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so I'm headed to Rock Springs for the 4th of July for my sisters wedding. even though I'm not looking forward to the wedding the trips going to be cool, because instead of getting a hotel we decided to get a group campsite at the gorge at Firehole Canyon. I've never been to Flaming Gorge before and I'm wondering if I should take my float tube. I don't know what the regs are like if I need some kind of Quadra muscle sticker that I have to pay for. I just wondering if anyone out there knows what I would need to do to legally float tube on the Wyoming side of flaming gorge. Also any fishing tips would be great I would love to catch some burrbitbut really I willprobably be targeting smallmouth bass
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No you do not need a sticker to launch a float tube. I have never fished it from a float tube but I would be hesitant to do it because the winds seem to come out of no where up there. I only fished the shore a little bit while I was up there, but I caught trout just sinking some powerbait to the bottom. Sorry not much good info here.
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Usually, and I stress usually, the wind is light in the mornings up there so you wouldn't likely have a problem in a tube.
If you want to target smallies and even rainbows, cast jigs in earthtone colors to the shore and work them back near the bottom. A 3-inch curly tailed grub rigged on a 3/8 oz jig head is a good place to start. The reservoir is warming fast with this hot spell, so you might have to fish deeper to 20-40 ft to catch fish with consistency.
Cicadas are going crazy on parts of the reservoir right now, so the top water bite has been very productive. I'm not sure if there are cicadas up near Firehole, but I suspect there could be. If so, try a top water early in the morning or late in the evening. Rebel Hoppers and PopRs have been really good for bass and rainbows downlake, but might also work well up there.
If you want to target burbot, try fishing just after sunset using a glow-n-the-dark jig tipped with sucker meat, worked just off the bottom in about 40 ft of water. Charge the jig frequently to keep the glow going. Recognize that summer is the period of least activity for burbot, so they may not be as aggressive as you would see in the fall-winter months.
Hope that helps some, Ryno
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