Fishing report

Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Jun 10, 2004

NORTHERN REGION

Bear Lake: Good fishing for cutthroat and lake trout. Anglers are having the best luck trolling in shallow water using flatlines with deep diving Rapalas, Yo-Zuris or Rebels in black/silver and blue/ silver finishes. Most of the fish are being caught in water from 10- 25 feet deep off the Boy Scout and State Park Marina north

East Canyon: Anglers are having luck trolling pop gear, casting bait and spinners.

Kaysville Pond: Possible to catch rainbow trout, channel catfish, largemouth bass, bluegill, green sunfish and black bullhead.

Rockport: Fishing is fair to good. Anglers have been catching rainbow trout trolling pop gear, casting bait and spinners.

Weber River: Fair to good using small nymphs.

Uintas: Bridger Lake, Hoop Lake, Marsh Lake, Stateline Reservoir and Whitney Lake are ice free, fishable and have been stocked.

CENTRAL REGION

Strawberry: Try a green midge imitation. Rapalas have worked well fished in about 20 feet of water. Bait fishing has been fair.

Jordanelle: Fair success for trout and small perch with standard techniques and baits. Success reported from both boat and shoreline for trout and perch.

Deer Creek: Boat ramps are open. Using standard baits and are reporting fair success for trout and slow success for perch. Trolling in the early morning hours has still been the most effective technique.

Utah Lake: Good for catfish around the lake, but best reports have come from Lincoln Beach area.

Burraston Pond: Fair to good fishing success by using traditional baits.

Payson Lake: Stocked and reports of fair to good success. Many fish have been seen surfacing in evening hours so try flies in the low light hours.

Willow Pond in Murray: Success has been reported as fair to good. Try standard fishing techniques and baits. Catching rainbow, catfish, bluegill and bass.

NORTHEASTERN REGION

Brough: Reports of good fishing. Fishing from the bank, float tubes or small boats is recommended due to primitive launch conditions and water levels.

Brownie: Report of fair to good fishing.

Currant Creek: Reports of good fishing.

Flaming Gorge: All ramps except Anvil Draw are accessible. Rainbow fishing is good along shoreline areas using Power Bait, a marshmallow/ worm combo or a night crawler under a bobber. Boat fishermen are doing well casting small jigs or lures, especially on rocky points in Hideout, Sheep Creek and other Canyon areas. Lake trout fishing is fair to good with large fish reported at Antelope, Sheep Creek, Anvil Draw, Stateline and Jarvies. Action for small lake trout is very good from Squaw Hollow to Buckboard.

Matt Warner: Reports of good fishing.

Moon Lake: Reports of good fishing.

Pelican Lake: Reports of fair to good fishing.

Red Fleet: Anglers report good to excellent fishing for rainbow trout. Bass and bluegill beginning to get good as well.

Starvation: Anglers report fair to good fishing for trout, bass, walleye and yellow perch.

SOUTHEASTERN REGION

Electric Lake: Reports of good fishing using worms tipped is marshmallow on the bottom. Also try a night crawler/salmon egg combination on the upper end of the lake as the weather warms up.

Fairview Lake: They have been planted. Access is good.

Huntington: Fishing continues to be sporadic, ranging from fair to good. Anglers were having best success with night crawlers.

Miller Flat: Reports of good fishing. Power Bait and worms worked equally well.

Lake Powell: Stripers are very catchable but the pattern is quite specific. Many scattered schools are found roaming the main channel and main canyons. Try all possible points. That is not as hard as it seems. Troll a shad imitating bait across a main point protruding into the channel. Bass are moving to summer patterns meaning that rocky points, reefs and shoals are getting better. Fish plastic tubes and grubs on the deep breaking edge where visible yellow rock blurs into deep blue water.

SOUTHERN REGION

Beaver Mountain lakes: Access is possible to all the lakes. Fishing has been fair.

Boulder Mountain lakes: All waters on the Boulder Mountain are now open to fishing except Dougherty Basin. A black marabou jig is a standard lure to try. Bait and Wooly Bugger/leech patterns or scud fly patterns will also work.

Enterprise: Fishing has been good with trout taken up to 15 inches. Try Power Bait and worms.

Fish Lake: Good time to try for splake, rainbows and lake trout. Best fishing is by boat.

Forsyth: Fair fishing for some nice splake and tiger trout.

Minersville: There are fair numbers of 12-13 inch rainbows in the reservoir. Try casting Wooly Buggers, jigs or spinners near shore.

Otter Creek: Good fishing in the morning and evenings. Mostly fat 12-13-inch rainbows, with an occasional larger fish, being caught.

Quail Lake: Bass are now in shallow and success has improved.

Sand Hollow: A new reservoir near St. George. The lake is now open to fishing. Good fishing for bass up to 14-15 inches as well as bluegill.

Source: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources