Brett Prettyman spent time this week fishing Flaming Gorge, north of the Utah border, and reports good action for rainbows, kokanee and small lake trout. He describes the experience in this blog. Below is an excerpt.

"Our intentions were to catch kokanee and we boated several while trolling 15-20 ft with planer boards. We also managed a few bonus rainbows, one of which was about 3lbs, along with some feisty lake trout pups. We caught the fish on a variety of tackle and no one combo appeared to outperform another. Successful gear included Rocky Mountain Tackle (RMT) dodgers in hyperplaid, Bahama-mama, and fusion followed by RMT squids in double-glow pink and pink cotton candy. We also caught fish on Radical Glow tubes in radical red and pink Wedding Rings rigged with the same dodgers. Trolling speed was around 2.0 mph."

Read the complete report.

The second annual Flaming Gorge Burbot Bash runs January 25–28, 2012. The event is endorsed by Utah and Wyoming state wildlife agencies, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, area community leaders and chambers of commerce.

If you would like to learn to catch burbot at The Gorge, you will find excellent information during bash. Burbot were illegally introduced into the water and are damaging the fishery. Wildlife biologists hope people will catch and remove all of burbot possible.

See this DWR article for information.