03-22-2012, 03:03 PM
I've caught exactly one crappie out of provo river less than a mile above UL a couple of years ago. It was about 7". Not big, but lots of fun.
Down at Gunnison Bend Res, just west of Delta, I caught a Black Crappie and White crappie on subsequent casts off the dam. I was fishing for white bass.
I had access to the IPP (Intermountain Power Plant) environmental impact study from prior to the building of the plant and they had some gill-net surveys from Gunnison Bend, DMAD, and the sinks by fool creek and there were some interesting fish in there. I'm pretty sure the studies were done prior to the 1983 floods, but there were quite a few Cutthroat trout in Gunnison Bend at that time. There were also either gizzard or threadfin shad in the sinks. I don't remember which. I've also caught two sacramento perch out of the river above gunnison bend.
I'm trying to figure out if the library in Delta still has the report squirrelled away somewhere. There was some pretty interesting stuff in there.
My grandfather also caught what would have been a world-record white bass out of gunnison bend in the early or mid 70's. It was well over 5 lbs and definitely would have been a state record. The world record white bass in the mid-80's when I looked it up was just barely over 5 lbs. If I can dig up the picture from one of my cousins, I'll make sure to post it.
Matt
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Down at Gunnison Bend Res, just west of Delta, I caught a Black Crappie and White crappie on subsequent casts off the dam. I was fishing for white bass.
I had access to the IPP (Intermountain Power Plant) environmental impact study from prior to the building of the plant and they had some gill-net surveys from Gunnison Bend, DMAD, and the sinks by fool creek and there were some interesting fish in there. I'm pretty sure the studies were done prior to the 1983 floods, but there were quite a few Cutthroat trout in Gunnison Bend at that time. There were also either gizzard or threadfin shad in the sinks. I don't remember which. I've also caught two sacramento perch out of the river above gunnison bend.
I'm trying to figure out if the library in Delta still has the report squirrelled away somewhere. There was some pretty interesting stuff in there.
My grandfather also caught what would have been a world-record white bass out of gunnison bend in the early or mid 70's. It was well over 5 lbs and definitely would have been a state record. The world record white bass in the mid-80's when I looked it up was just barely over 5 lbs. If I can dig up the picture from one of my cousins, I'll make sure to post it.
Matt
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