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After reading some fishing reports, my brother-in-law and I headed to Flaming Gorge to fish from pontoon boats. When we got near Manilla, we could see that Lucerne Bay was iced over so we stopped at the Forest Service office and asked the lady there if Sheep Creek had ice. She said there was some ice around the edges but it was open water so we headed there. Turns out the entire bay was iced over. We headed to the dam only to find that area iced except for a small portion near the marina down there and no boats were launching from there. Sooooooo, I would suggest that anyone take the reports with a grain or two of salt - even live ones from the feds.
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Certainly you didn't think that a federal employee from the agency responsible for managing the lake knew anything at all about it, even when they can walk out the door and look at it?
Just think, the federal government want to take over the responsibility of our health care.
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DID YOU GO LOOK AT ALL THE OPEN WATER THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IN SWIM BEACH AND ANTELOPE OR DID YOU JUST ASSUME. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ASSUMING[laugh][laugh][laugh]I would have read the post's a little closer............and for them idiots at the forest circuis they would have to get out of ther office long enuf to see what the lake is doing.........and that wont happen till may. suck's you got the hose man but all the reports i have read have only talked about open water in swim and antelope and you have to launch from the bank in swim....
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We did end up fishing at swim beach. Turned out ok.
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Thanks Jim,
Now the important question. Are the boats that manage to get out into the open water catching fish?
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Most likely. I can't see how they wouldn't be. The boats I've seen are guys who know their stuff big time. All I've done is seen them and waived though. They wouldn't be launching and fishing over and over again, all winter, if they weren't catching. But, it ain't their first winter rodeo either.
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my self with that question. Thanks for any information you can provide.
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