09-13-2008, 11:10 AM
Larger lakes & reservoirs
DEER CREEK RESERVOIR: Fishing reports vary, but most anglers report fair success from the shoreline and fair to good success from boats. Walleye success has dropped off a bit, but anglers expect it to pick up in a few weeks. Bass are still being caught near points and submerged structures with various action lures. 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: Busy boat-traffic weekends are starting to dissipate, and fishing success is good! Trout have been biting from both boat and shoreline (mostly on PowerBait). Bass success has dropped off a bit. 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: Kokanee salmon are now spawning in the Strawberry River. You can see large numbers of fish at the visitors center and in the fish trap and egg-taking facility behind the center. Tributaries are currently closed to angling, but viewing the salmon will make your fishing trip exciting! The annual Strawberry Festival/Kokanee Viewing Days will be held Sept. 19-20. Important: Conservation officers for the DWR had to write more than 50 citations a couple of weeks ago, mostly for fishing violations. Please help us get the word out to the public about Strawberry's special regulations! The Strawberry Reservoir Brochure that shows photos and illustrations (and includes regulations) can be found on the DWR's Web site at http://wildlife.utah.gov/strawberry/pdf/...ochure.pdf.
Please help educate your fellow Strawberry anglers about the differences between cutts and rainbows and about the size/slot limit on cutts. Many anglers report catching some of the 12- to 14-inch rainbows that were stocked earlier this year. The kokanee salmon are in the tributaries a week earlier than last year, and the fish trap is now in operation. (There were only a handful in the trap this morning, but we anticipate many more over the next few weeks.) Most anglers report fair success for cutts. Many different lures, flies and baits are working for the trout. Try white tube jigs or dark woolly patterns (flies) from pontoon boat or float tube. PowerBait, a worm/marshmallow combo or a dead minnow are good choices for bait anglers. If you don't have much success, 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: Don't miss the first meeting of the Utah Lake Fish Forum. It will be held at Springville Jr. High (165 South 700 East in Springville) on Thurs., Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. This is an opportunity to hear about future plans for restoring the lake and to discuss future fishery management. A lot of good information will be presented, and questions and comments will be taken. On the lake, you'll have fair success for white bass using action lures. You'll have good success for channel cats by using stink baits or worms. 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 slow success for all species. Please keep the walleye you catch. For more information, call the State Park at (435) 758-2611.
Smaller lakes, reservoirs & ponds
BURRASTON POND: Fishing success is fair. Most anglers are using PowerBait.
MILL HOLLOW: Drained! No fishing until 2009.
PAYSON LAKE: Anglers report very good success with traditional baits, lures and flies.
SALEM POND: Anglers report fair success in using traditional baits for trout and catfish. 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: Most anglers report fair success in using traditional baits.
SPANISH OAKS RESERVOIR: Anglers report fair success. Worms and PowerBait work best.
SPRING LAKE: Anglers are having fair success for trout and catfish.
TIBBLE FORK RESERVOIR: There have been reports of fair success from shore or tubes by anglers who used traditional flies, lures, jigs and baits.
SILVER LAKE FLAT RESERVOIR (ABOVE TIBBLE FORK): Angler Chris Nielsen reports, "On Wednesday the 3rd, I fished from about 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. I caught four fish from a canoe. Fishing was slow until the sun started to set; I caught three of them from 6:30-7:30. There was a 10-inch brook and three 10- to 12-inch rainbows. I had the best success for rainbows from the canoe, using a Rapala X-Rap-just throwing it to shore and then reeling it back in. I also caught one on a Blue Fox lure. I caught all of them on the southwest side of the lake."
VERNON, GRANTSVILLE & SETTLEMENT CANYON RESERVOIR (TOOELE CO.): The limit at Vernon Reservoir was removed this week because the reservoir will be drained beginning on Sept. 15. Go catch a lot of fish! Other reservoirs are providing fair fishing success.
Rivers and streams
AMERICAN FORK RIVER: There's light fishing pressure and fair to good fishing success with worms or small flies.
DIAMOND FORK RIVER: Anglers report fair to good success with a grasshopper imitation, small flies or traditional baits.
HOBBLE CREEK & CATCH BASIN: Fishing on the creek is fair to good with traditional baits and spinners.
PROVO RIVER: It's time to pull out the "hopper" imitations and fish them on the surface! 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 and-needless to say-grasshopper imitations.
DEER CREEK RESERVOIR: Fishing reports vary, but most anglers report fair success from the shoreline and fair to good success from boats. Walleye success has dropped off a bit, but anglers expect it to pick up in a few weeks. Bass are still being caught near points and submerged structures with various action lures. 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: Busy boat-traffic weekends are starting to dissipate, and fishing success is good! Trout have been biting from both boat and shoreline (mostly on PowerBait). Bass success has dropped off a bit. 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: Kokanee salmon are now spawning in the Strawberry River. You can see large numbers of fish at the visitors center and in the fish trap and egg-taking facility behind the center. Tributaries are currently closed to angling, but viewing the salmon will make your fishing trip exciting! The annual Strawberry Festival/Kokanee Viewing Days will be held Sept. 19-20. Important: Conservation officers for the DWR had to write more than 50 citations a couple of weeks ago, mostly for fishing violations. Please help us get the word out to the public about Strawberry's special regulations! The Strawberry Reservoir Brochure that shows photos and illustrations (and includes regulations) can be found on the DWR's Web site at http://wildlife.utah.gov/strawberry/pdf/...ochure.pdf.
Please help educate your fellow Strawberry anglers about the differences between cutts and rainbows and about the size/slot limit on cutts. Many anglers report catching some of the 12- to 14-inch rainbows that were stocked earlier this year. The kokanee salmon are in the tributaries a week earlier than last year, and the fish trap is now in operation. (There were only a handful in the trap this morning, but we anticipate many more over the next few weeks.) Most anglers report fair success for cutts. Many different lures, flies and baits are working for the trout. Try white tube jigs or dark woolly patterns (flies) from pontoon boat or float tube. PowerBait, a worm/marshmallow combo or a dead minnow are good choices for bait anglers. If you don't have much success, 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: Don't miss the first meeting of the Utah Lake Fish Forum. It will be held at Springville Jr. High (165 South 700 East in Springville) on Thurs., Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. This is an opportunity to hear about future plans for restoring the lake and to discuss future fishery management. A lot of good information will be presented, and questions and comments will be taken. On the lake, you'll have fair success for white bass using action lures. You'll have good success for channel cats by using stink baits or worms. 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 slow success for all species. Please keep the walleye you catch. For more information, call the State Park at (435) 758-2611.
Smaller lakes, reservoirs & ponds
BURRASTON POND: Fishing success is fair. Most anglers are using PowerBait.
MILL HOLLOW: Drained! No fishing until 2009.
PAYSON LAKE: Anglers report very good success with traditional baits, lures and flies.
SALEM POND: Anglers report fair success in using traditional baits for trout and catfish. 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: Most anglers report fair success in using traditional baits.
SPANISH OAKS RESERVOIR: Anglers report fair success. Worms and PowerBait work best.
SPRING LAKE: Anglers are having fair success for trout and catfish.
TIBBLE FORK RESERVOIR: There have been reports of fair success from shore or tubes by anglers who used traditional flies, lures, jigs and baits.
SILVER LAKE FLAT RESERVOIR (ABOVE TIBBLE FORK): Angler Chris Nielsen reports, "On Wednesday the 3rd, I fished from about 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. I caught four fish from a canoe. Fishing was slow until the sun started to set; I caught three of them from 6:30-7:30. There was a 10-inch brook and three 10- to 12-inch rainbows. I had the best success for rainbows from the canoe, using a Rapala X-Rap-just throwing it to shore and then reeling it back in. I also caught one on a Blue Fox lure. I caught all of them on the southwest side of the lake."
VERNON, GRANTSVILLE & SETTLEMENT CANYON RESERVOIR (TOOELE CO.): The limit at Vernon Reservoir was removed this week because the reservoir will be drained beginning on Sept. 15. Go catch a lot of fish! Other reservoirs are providing fair fishing success.
Rivers and streams
AMERICAN FORK RIVER: There's light fishing pressure and fair to good fishing success with worms or small flies.
DIAMOND FORK RIVER: Anglers report fair to good success with a grasshopper imitation, small flies or traditional baits.
HOBBLE CREEK & CATCH BASIN: Fishing on the creek is fair to good with traditional baits and spinners.
PROVO RIVER: It's time to pull out the "hopper" imitations and fish them on the surface! 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 and-needless to say-grasshopper imitations.