazing challenge
- Protesters roar through fed lands
- Before houses are built, some hope to preserve past
- New push to protect Wasatch canyons
- Where in Utah was this photo taken?
- Hike of the week: Fisher Towers
- Out takes: Antelope Island meadowlark in full trill
- Bird sighting: Painted bunting
- Hook shot: Big catch in Tacoma
- Wharton: Mom liked outdoors in own way
- Mothers who love Mother Nature
At Your Leisure
- Host Adventure: Antelope Island
- Travel Adventure: A Sand Hollow Summer
- Product Review: Take a Mini Cruise
- Trailhead Adventure: Quiet Riot
- Water Works: Catch a Wake
- Giveaway: It's Summer Vacation Time!
Other
- Utah County men charged with poaching 18 deer
- A preemptive strike against invasive mussels
- Turkey Giveaway
- Turkey Hunt
Regional
- Take a kid fishing
- Endangered Colorado River Fishes are Reoccupying Historic Habitat
- Commission to Consider Wolf Quota in 26-165 Range
- Rebound of wolves takes toll on Idaho elk
- Fisheries managers revising salmon projections
- Peregrine pair about to become new parents
- Efforts to save salmon may be undone by climate change
- Our View: Webcam gives us a rare view to recovering species
- Elk numbers exceed goal population
- Recreation areas not a priority in these times
- Women's Fly Fishing Class in Sparks
- Denis Peirce: Surprise, striper are here quicker than we thought
- Fishing Requirements In Colorado
- River Restoration in Routt County
- Colorado gets stimulus funds for parks, public lands
- Kiwanis Club's annual Fishing Derby seeks to interest children
- In British Columbia, an Island Spot Perfect for Wildlife Lovers