Utah Fishing & Outdoors Report

Ice fishing is generally good at our trout reservoirs. Strawberry is good but can be spotty - for the best action hike away from the crowds. Slush on top the ice makes snowmobiling difficult. Fish Lake is a very good choice; it offers nice splake, lake trout, rainbows and small perch. Many small reservoirs offer very good ice fishing.

Most reservoirs are filling; ice floats away from shore and a ring of thin ice forms around reservoir edges. You may need to jump or use a plank to bridge over a couple feet of thin stuff to the safe ice.

Bear Lake cisco run should start about Jan 20, and continue through the month. The lake is mostly open water, but that could change at any time. As of now, boats can be launched at Cisco Beach. Trolling is fair to good for cutthroat. See DWR's fishing report for more info.

Utah stream fishing is difficult because of all the snow. There's good action for whitefish and some browns if you can get to the water. Work small nymphs along the bottom.

Lees Ferry has good fly fishing for rainbows, with relatively mild conditions. Lees Ferry Anglers reports that fish are a little bigger this year. The big river is a great option for people interested in getting away from the snow into sunshine.

- Yuba good for perch, 1 pike; Nine Mile good for rainbows
- Strawberry has spotty ice fishing
- Straberry - snowmobile stuck in slush but good fishing
- Utah Lake good for white bass - is it being overharvested?
- Flaming Gorge kokanee through the ice
- Flaming Gorge burbot and lake trout
- Pineview slow, tiger muskie caught through the ice
- Lake Powell offers some winter stripers
- Otter Creek fair for rainbows

DWR
- More bear hunting permits
- License required to apply for a point
-Young hunters: hunt all three seasons
- Help needed to solve wildlife cases

Deseret Morning News
- The Island herd: 55 sheep relocated as population grows
- Deer Valley Resort: Stein's Way leads pack of great runs at resort
- Ray Grass: Lucky 13? It's true for those who want to ski
- Paralyzed hunter surprises family by bagging moose from vehicle
- Outdoor notes
- American Honda to recall ATVs for a throttle defect
- Park Service takes kids on electronic field trips
- 1,500 Great Salt Lake birds likely killed by avian cholera
- Washington avalanche death record blamed on heavy snow, carelessness
- The national avalanche danger scale
- Avalanche deaths in the U.S. so far this season

KUTV
- Fishing For Perch At Yuba
- Strawberry Ice: Winter Fishing
- Cross-Country Skiing In Park City

Salt Lake Tribune
- Lake Powell adds improvements for coming year
- Tight Lines: Next time I buy wading boots, they won't be the felt variety
- Wildlife relocation plan - Moving bison
- A moving experience for desert bighorn
- Bird sighting
- Where is it?
- Hook shot
- The outsider: Birding and nature photography
- Outdoor notebook: Ski or snowshoe to Cedar Breaks yurt
- Out Takes: Give Us Your Best Shot
- Communicating in the wild gets easier with Spot
- Utah Trapshooting Association names state team
- Recreation roundup
- Disease felling fowl at lake
- 'Tis the snow season to visit the top tubing hills
- AAA Utah tells how to avoid danger during winter trips

Daily Herald
- Hearing on rivers sees little support
- White bass, new friends

Regional
- Ice Fishing 101
- Senators Push for Guns in National Parks
- GF&P preparing plan when wolves return to SD
- Hunters, anglers spend big
- End of the line?
- FWS says pygmy rabbit may warrant listing
- Panelist will seek day in killing fish
- Outdoor: State panel looks at Idaho muzzleloader rules
- Meeting about restoration of Fish Creek scheduled
- Phillips perch problem lacks simple solutions
- AK Rates 'Best' in Fly Fishing World
- Sportsmen's Journal to record memories
- Survey Evaluates Eagles Wintering in Nevada