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June 12, 2008

Fishing Overview
Green River cicada fishing is great when the weather is nice. The big bugs aren't as active on stormy days and that slows success. Water flows will probably hold at around 4300 cfs into next week. Then flows will drop. Steve Schmidt offers this advice: "Cicadas are a size #10. Since all the guides are fishing these patterns we also tend to fish some other stuff, especially PMX's. Para Crickets and Ants are also good patterns to include in your box." Read his full report.

Provo River flows are high and fishing is difficult. Best to go deep with weighted nymphs or streamers. Surface action will come on strong when flows drop - probably within about two weeks. Drakes should be good at that time.

Lake Powell's Castle Rock Cutoff is open, creating a shortcut between Wahweap and Warm Creek Bay. The lake level has risen to the point that boats can use the cut - for the first time in some 5 years - shaving about 20 miles off round trips uplake from the Wahweap ramps.

Powell's other big news is that striped bass have begun feeding on the surface. Wayne Gustaveson reports: "Two-pound stripers have found the newly spawned larval threadfin and gizzard shad. Tiny shad have almost no swimming ability making them easy prey. Stripers don't really need to "boil" to eat the little shad. Instead they move easily along the surface and slurp in the big tasty fish plankton. Stripers will be seen lined up on top, shoulder to shoulder, with mouths all oriented in the same direction as they mow through the shad crops." Stripers can now be caught on the surface, and that action will get better and better through the summer. Read Wayne's full report.

Wind has made fishing tough at many reservoirs. Success at Strawberry and other prime waters should increase dramatically about now, if we ever get stable weather.

Electric Lake is providing consistently good trout fishing and the boat ramp there is now usable.

Starvation is now yielding nice walleye.

Catfish action is good at Utah Lake, Willard Bay, Bear River, Lake Powell and other waters.

Many other streams and reservoirs offer good fishing. See DWR's weekly fishing reports for details.

Interesting Post By Anglers
- Sand Hollow has big bass, Otter Creek big rainbows
- Pelican Lake has bass and bluegill
- Pelican good for big bass, bluegill
- Navajo Lake is good for splake and rainbows
- Redmond Reservoir yields northern pike
- Green River has high water but fishing is good
- Green River fishing is tough in high water
- Scofield fish are stuffed with mayflies, fishing is slow
- East Canyon produces nice rainbows
- Jordanelle is good during June snowstorm
- Current Creek Reservoir gets some tiger trout
- Strawberry is difficult when it's windy
- Starvation heats up for walleye, perch
- Electric Lake boat ramp is open and fishing is good
- Bear River is good for big catfish
- Lost Creek Reservoir is good from shore

News Articles
DWR
- See California condors
- Keep it clean -- boater does the right thing
- See bald eagle family
- Apply for sandhill crane permit
- Walleye could ruin Red Fleet fishery

Salt Lake Tribune
- Glen Canyon to quarantine boats found with invasive mussels
- Outdoors: Mussel scare at Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- Novices in Nature: Descent into adventure
- Wharton: Apathy has us playing with fire
- Hike of the week: Wind Cave in Logan Canyon
- Lake Powell 'Pipe dream' gets cool reception in St. George
- Lake Powell pipeline questions left unanswered at public meeting
- Rescue workers recover body of man in Gunlock Reservoir
- West Nile detected in Salt Lake County
- Kane County tourism director says GOP out to get him
- Free bighorn viewing event
- Where is it?
- Hook shot
- Bird sighting
- Sunset sailing
- The outsider: Spawning cutthroat, Venture Outdoors
- Outdoor notebook: Dress up as a night creature for Antelope Island ride
- Youth trap state champs crowned
- Bully! Orvis raises funds for Theodore Roosevelt program
- Recreation roundup
- Shooting the breeze
- Snowboarding causes the most outdoor-activity injuries
- Event has a little of everything related to the outdoors
- Wakeboarding Expo
- Trapshooting Clinic
- SailFest Schedule
- Walleye found at Red Fleet; reward offered for culprits

KUTV
- Tagged Fish For Prizes
- Pelican Lake
- Travel Guide - Sevier River
- Falcons Ledge Lodge, 44th Edition of Reel Recovery
- West Nile found up and down Utah
- Man Drowns At Southern Utah Reservoir After Trouble Breathing

Deseret Morning News
- Powell's rising waters have filled in the 'Cut'
- Ray Grass: Penalties in order for planter of illicit walleye
- Illegal fish plant — Walleye may wreak havoc in reservoir
- 'Unicorn' deer pops up in Italian preserve
- Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs lauded
- State parks offering many summer activities
- Current fishing conditions around the state
- Triathletes to test endurance at Midway
- Youths need personal watercraft education course
- Outdoor notes
- Arizona man drowns in Gunlock Reservoir
- Salt Lake streams ordinance may be loosened
- Photo: Biking for the fallen
- Boats to be inspected for harmful mussels
- U.S. parks meeting at Snowbird draws fire
- Groups seek meeting on Lake Powell pipeline proposal
- Grand Canyon: Walking the rim
- Federal fight brewing on regulating ORV use
- Change may protect forests
- Many oppose Powell-to-Dixie pipeline

KSL TV
- Castle Rock shortcut open at Lake Powell
- Arizona man drowns in Gunlock Reservoir
- Tourism chief on leave in Kane County
- DWR auctions off antlers
- 4 teens rescued on Utah Lake
- Bringing the summer camp experience to women of all ages
- More campers, hikers taking along electronic gadgets

Provo Daily Herald
- Utah Lake Festival draws large crowd
- SF illegal fish
- NEBO Wildlife news Cutthroat Trout

Others
- In Utah, Rafting Through Prehistory
- Hightail it to catch Utah's Wave

Regional
- Idaho salmon run late, but coming
- Hooking Children on Fish
- Anglers can expect bountiful bass season
- Fishing hot spot: John Martin Reservoir
- Wildlife supporters at COGCC meeting say wildlife and energy development can coexist
- Fish and Game Biologists Collar Fawns to Research their Lifestyle
- Leave "abandoned" wildlife alone
- Duck Valley offers some of the best reservoir fishing in Idaho
- So. Idaho Sage Grouse Numbers Down
- Fish and Game wants to know if you have seen a merlin nest
- Will the hunt go on? Judge could derail wolf hunt
- Debunking Brucellosis Myths
- Ask Zimo: Western tanagers are causing a stir
- Moose Leftovers Available in Idaho
- Settlement possible in MT sturgeon case
- Agenda adapts to changing ecology
- Winter and spring moisture could help sage grouse in Wyoming
- Can valley elk live without winter feed?
- Two grizzlies killed by hunters
- Grizzly bear recovery being marked near Missoula
- Bighorn sheep workshops set for July and August
- Colorado sportsmen to oil/gas industry: 'protect fish, wildlife
- Farmers vs. Fish Amidst the California Drought
- Nevada plans hikes, free fishing day in parks
 
What's New
Wildlife Board Meeting: Rules for this fall's upland game hunts are among the items Utah Wildlife Board members are expected to act on when they meet June 19 in Salt Lake City. The meeting begins at 9 am and the public is invited and encouraged to attend. Details

See Colorful Cutthroat Trout, June 14 at a DWR event at Strawberry Reservoir. Colorful cutthroat trout are swimming up the Strawberry River right now. You can see these cutthroats-and watch biologists take eggs from them-at a free wildlife viewing event at the Strawberry Reservoir Visitor Center. It runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DWR biologists will be available to answer your questions and show you the many cutthroat trout that have worked their way up the Strawberry River to spawn.

See Sunnyside Bighorn Sheep, June 14. Those who live in Sunnyside have an advantage no one else in Utah has-they get to share their town with a herd of wild desert bighorn sheep! You can enjoy what the residents of Sunnyside get to enjoy at a free viewing event. Biologists will be available from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on June 14 to help you locate the animals and answer your questions. Late afternoon until dusk is usually the best time to see the sheep.

Carbon Emery Flockers, WITO, July 11-12. Women in the Outdoors events, designed just for women, teach outdoor skills using expert instructors. Want to hike, bike, fish, camp or hunt? Or maybe you're into outdoor photography, bird watching or primitive cooking? Check out a menu of outdoor activities and meet new friends at a Women in the Outdoors event in your area. This is in the Little Bear Camp Ground, Price, UT. More info: Michelle Jensen 435-653-2552

See our events calendar

- Good Fishing, Dave Webb