11-02-2024, 04:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-02-2024, 04:10 PM by BoatBallast.)
(11-02-2024, 01:58 PM)BearLakeFishGuy Wrote: When WYGF decided to raised the cost of the reciprocal permit and raised the cost of the WY AIS sticker, that is when I stopped fishing the WY side of Flaming Gorge. I have since figured out the Utah side for kokes that are similar in size to the WY side and I don't have to pay $60+ to fish on WY side. The cost alone made it an easy decision. The area from Hide Out up to the state line has really been producing some nice kokes the last few years. Admittedly, it is not as fast as it used to be since the overall koke population is down throughout the reservoir, but the ones I've caught are really nice. Lakers can be caught anywhere along the cliffs or humps off Swim Beach/Lucerne area and farther down the reservoir all the way to the dam. Just look for bottom humps/points and you can troll over those and pick off pups, or even jigging for them on the same structure works too.
I feel the same way. I'm pretty furious that Wyoming did that to us. But, at the same time, it's giving them what they want, which is fewer people from out-of-state fishing at the Gorge. And now the lake trout are everywhere because they made fewer people want to fish there. How the turn tables turn.
And what did Utah do in response? Sent them 4,000 smallmouth from Utah.
I hunted at the Gorge this year. But it's the first time I've been there in 4 years now. I just don't want to give Wyoming a dime. And the worst part is that it doesn't have to be this way. Wyoming just wants to prove that they aren't like Utah.
Way to catch Zebra mussels coming in from South Dakota and Nebraska.