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Utah Fishing Report
Updated 11-20-09
Bill Mounga sent in the photo above. He has caught many big fish at Strawberry this fall, mostly on Lucky Craft Pointer Minnows. See more of his photos.Scofield has a little ice by the dam and a couple crazy people have already ice fished there. See their report. The ice-covered area should grow every day now but it will probably be 2-3 weeks before the entire reservoir is frozen.
Me, I like to play it safe and so I'll give the ice time to firm up. Perhaps by Thanksgiving weekend the ice will be 3-4 inches of ice near the dam and it will be safe to fish that area. Fishing is often very good as the ice forms, as the report referenced above testifies, but I'd rather not bet my life.
Major trout reservoirs still have plenty of open water and offer good fishing from shore and tube. With stormy weather this weekend, I'd be reluctant to launch a big boat. We are expected to warm up again next week and so there may yet be another chance to put your boat on the water.
Fly fishing remains surprisingly good, as we alternate between storms and mild days. BWOs and midges are hatching and provide some dry fly action. Streamers, glo bugs and nymphs work along the bottom.
The Utah Lake carp removal program is progressing. This YouTube video gives an overview of the project.
Utah Wildlife Board will meet Dec 2-3 in Salt Lake City to consider changes to the Bucks & Bulls proclamation, CWMU approval and conservation permit allocations. Members of the public are invited to attend and participate in meetings.
Best Lakes/Reservoirs
- Bear Lake for cutthroat, lake trout and whitefish
- Rockport for trout and perch
- Deer Creek for trout and an occasional walleye
- Strawberry for cutts and rainbows
- Scofield for cutts, rainbows and tiger trout
- Flaming Gorge for lake trout, rainbows, burbot
- Red Fleet for trout
- Steinaker for trout
- Fish Lake for splake, rainbows, lake trout and perch
(This contains highlights from the Utah fishing report on RedRockAdventure.com. Read the full report.)
Good fishing
- Dave Webb
For information and discussion about fishing in Utah visit bigfishtackle.com
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