Fishing Forum

Well, I got a job offer that is too good to pass up, and so I'm bound for the desert wastes of STG. Can you guys help dispel my fears and tell me that there is good fishing down there...? Rivers? Streams? I know Sand Hollow and Powell are close, which is bad ass, but...

Help me feel safe, I beg.
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Talk to Riverdog. He fishes down there a lot.

From what I can see you will be in easy reach of a lot of good waters. A few hours drive and you should be able to hit everywhere from Fish Lake down. Plus you won't be freezing your tail off all winter. .....just frying it all summer!![laugh] [cool]
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Here are a few that are moderately close trout fisheries Duck Creek Pond, Aspen Mirror Lake, Navajo Lake, Panguitch Lake. Panguitch Creek, Asay Creek, and the upper Sevier River and Enterprise reservoir. Not to mention urban ponds and the lakes like sand hollow, lake powell, gunlock and quail. Carp in lake mead are crazy if you like that.
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Washington County has some small streams worth fishing. I've only fished them late November until March. The solitude of fishing in beautiful places makes up for smaller fish. Plus you can usually get away without a coat many winter days. My favorites are Beaver Dam Wash above Motoqua, Leeds Creek and Santa Clara. You won't make it to Beaver Dam Wash in the Prius but I some how usually manage in my Subaru.
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That's both the stream and the road but you only have about 10 crosses. Figure max water depth roughly inch for every 1 CFS on the USGS site. It actually takes sometime from St. G to reach. But the reward is almost guaranteed solitude.
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Did see a fishing guide labeled truck trying to make it's way in once bit otherwise not a soul in dozens of trips in. Leeds is extremely brushy but only 15-20 minutes from St. G. A shorter rod is a must for it.
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Here's a list of places some closer than others. And a few actually have big trout. http://www.redrockadventure.com/fishing/.../index.htm
The other place to remember is Lee's Ferry below Lake Powell in Arizona
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Fishable all year and the rainbows average larger than the trout on the Green below FG. They actually aren't as domesticated as that other tailwater so they put up a reasonable fight. Given it's size not all of it is wadable by a long shot.
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Always check what's planned with flows before heading over. It's a spectacular location to fish
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Don't forget Kolob Res
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Zion NP actually has some trout in many of it's streams as well. Not large numbers but they can be found. Do a search on it and you'll get some ideas where to try if you're interested.
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I'm feeling pretty good about life right now. Good work fella's, thanks.
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There are no LMs in Sand Hollow...no cutts in Kolob...no browns in Baker...no stripers in Powel...and no smallies in New Castle...just FYI. []
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Beaver mountain has a lot of small resevoirs that hold some nice fish.Also Otter Creek is not to far,then a bit farther the Boulders.Not that close,but closer than from SLC
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Just don't forget to buy the sunscreen by February. Small tradeoff for all that snow shoveling you used to do up north..
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In the words of full metal jacket "better you than me".[]
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