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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 4]Fishing the local spots has kept me sane (barely) for three weeks in a row, but I really needed to fish somewhere else this week and decided to head east.

Thanks to a sick daughter, I hardly slept last night and that kept me busy until about half past noon. Looks like my trip got a bit shorter, so I stopped driving at the Ladders and fished for a couple of hours before heading back.

Someone turned on the faucet since the last time I drove by. The Ladders are raging right now:



Right away, a typical slottie showed up on a Gulp!



Then a little while later, some mid-sized rainbows bit:



(Hey K2, does this lure look familiar? *thanks*)



Then a good one took, fighting hard and making me . 19" rainbow.



Another slottie showed up right before I called it quits.



It was frigid and the wind was cutting right through me. It did work to my advantage though since I wasn't casting into it, for once.

The cold temps left a neat little oddity on the hub of my Rodeo after I splashed through a puddle though.



I thought that was pretty cool.

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Forgot to add, here's another lunch break vid:
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just a heads up if there is any exposed cement from the lower ladder exposed you have to fish below the lowest expose cement if you dont want a ticket i talk to holly about it and this is what she told me and she is over the the berry now so dont fish the ladder channel it is now a tributary
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Pretty bunch of fish, but it's starting to look like winter up there. Thanks for the report. J
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That video is really cool. Props to you for even trying it....so many people probably pass that spot and would never think twice about casting a line. Successful fisherman are those that are willing to take risks and do things a little differently. Good on ya.

Gaetz
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Hmmm, good to know. Thanks for the heads up.

I've always seen people fishing it and done so myself even with CO's around, so I never thought twice about it. I guess the lower blocks must have been submerged in those cases, though I don't recall.

Looks like I may have been in the wrong then. The cement was barely poking out, about 100yds downstream.

My apologies.[blush]
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yea i fish there all the time but now the water is lower i guess its changes where you can fish it my self i dont care just didnt want people to get in trouble sorry about hyjacking your post
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Quote:Strawberry Reservoir tributaries, Wasatch County
(a) Indian Creek and all tributaries to Indian Creek, Squaw Creek, the Strawberry River from Straw- berry Reservoir upstream to USFS Road 124 (Bull Springs Road), Co-op Creek from the confluence with the Strawberry River upstream to US-40, and the Central Utah Project Canal (commonly known as the “steps” or “ladders”) from Strawberry Reservoir up the channel to US-40, including that portion of the reservoir confined to the narrow “steps” or “ladders” channel.
• CLOSED TO FISHING YEAR ROUND.

It always has been.

Quote:Reservoir means the standing water level existing at any time within a reservoir basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream flowing inside or within the high water mark is not considered part of the reservoir.

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It was a general apology to everyone, as I inadvertently ripped them off.

Really, fishing Strawberry wasn't my first choice, but I saw that nobody was at the Ladders and I talked myself into it, with that "good spot" available.[crazy]

Kind of strange to have a gray area like that without any signage on site stating the nature of that reg.

On the bright side, there's tons of water flowing in and it might be under water (or ice) sooner than later.
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Looking at your pics, I would have to say that in order to be in violation, you would have to cast between the concrete retaining walls. With the amount of inflow, you couldn't catch anything there anyway. From one retaining wall, straight across to the other retaining wall is the line that separates the tributary from the reservoir. You could still fish the white water within the reservoir.

Quote:Reservoir means the standing water level existing at any time within a reservoir basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream flowing inside or within the high water mark is not considered part of the reservoir.

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You sure it isn't just that you are not allowed to fish there DuckDog as you catch so many fish?

Better signage is needed up there.

Don't fret a bit Loah.
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I wish i could but i know you cant what the pictures dont show is the lower cement walls out of the water making this clearly a channel. Im just glad i got a line drawn in the sand now so i know when i can fish where. Im just hoping the lake raises up to cover the cement before it freezes.
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How's the roads up there?
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Mostly plowed and dry, although there were some drifted areas where the wind blew an inch or two worth of snow across.

The dangerous areas are in Daniel's Canyon on the way up. Wet and slushy in spots, plus the black ice possibility is always there.

I drove around 45mph most of the way down, just to be safer.
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After this discussion and one on another forum, I got to reading the portion of the proclamation that I quoted. It wouldn't matter if the concrete were underwater or not. It wouldn't matter if the reservoir was at maximum pool and the concrete channel were completely underwater and not visible.

Quote:Strawberry Reservoir tributaries, Wasatch County
(a) Indian Creek and all tributaries to Indian Creek, Squaw Creek, the Strawberry River from Straw- berry Reservoir upstream to USFS Road 124 (Bull Springs Road), Co-op Creek from the confluence with the Strawberry River upstream to US-40, and the Central Utah Project Canal (commonly known as the “steps” or “ladders”) from Strawberry Reservoir up the channel to US-40, [red]including that portion of the reservoir confined to the narrow “steps” or “ladders” channel.[/red]

• CLOSED TO FISHING YEAR ROUND.

That part of the reservoir is closed. Regardless of how deep the water is. Regardless of how you get to it. On the ice. In a boat. Casting from shore. That part of the reservoir is closed to fishing.

Unless someone can show me where that isn't the case. I would have fought for the concept that LOAH was okay to fish in the reservoir, but now I believe that portion of the reservoir is closed to fishing. At least that's what the proclamation says.
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just saying the way they are enforcing it
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Duckdog1us

Just out of curiosity, and the fact that I probably won't be able to let it rest, where did you talk to "Holly", and where might I get in touch with her? I was always of the opinion that once the water had escaped the channel and had become part of the reservoir that it was open to fishing. The way the regulation is written, it doesn't matter. The channel is closed to fishing even when it is part of the reservoir.

As another story about how things can be misinterpreted, I heard of a C.O. who was writing citations to folks who were fishing in the pond below Minersville reservoir. The concrete outlet channel between the dam and the pond is the area that is closed, but he was interpreting it to mean the spillway pond was closed. I don't know how many people got tickets, or if any paid a fine. But the pond is open for fishing.
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There are times when there is no channel below that fence, when the water is high. There would be no way to discern where a channel would be, as the water just pours in and spreads out to both sides of those retaining walls.

That's why I call it a gray area and also why I figured that they meant the "channel" as the fenced in area.

When it freezes, people are all over that area, setting up tents right in the middle of it and I've never seen the CO's passing out tickets then.

With a camera there watching, I really wouldn't have fished it if I thought I was breaking the law.

I am glad, however, that this was brought to light though. It's good to get this info out for all to see.
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While this has been a good discussion, I really want to know if I'm the only person that barked laughter after your first cast and eloquent, "Fail" response?

Nice fish, as usual.
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I realize that it would be hard to discern where the channel is, and that there has been lots of people fishing it on the ice and in boats, but the channel exists even when it is underwater. The proclamation says "that portion of the reservoir confined to the narrow 'steps' or 'ladders' channel".

I wonder what the final word will be?
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