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Went to Lost Creek saturday morning. The grandson and I got there about noon. Brought the wheeler up with us. I promised the little guy an icefishing trip and a ride on the 4-wheeler. Well he got what I promised him. It's a good thing I didn't promise him that we would catch fish, because we didn't. The finder showed about 10 fish the the whole time we were fishing. Not even any bites. We left about 3:30. But he sure had a good time fishing in the sugar shack and going for a ride on the wheeler. The wheeler sure is nice pulling the shack up the hill. Lots of snowmobiles and about three other wheelers were on the ice. Everyone that I talked to said it was slow fishing. No fish, but the 4 year old grandson and I had a good time.
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Thanks for the report. I had a friend who said they were giving out tickets yesterday for having ATVs/snowmobiles off of the trailers. He actually went up about noon, and said they passed the fishcop on the way out. He had his snowmobile, and said that everyone they talked to got a $50 fine. Supposedly there is a sign at the pay shack that says no OHV's. People told him that if you had your machine off of the trailer, you got a ticket. I think that is really lame. For one, every stinking year they gripe about being able to keep the lake open, they want more money from the county, state, users...blah, blah, blah. I personally think they should let those of us who are paying for the biggest chunk of that managment (license holders, and ATV registrations) to use the area as they will. I think they should worry about real violations, and not be petty about pestering law abiding people enjoying the outdoors! Why bite the hand that feeds you! LAME, LAME, LAME![mad]
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I couldn't agree more. DWR doesn't wanna pay the money to keep it open but they sure know how to take advantage of folks that wanna use their machines for access. I was there about three weeks ago and hadn't even caught my breath from walking back up the dam and a fish-cop was right up in my face. "Where's your license?" "Where's your fish, I wanna see them now." I told her I didn't appreciate being talked to like I had done something wrong. She seemed pissed that we didn't give her an opportunity to write a few more tickets. No wonder people have bad taste in their mouths when it comes to the dwr and there law enforcement techniques (borderline harrassment). Would it kill them to be nice once in awhile?[mad]
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We were fishing in Idaho at Foster Res. and we seen a fish cop and they were real cool. They came out on the ice and ask the basics and then we shot the bull for a couple of seconds. They told us some fishing reports of the other res. that they had visited that day. Very pleasant experience. I did even know Utah had a fish cop. All the time that I have been fishing in Utah I have never seen them.
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Chad, sorry to hear of your less-than-pleasant experience with an UDWR officer. Over the years I have been checked numerous times by them, and the worst experience I have had is that I sensed an officer seemed a little disappointed, on one trip to Strawberry last year, that he didn't find any "in the slot cutts" or that we were over the limit at Strawberry, but he was still very polite. My wife drove out around them while they were doing some checking on boats as they were leaving the marina (she didn't realize what they were doing) and I am sure he thought we were trying to get away with something. Let's hope that the UDWR officer was just having a bad day, and that she usually uses a kinder and gentler approach.
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