08-05-2008, 11:11 AM
Larger lakes & reservoirs
DEER CREEK RESERVOIR: There were lots of recreational boaters on the weekend after about 9 a.m. due to the hot weather. Most trout anglers report at least fair success from both boat and shoreline in the early and late hours of the day. Pop-gear and a worm work well for boaters. Shoreline anglers are mostly using PowerBait with slow to fair success. Bass success remains "fair" to "good." Please remember that the trout limit is four fish statewide, unless otherwise noted in the 2008 Fishing Guidebook. The yellow perch limit is 10. Remember that the bass limit is six, and you should immediately release all bass over 12 inches long. The walleye limit is 10, but you may keep only one over 24 inches.
JORDANELLE RESERVOIR: Another popular reservoir for recreational boaters. Most of the boating traffic near Rock Cliff are looking for fish. Rock Cliff was a good spot for bass, perch and trout. Bass anglers report good success along brushy or rocky shoreline by casting jigs or other minnow-imitating lures. Trout anglers report "fair" success from both shoreline and boat. The bass limit is six fish, and you should immediately release all bass over 12 inches long. Please remember not to fillet bass or remove their heads or tails because of the size restriction (for law enforcement purposes). Perch success is slow, but the perch limit is 50.
STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR: Varied reports of success for trout most anglers report "fair" success. I am still getting an occasional report of "fair" to "good" success for kokanee by those that find the school and jig for the kokes in about 30 to 50 feet of water. The narrows or the Soldier Creek side of the reservoir are good places to look for the salmon. Downriggers are a good help in trolling for kokanee. They help get your kokanee lures deep enough for these soft-mouthed fish reel them in carefully or they will get off elastic-like "rubber snubbers" are good to have on your line to help your odds of losing kokanee. Pink, Silver or white are good colors for kokanee lures. Many different lures, flies and baits are working for the trout. Try white tube jigs or dark wooly patterns (flies) from pontoon boat or float tube. PowerBait or a worm/marshmallow combo or dead minnow for the bait anglers. If success is not found go to another location. Regulations for the reservoir include: an aggregate limit of four trout or kokanee salmon. No more than two of the fish may be cutthroat trout under 15 inches, and no more than one may be a cutthroat over 22 inches. All cutthroat between 15 and 22 inches must be immediately released. (Any trout with cutthroat markings is considered a cutthroat). Don't feel compelled to harvest fish on every trip. Please do your part to ensure the future of this heavily utilized fishery by voluntarily releasing fish.
UTAH LAKE: Anglers still report fair success for white bass, fair success for largemouth bass (look for edges of vegetation along inlets or along the vegetative shorelines in the lake) and good success for channel cats. Walleye fishing is slow. The largemouth and smallmouth bass limit is six, and you should immediately release all largemouth and smallmouth bass over 12 inches long. For more information on conditions, call Utah Lake State Park at (801) 375-0731.
YUBA RESERVOIR: Anglers report fair success for perch, slow to fair success for walleye. Anglers are also catching an occasional northern pike by using larger lures. Please keep the walleye you catch. For more information, call the State Park at (435) 758-2611. Smaller lakes, reservoirs & ponds
Smaller lakes, reservoirs & ponds
BURRASTON POND: The pond is stocked, and fishing success is fair to good. Most anglers are using PowerBait.
MILL HOLLOW: Drained! No fishing until 2009. Went up yesterday to check on conditions heavy equipment was working on the dam so progress is being made!
HIGHLAND GLEN POND: The parasite known as ich - short for ichthyophthirius multifiliis - is a fast-moving, fast-killing ailment commonly associated with fish in aquariums. Chris Penne, who monitors community fishing ponds throughout the state for the DWR, could only speculate on how it got to Highland Glen Park. "It could have been a wild fish or someone might have dumped their fish from an aquarium in it," he said. "We know it was not from the fish we stocked in the spring because they are monitored very closely." The parasite causes "white spot disease," attacking the outer skin of the fish so it can't get enough oxygen. "It is like they are sprinkled with salt," Penne said. The parasite does well in warmer waters, and can quickly wipe out a population. "The only way to get rid of it is to let it run its course," Penne said. "Its average life span is three or four days. Right now the pond is the ideal temperature for the fungus to thrive - from 65 to 70° F. When the water cools off it will go away." Though the parasite is lethal to fish, it isn't harmful to people who eat them. Signs were posted at the pond about the parasite. The DWR usually stocks the Highland Glen pond several times each year with trout in cold months and catfish in warmer weather. The pond wasn't stocked this summer because any new fish would have been susceptible to the parasite. The pond will be stocked again next year.
PAYSON LAKE: Fair success from the shoreline and good success for anglers out on the lake in boats or rafts.
SALEM POND: Both the trout and catfish are actively biting worms or PowerBait. Many small bluegill along the shoreline. The park closes at 10 each night. Remember that regulations include a daily bag and possession limit of four fish for all species. (For example, you could catch and keep one trout, two channel catfish and one bluegill.)
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY WATERS: Community ponds are stocked on a regular basis, and fishing success is fair to good.
SPANISH OAKS RESERVOIR: Anglers report good success. Please don't fish too close to the swimmers along the western beach area. Worms and PowerBait work best.
SPRING LAKE: The lake is stocked. Anglers are having fair to good success for trout and catfish.
TIBBLE FORK RESERVOIR: Saw several anglers catching fish this week by using traditional baits and lures. Early morning hours are best time to catch the fish from shoreline once weather gets hot, fish tend to go to the deeper water in the center of the reservoir.
VERNON, GRANTSVILLE & SETTLEMENT CANYON RESERVOIR: Anglers report fair success at all three waters this week. Vernon Reservoir is a little low.
Rivers and streams
AMERICAN FORK RIVER: Anglers report fair to good fishing success with worms or small flies.
DIAMOND FORK RIVER: Anglers report "fair success" most anglers are using flies. The water is fairly clear. Bait is allowed on this river.
HOBBLE CREEK & CATCH BASIN: Catch Basin no longer has water (except for a small stream). Fishing on the creek is fair to good with traditional baits and spinners.
PROVO RIVER: Fly anglers are reporting good success. Hare's ear, sow bugs, and other small surface flies and bottom-bouncing nymphs are producing fair to good success in pools and feeding zones. Read the 2008 Fishing Guidebook to learn more about the different regulations on the river. Some areas allow bait and others do not. Size restrictions and reduced limits (two brown trout under 15 inches) are in place in some stretches.
THISTLE CREEK: Anglers report good success with flies, lures or worms.
DEER CREEK RESERVOIR: There were lots of recreational boaters on the weekend after about 9 a.m. due to the hot weather. Most trout anglers report at least fair success from both boat and shoreline in the early and late hours of the day. Pop-gear and a worm work well for boaters. Shoreline anglers are mostly using PowerBait with slow to fair success. Bass success remains "fair" to "good." Please remember that the trout limit is four fish statewide, unless otherwise noted in the 2008 Fishing Guidebook. The yellow perch limit is 10. Remember that the bass limit is six, and you should immediately release all bass over 12 inches long. The walleye limit is 10, but you may keep only one over 24 inches.
JORDANELLE RESERVOIR: Another popular reservoir for recreational boaters. Most of the boating traffic near Rock Cliff are looking for fish. Rock Cliff was a good spot for bass, perch and trout. Bass anglers report good success along brushy or rocky shoreline by casting jigs or other minnow-imitating lures. Trout anglers report "fair" success from both shoreline and boat. The bass limit is six fish, and you should immediately release all bass over 12 inches long. Please remember not to fillet bass or remove their heads or tails because of the size restriction (for law enforcement purposes). Perch success is slow, but the perch limit is 50.
STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR: Varied reports of success for trout most anglers report "fair" success. I am still getting an occasional report of "fair" to "good" success for kokanee by those that find the school and jig for the kokes in about 30 to 50 feet of water. The narrows or the Soldier Creek side of the reservoir are good places to look for the salmon. Downriggers are a good help in trolling for kokanee. They help get your kokanee lures deep enough for these soft-mouthed fish reel them in carefully or they will get off elastic-like "rubber snubbers" are good to have on your line to help your odds of losing kokanee. Pink, Silver or white are good colors for kokanee lures. Many different lures, flies and baits are working for the trout. Try white tube jigs or dark wooly patterns (flies) from pontoon boat or float tube. PowerBait or a worm/marshmallow combo or dead minnow for the bait anglers. If success is not found go to another location. Regulations for the reservoir include: an aggregate limit of four trout or kokanee salmon. No more than two of the fish may be cutthroat trout under 15 inches, and no more than one may be a cutthroat over 22 inches. All cutthroat between 15 and 22 inches must be immediately released. (Any trout with cutthroat markings is considered a cutthroat). Don't feel compelled to harvest fish on every trip. Please do your part to ensure the future of this heavily utilized fishery by voluntarily releasing fish.
UTAH LAKE: Anglers still report fair success for white bass, fair success for largemouth bass (look for edges of vegetation along inlets or along the vegetative shorelines in the lake) and good success for channel cats. Walleye fishing is slow. The largemouth and smallmouth bass limit is six, and you should immediately release all largemouth and smallmouth bass over 12 inches long. For more information on conditions, call Utah Lake State Park at (801) 375-0731.
YUBA RESERVOIR: Anglers report fair success for perch, slow to fair success for walleye. Anglers are also catching an occasional northern pike by using larger lures. Please keep the walleye you catch. For more information, call the State Park at (435) 758-2611. Smaller lakes, reservoirs & ponds
Smaller lakes, reservoirs & ponds
BURRASTON POND: The pond is stocked, and fishing success is fair to good. Most anglers are using PowerBait.
MILL HOLLOW: Drained! No fishing until 2009. Went up yesterday to check on conditions heavy equipment was working on the dam so progress is being made!
HIGHLAND GLEN POND: The parasite known as ich - short for ichthyophthirius multifiliis - is a fast-moving, fast-killing ailment commonly associated with fish in aquariums. Chris Penne, who monitors community fishing ponds throughout the state for the DWR, could only speculate on how it got to Highland Glen Park. "It could have been a wild fish or someone might have dumped their fish from an aquarium in it," he said. "We know it was not from the fish we stocked in the spring because they are monitored very closely." The parasite causes "white spot disease," attacking the outer skin of the fish so it can't get enough oxygen. "It is like they are sprinkled with salt," Penne said. The parasite does well in warmer waters, and can quickly wipe out a population. "The only way to get rid of it is to let it run its course," Penne said. "Its average life span is three or four days. Right now the pond is the ideal temperature for the fungus to thrive - from 65 to 70° F. When the water cools off it will go away." Though the parasite is lethal to fish, it isn't harmful to people who eat them. Signs were posted at the pond about the parasite. The DWR usually stocks the Highland Glen pond several times each year with trout in cold months and catfish in warmer weather. The pond wasn't stocked this summer because any new fish would have been susceptible to the parasite. The pond will be stocked again next year.
PAYSON LAKE: Fair success from the shoreline and good success for anglers out on the lake in boats or rafts.
SALEM POND: Both the trout and catfish are actively biting worms or PowerBait. Many small bluegill along the shoreline. The park closes at 10 each night. Remember that regulations include a daily bag and possession limit of four fish for all species. (For example, you could catch and keep one trout, two channel catfish and one bluegill.)
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY WATERS: Community ponds are stocked on a regular basis, and fishing success is fair to good.
SPANISH OAKS RESERVOIR: Anglers report good success. Please don't fish too close to the swimmers along the western beach area. Worms and PowerBait work best.
SPRING LAKE: The lake is stocked. Anglers are having fair to good success for trout and catfish.
TIBBLE FORK RESERVOIR: Saw several anglers catching fish this week by using traditional baits and lures. Early morning hours are best time to catch the fish from shoreline once weather gets hot, fish tend to go to the deeper water in the center of the reservoir.
VERNON, GRANTSVILLE & SETTLEMENT CANYON RESERVOIR: Anglers report fair success at all three waters this week. Vernon Reservoir is a little low.
Rivers and streams
AMERICAN FORK RIVER: Anglers report fair to good fishing success with worms or small flies.
DIAMOND FORK RIVER: Anglers report "fair success" most anglers are using flies. The water is fairly clear. Bait is allowed on this river.
HOBBLE CREEK & CATCH BASIN: Catch Basin no longer has water (except for a small stream). Fishing on the creek is fair to good with traditional baits and spinners.
PROVO RIVER: Fly anglers are reporting good success. Hare's ear, sow bugs, and other small surface flies and bottom-bouncing nymphs are producing fair to good success in pools and feeding zones. Read the 2008 Fishing Guidebook to learn more about the different regulations on the river. Some areas allow bait and others do not. Size restrictions and reduced limits (two brown trout under 15 inches) are in place in some stretches.
THISTLE CREEK: Anglers report good success with flies, lures or worms.