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Lake Powell fishing report: Summer patterns in play

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:13:03 MDT

Lake Powell fishing report: Summer patterns in play

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 13, 2013 09:13AM MDT

Lake Powell Fish Report — June 12, 2013 Lake Elevation: 3600 Water Temperature 74-78 F By: Wayne Gustaveson of www.wayneswords.com Lake Powell water level is stable at 3600 feet. That means the Castle Rock Cut is wet but not passable. Summer fishing patterns are now in play. The key, regardless of species targeted, is to fish early and late and use shade to your advantage. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are on rocky slopes. Rocks utilized vary from slick rock slopes to large boulders, down to ...

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Green River fishing report: Biting on cicadas

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:54:03 MDT

Green River fishing report: Biting on cicadas

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 13, 2013 08:54AM MDT

Ryan Kelly with Flaming Gorge Resort sent in this report for June 13, 2013: Hatches: Cicadas, Mondo Cicadas Flows: 2400 during the day, dropping each day until 950 on the 16th. It’s big dry time! There are three different species of cicadas out right now. They range in size from a #2 down to a #8. The water has dropped far enough that the fish have started to eat them with regularity. In the last three days I have floated all three sections and there were cicadas in varying amounts all the way d...

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Lake Powell Fishing Report - Slurping boils and big changes

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:02:02 MDT

Lake Powell Fishing Report - Slurping boils and big changes

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 5, 2013 10:02AM MDT

Lake Powell Fish Report – June 4, 2013Lake Elevation: 3599Water Temperature 69-74 FBy: Wayne Gustaveson of Wayne's Words Big Changes! Lake level is slowly rising but that is not as important as the rise in water temperature. During May the surface temperature was consistently in the 60s which was great for bass fishing. During June lake temperature will be in the 70s which means young shad will be growing large enough to draw interest from lake predators. The immediate result of new shad presenc...

Fly fishing hooks Nelson at early age

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:26:02 MDT

Fly fishing hooks Nelson at early age

By Ben Raskin Special to The Tribune

Updated Jun 5, 2013 03:26PM MDT

Skyler Nelson found his passion along the shores of Smith and Morehouse Reservoir. The then-9-year-old Nelson asked his father about a beaten-up fly-fishing rod thrown into the back of the family truck. They had been casting spinners and lures all day, and Skyler asked to try out the old bamboo rod. “He told me that we would put a fluffy fly on the end, and it was supposed to get fish,” Nelson said with a laugh. “I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Instead of using bait, we were trying to i...