12-05-2006, 08:43 PM
[reply]I keep hearing of rivers that have an over aboundance of fish and over the years of fishing these areas they fish the opposite of what I am being led to believe. Maybe the Ogden has changed this year but there was deffinately not an over aboundant population of stunted browns. Come to think of it for me it has not had a good population for about 6 years. The same seems to be true of the Provo around the Vivian park area. 10 years of taking students there to fish we have seen a steady decline in the numbers of fish the students have caught there. It actually came to the point that it was no longer worth it for the teacher to take students there.
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Question: Things that make me go hmmm?
Answer: Quotes like the one above!
Fish surveys on both the Ogden and Provo are showing large populations of stunted trout--specifically browns. What you must realize is that heavily fished streams are homes to educated trout...just because the food base is not big enough to support the population does not mean the trout will be readily caught. So, where is a stretch of river with a stunted population of trout that is easily caught? I could name a few: Deer Creek (Boulder Mountain), Monroe Creek, Fish Creek (Beaver Mountain), Corn Creek, Sevenmile Creek, Upper Fremont River, upper Salina Creek, and Shingle Creek (to get started). But, personally, I would avoid the creeks/streams/rivers with stunted populations and hit some streams with readily caught trout without the stunted population. Try fishing the Sevier River in Marysvale Canyon during the winter, any small creek in canyons, UM Creek, Sixth Water, East Fork of Smith's Fork, West Fork of Smith's Fork, Black's Fork, Clear Creek, and Lost Creek. Avoid the heavily fished areas and you should catch fish.
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Question: Things that make me go hmmm?
Answer: Quotes like the one above!
Fish surveys on both the Ogden and Provo are showing large populations of stunted trout--specifically browns. What you must realize is that heavily fished streams are homes to educated trout...just because the food base is not big enough to support the population does not mean the trout will be readily caught. So, where is a stretch of river with a stunted population of trout that is easily caught? I could name a few: Deer Creek (Boulder Mountain), Monroe Creek, Fish Creek (Beaver Mountain), Corn Creek, Sevenmile Creek, Upper Fremont River, upper Salina Creek, and Shingle Creek (to get started). But, personally, I would avoid the creeks/streams/rivers with stunted populations and hit some streams with readily caught trout without the stunted population. Try fishing the Sevier River in Marysvale Canyon during the winter, any small creek in canyons, UM Creek, Sixth Water, East Fork of Smith's Fork, West Fork of Smith's Fork, Black's Fork, Clear Creek, and Lost Creek. Avoid the heavily fished areas and you should catch fish.
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