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Utah Fishing & Outdoors Report
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Spring Fishing Will Be Prime During The Next Few Weeks
Strawberry, Jordanelle, Scofield, Otter Creek and most other popular lakes now have open water. Fishing has been spotty - very good for some folks and slow for others. That’s not unusual for this time of year. The action will become more consistent during the next couple weeks, as the water warms a bit and fish settle into a spring pattern. If you are looking for trout, get out in a float tube or boat and work the shorelines, prospecting until you find where and how deep the fish are that day. Often they will be right up close to shore.
Flaming Gorge has been very good for rainbows, spotty for lake trout and kokanee. DWR has this new article about fast rainbow fishing at the gorge.
Lake Powell offers excellent action right now. Here’s a quote from Wayne Gustaveson’s latest report on wayneswords.com:
“The main event is right around the corner. Large and smallmouth bass will begin spawning with the next warming trend. The long range weather forecast is for sunny and warm by the weekend (April 14-15). My best guess for spawning then is April 17-20. Did I mention that this is the best year in recent memory for big bass? You may want to mark down these dates in RED on the calendar. Fishing is going to be even better than it is now. Next week will be as good as it gets in the spring, if the weather warms as forecast. I hope you can make it.”
The Green, Provo and other streams are also fishing well. Some streams are a little high some days, but all are fishable. Action is picking up nicely now. Here’s a snippet from the Trout Creek Flies Green River report:
“We have seen some very good hatches this past week. We need a little more consistency before we can claim the hatch is on, but overall, it is promising. The most consistent timeframe was 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, but there were several days where they were present on the water even later. Don?t forget that Baetis emergers spend several hours prior to the dun stage swimming in the currents and are available to feeding trout. Great fishing with nymphs suspended 3-5 feet below the rivers surface.”
Southern Utah streams will have very little runoff this year – it just won’t be a factor. In the north, runoff will be mild. It will be a problem some days, but stream fishing will be good on many waters right through the runoff period.
Joes Valley Reservoir has open water and is spotty for good-sized splake. Typically, some trophy splake are caught there at this time of year.
Smallmouth/largemouth fishing has been surprisingly good in northern Utah for this early part of the season. Utah Lake, Deer Creek, Pineview and other bass waters have yielded nice fish to those who work a jig or lure slowly near the bottom.
Catfish action has also been good at Utah Lake, Willard Bay and other popular holes.
In short, most waters are fishing well right now, and should be even better during the next few weeks.
Check DWR’s weekly fishing reports.
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Flaming Gorge has been very good for rainbows, spotty for lake trout and kokanee. DWR has this new article about fast rainbow fishing at the gorge.
Lake Powell offers excellent action right now. Here’s a quote from Wayne Gustaveson’s latest report on wayneswords.com:
“The main event is right around the corner. Large and smallmouth bass will begin spawning with the next warming trend. The long range weather forecast is for sunny and warm by the weekend (April 14-15). My best guess for spawning then is April 17-20. Did I mention that this is the best year in recent memory for big bass? You may want to mark down these dates in RED on the calendar. Fishing is going to be even better than it is now. Next week will be as good as it gets in the spring, if the weather warms as forecast. I hope you can make it.”
The Green, Provo and other streams are also fishing well. Some streams are a little high some days, but all are fishable. Action is picking up nicely now. Here’s a snippet from the Trout Creek Flies Green River report:
“We have seen some very good hatches this past week. We need a little more consistency before we can claim the hatch is on, but overall, it is promising. The most consistent timeframe was 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, but there were several days where they were present on the water even later. Don?t forget that Baetis emergers spend several hours prior to the dun stage swimming in the currents and are available to feeding trout. Great fishing with nymphs suspended 3-5 feet below the rivers surface.”
Southern Utah streams will have very little runoff this year – it just won’t be a factor. In the north, runoff will be mild. It will be a problem some days, but stream fishing will be good on many waters right through the runoff period.
Joes Valley Reservoir has open water and is spotty for good-sized splake. Typically, some trophy splake are caught there at this time of year.
Smallmouth/largemouth fishing has been surprisingly good in northern Utah for this early part of the season. Utah Lake, Deer Creek, Pineview and other bass waters have yielded nice fish to those who work a jig or lure slowly near the bottom.
Catfish action has also been good at Utah Lake, Willard Bay and other popular holes.
In short, most waters are fishing well right now, and should be even better during the next few weeks.
Check DWR’s weekly fishing reports.
News Articles Of Note
Utah's natural wonders — State parks are truly treasures
DWR wants increase in antlerless permits
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