Utah Fishing & Outdoors Report

Fishing has been good this summer - consistently good on most waters. Action will get even better as soon as temperature begin to cool a little - and the weathermen say that will start next week.

This holiday weekend will be crazy, with people everywhere. The popular spots will all be packed. After the holiday, with kids back in school and footballs flying, crowds will diminish just as fishing and hiking conditions begin to improve. Lake Powell is hot now and getting better. Strawberry has been exceptional for people jigging deep. Hoppers and other terrestrials are great on our trout streams. Most waters are good and many will become very good during the coming weeks.

At Lake Powell, DWR Project Leader Wayne Gustaveson reports: "Expect boils anywhere. September will be the prime boil month for 2007. Look for boils during the two-hour period at first light and last light each day... Shad moving in front of advancing stripers will excite any game fish. Find active stripers that will lead you to bass, walleye and catfish that lurk on the outskirts of the striper feeding frenzy." Read his complete report.

Green River water flows have been erratic but now appear to be stabilizing around 800-900 cubic feet per second. That should help fishing. Action has been good there and it should become very good as fall progresses.

Tiger muskie fishing has become very popular in Utah and now the DWR may be finding a way to keep that action going. The Salt Lake Tribune reports biologists are looking at ways to propagate the hybrid fish here in Utah. They were being imported from Minnesota, but that ended last fall because of concern about disease.

DWR Hotspots Report
DWR says these waters offer hot fishing
- Pelican Lake for bluegill and largemouth bass
- Crouse Reservoir for rainbows
- Calder Reservoir for rainbows- Pineview Reservoir for crappie, bass and perch
- Weber River for trout and whitefish
- Fish Lake for splake, rainbows, perch
- Sand Hollow Reservoir for bass and bluegill
- Lake Powell for bass, stripers, walleye, crappie and catfish

Interesting Posts by Anglers
Strawberry continues to be very good jigging for cutts
Strawberry's good trolling from a canoe
Otter Creek Reservoir is good trolling but rainbows have sores on them
Photo highlights from this year's trips
Nice bass fishing photos
Jordanelle continues to be good for smallmouth
Pineview is good for tiger muskie and bass
Twin Lakes, ID, is very good for largemouth
Lake Powell shore fishing spots
Flaming Gorge fishing with a guide
Flaming Gorge is good for kokanee, rainbows and lake trout
Huntington Creek Left Fork good with hopper patterns
Logan River's good fly fishing
Uinta Mountains fishing and hiking - beautiful photos
Strawberry River: the length some go to use illegal bait
Newton Reservoir is good for a variety of panfish

New Articles
Salt Lake Tribune
Hook Shot
Utah Upland Game guide
Tight Lines: Tiger muskie could return
Fee increase proposed for Flaming Gorge
Bird sighting
Antelope Island
Where is it?
Hike of the week: Lofty Lake Loop Trail - Uinta Mountain
Utah resorts offering deals on ski passes
Recreation roundup
The Outsider
'Planet's Greatest Climbs' part of Reel Rock film tour
The gear is here
Ogden Valley Pathways celebration

Deseret Morning News
Campgrounds will fill up this Labor Day weekend
Ski jumping championships at Olympic Park this weekend
Ray Grass: Labor Day ski sales usher in season
Outdoor notes
Trappers must use breakaway snares
Photo: 4 feet of bass
Gusts whip Idaho wildfire near Sun Valley ski area; new evacuations possible
BLM seeking comments on Utah-Nevada gas pipeline
Fire restrictions lifted across most of state
June suckers going into Utah Lake
Rain makes Dixie soggy mess
Cabin raising at This Is the Place Park
Idaho wakeboarder dies after Lake Powell accident
Park service donors ready to help upgrade cherished wilderness
Touching nature — Syracuse park offers urban fishing, trails, wetlands
Yellowstone lifts fire restrictions

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