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CLOSED January 1 through Hobble Creek, Provo River, Spanish Fork River, Spring Creek, 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July (July 14). and Spring Run Creek are CLOSED, March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. f% Sheep Creek Lake: CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. U on the second Saturday of July (July 14). ARTIFICIAL Bear Lake: It is illegal to use or possess hooks, single or 1 FLIES AND LURES ONLY. Trout limit 1 fish over 24 inches, all multipoint, larger than 9/16" (shortest distance) between other fish must be immediately released. the shank and the point from January 1 through February 15. No one may possess a multipoint hook with a weight perma­ <|j These are the only waters open to underwater nently or rigidly attached directly to the shank; or a weight 1 I spearfishing for game fish: Causey, Deer Creek, Fish suspended below any hook, unless the hook is on an un­ Lake, Flaming Gorge, Joes Valley, Ken's Lake, Lost Creek, weighted dropper line that is at least 3 inches long. 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I. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY (10) "Fishing contest" means any organized event or gathering where RB37-13-1 anglers are awarded prizes, points or money for their catch. (1) Under authority of Sections 23-14-18 and 23-14-19, the Wildlife (11) "Float tube" means an inflatable floating device less than 48 inches Board has established this proclamation for taking fish and crayfish. in any dimension, capable of supporting one person. (2) Specific dates, areas, methods of take, requirements and other (12) "Gaff means a spear or hook, with or without a handle, used for administrative details which may change annually are published herein. holding or lifting fish. (3) This proclamation expires December 31, 2001, unless modified or (13) "Game fish" means Bonneville cisco; bluegill; bullhead; channel rescinded by the Wildlife Board or the director of the Division of Wildlife catfish; crappie; green sunfish; Iargemouth bass; northern pike; Sacramento Resources. perch; smallmouth bass; striped bass, trout (rainbow, albino, cutthroat, brown, golden, brook, lake/mackinaw, kokanee salmon, and grayling or any II. DEFINITIONS hybrid of the foregoing); tiger muskellunge; walleye; white bass; whitefish; 23-13-2 &R657-13-2 wiper; and yellow perch. (1) "Aggregate" means the combined total of two or more species of fish (14) "Handline" means a piece of line held in the hand and not attached or two or more size classes of fish which are covered by a limit distinction to a pole used for taking fish or crayfish. (i.e., trout and salmon in the aggregate). (15) "Immediately released" means that the fish should be quickly (2) "Angling" means fishing with a rod, pole, tip-up, handline or troll unhooked and released back into the water where caught. Fish that must be board that has a single line with legal hooks, baits or lures attached to it, immediately released cannot be held on a stringer, or in a live well or any and is held in the hands of, or within sight of (not to exceed 100 feet), the other container or restraining device. person fishing. (16) "Lake" means the standing water level existing at any time within a (3)(a) "Artificial fly" means a fly made by the method known as fly tying. lake basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream flowing inside or within the (b) "Artificial fly" does not mean a weighted jig, lure, spinner, attractor high water mark is not considered part of the lake. blade or bait. (17) "Length measurement" means the greatest length between the tip of (4) "Artificial lure" means a device made of rubber, wood, metal, glass, the head or snout and the tip of the caudal (tail) fin when the fin rays are fiber, feathers, hair or plastic with a hook or hooks attached. Artificial lures squeezed together. Measurement is taken in a straight line and not over the (including artificial flies) do not include fish eggs or other chemically curve of the body. treated or processed natural baits or any natural or human-made food, or (18) "Motor" means an electric or internal combustion engine. any lures that have been treated with a natural or artificial fish attractant or (19) "Nongame fish" means species of fish not listed as game fish. (See feeding stimulant. Section C. Prohibited Fish for prohibited nongame fish.) (5) "Bag limit" means the maximum limit, in number or amount, of (20) "Nonresident" means a person who does not qualify as a resident. protected wildlife that one person may legally take during one day. (21) "Possession" means actual or constructive possession. (6) "Bait" means a digestible substance, including worms, cheese, (22) "Possession limit" means, for purposes of this proclamation only, salmon eggs, marshmallows or manufactured baits including human-made one bag limit, including fish at home, in a cooler, camper, tent, freezer or items that are chemically treated with food stuffs, chemical fish attractants any other place of storage. or feeding stimulants. Legal baits are described in Section III.B.7. Bait. (23) "Protected aquatic wildlife" means, for purposes of this proclama­ (7) "Chumming" means dislodging or depositing in the water any tion only, all species of fish, crustaceans or amphibians. substance not attached to a hook, line or trap, which may attract fish. (24) "Reservoir" means the standing water level existing at any time (8) (a) "Domicile" means the place: within a reservoir basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream flowing inside (i) where an individual has a fixed permanent home and principal or within the high water mark is not considered part of the reservoir. establishment; (25)(a) "Resident" means a person who: (ii) to which the individual if absent, intends to return; and (i) has been domiciled in the state of Utah for six consecutive (iii) in which the individual and the individual's family voluntarily months immediately preceding the purchase of a license; and reside, not for a special or temporary purpose, but with the (ii) does not claim residency for hunting, fishing, or trapping in intention of making a permanent home. any other state or country. (b) To create a new domicile an individual must: (b) A Utah resident retains Utah residency if that person leaves this (i) abandon the old domicile; and state: (ii) be able to prove that a new domicile has been established. (i) to serve in the armed forces of the United States or for reli­ (9) "Fishing" means to take fish or crayfish by any means. gious or educational purposes; and 2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 4 (ii) complies with Subsection (a)(ii). and tags as provided under Title 23, Wildlife Resources Code, and having at (c)(i) A member of the armed forces of the United States and the same time the licenses, Certificates of Registration, permits and tags on dependents are residents for the purposes of this chapter as of the date the his or her person, except as provided in Section 3. member reports for duty under assigned orders in the state if the member: (2) A person may not lend, transfer, sell, give or assign licenses, (A) is not on temporary duty in this state; and Certificates of Registration, permits, or tags belonging to the person or the (B) complies with Subsection (a)(ii). rights granted by licenses, Certificates of Registration, permits or tags or (ii) A copy of the assignment orders must be presented to a use or attempt to use a license, Certificate of Registration, permit or tag of wildlife Division office to verify the member's qualification as a another person. resident. 2. Free Fishing Day (d) A nonresident attending an institution of higher learning in this 23-19-1 &R857-T3-3 state as a full-time student may qualify as a resident for purposes of this chapter if the person: A license is not required on free fishing day, Saturday, June 9, 2001. All (i) has been present in this state for 60 consecutive days immedi­ other laws and rules apply. ately preceding the purchase of the license; and (ii) complies 3. Fishing License—Season with Subsection (a)(ii). 23-1S-18 ■(e) A Utah resident license is invalid if a resident license for hunting, fishing or trapping is purchased in any other state or country. (1) A person (resident or nonresident) 14 years of age or older may (f) An absentee landowner paying property tax on land in Utah does purchase a season (annual) fishing license. not qualify as a resident. (2) A person (resident or nonresident) under 14 years of age may: (26) "Second pole" means fishing with one additional rod, pole, tip-up, (a) fish without a license and take one-half (K) a bag and possession handline or troll board that has a single line with legal hooks, bait or lures limit; or attached to it, and is held in the hands of, or within sight (not to exceed 100 (b) purchase a license and take a full bag and possession limit. feet) of the person fishing. (A valid fishing or combination license and 4. Fishing License—Limited Number of Days second pole permit are required to use a second pole on selected waters). 23-19-21 (27) "Setline" means a line anchored to a non-moving object and not attached to a fishing pole. (1) A person (resident or nonresident) may purchase a license to fish: (28) "Single hook" means a hook or multiple hooks having a common (a) for one day; or shank. (b) for seven consecutive days. (29) "Snagging" or "gaffing" means to take a fish in a manner that the (2) The effective dates shall be indicated on the license. fish does not take the hook voluntarily into its mouth. 5. Nonresident One-Day Fishing Stamp (30) "Take" means to: R857-13-21 (a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, angle, seine, trap or kill any protected wildlife; or (1)(a) A nonresident may purchase a one-day fishing stamp to extend a (b) attempt any action referred to in Subsection (a). one-day or seven-day fishing license provided the nonresident person has (31) Tributary" means a stream flowing into a larger stream, lake or obtained a valid Utah nonresident one-day or seven-day fishing license. reservoir. (b) A nonresident must present the one-day or seven-day fishing (32)(a) "Trout" means species of the family Salmonidae, including license to the Division or license agent upon purchasing a one day fishing. rainbow, albino, cutthroat, brown, golden, brook, lake/mackinaw, kokanee stamp. salmon, and grayling or any hybrid of the foregoing. (2) A one-day fishing stamp will extend the one-day or seven-day fishing (b) "Trout" does not include whitefish or Bonneville Cisco. license within the current year for one additional day. (33) "Underwater spearfishing" means fishing by a person swimming or (3) The effective date shall be indicated on the one-day fishing stamp. diving and using a mechanical device held in the hand which uses a rubber 8. Fishing Contests band, spring or pneumatic power to propel a spear to take fish. (34) "Waste" means to abandon protected wildlife or to allow protected wildlife to spoil or to be used in a manner not normally associated with its (1)(a) A certificate of registration from the Division is required for beneficial use. fishing contests: (i) with 50 or more contestants; or 111. GENERAL PROVISIONS (ii) any fishing contest offering $500 or more in prizes. This section sets forth general provisions of statute and rule that apply (b)(i) Application for certificates of registration are available from to taking fish and crayfish. Exceptions to these provisions are provided in V. Division offices and must be submitted at least 60 days prior to the date of PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS beginning on page 11. the fishing contest. (ii) The Division may take public comment before issuing a certifi­ A. UCENSES, PERMITS AIP SUMPS cate of registration if, in the opinion of the Division, the 1. License, Permit and Stamp Requirements proposed fishing contest has potential impacts to the public or 23-19-1 substantially impacts a public fishery. (c) A certificate of registration may cover more than one fishing (1) A person may not engage in fishing or seining protected wildlife or contest. in the sale, trade or barter of protected wildlife or their parts without first (d) The Division may deny issuing a certificate of registration or having procured the necessary licenses, Certificates of Registration, permits impose stipulations or conditions on the issuance of the certificate of regis- 2001 Utah FishingProdamation — 5 ..... tration in order to achieve a management objective, to adequately protect a (d) Any person possessing a valid Wyoming fishing license and a fishery or to offset impacts on a fishery or heavy uses of other public Utah reciprocal fishing stamp for Flaming Gorge is permitted to fish within resources. the Utah waters of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. (e) A report must be filed with the Division within 30 days after the (e) Utah residents may obtain reciprocal fishing stamps by contact­ fishing contest is held. The information required shall be listed on the cer­ ing the state of Arizona for Lake Powell and the state of Wyoming for tificate of registration. Flaming Gorge. (f')(i) Only one fishing contest may be held on a given water at any (f) Nonresidents may obtain reciprocal fishing stamps from Division time. Each fishing contest is restricted to being held on only one water at a offices and selected license agents. time. (g) The reciprocal fishing stamp must be: (ii) Fishing contests may not be held on a holiday weekend, state (i) signed across the face by the holder as the holder's name or federal holiday, or free fishing day, except as provided in Subsection (g). appears on the valid fishing or combination license; and (g) A fishing contest may be held on free fishing day and a certificate (ii) attached to the fishing or combination license. of registration is not required if: (h) Reciprocal fishing stamps are valid on a calendar year basis. (i) contestants are limited to persons 13 years of age or younger; (i) Anglers are subject to the laws and rules of the state in which they and are fishing. (ii) less than $500 are offered in prizes. (j) Only one bag limit may be taken and held in possession even if (h) A copy of proposed fishing contest rules must be submitted with licensed in both states. the application for a Certificate of Registration. The proposed rules must (2) Bear Lake include the final schedule of entry fees, prizes, and pay-out amounts to con­ (a) The holder of a valid Utah or Idaho fishing or combination license testants.. may fish within both the Utah and Idaho boundaries of Bear Lake. (2) Fishing contests conducted for cold water species of fish, such as (b) Only one bag limit may be taken and held in possession even if trout, whitefish, and salmon may not be conducted: licensed in both states. (See other Bear Lake provisions.) (a) if the fishing contest offers $500 or more in total prizes, or has B. b;eyg more than 200 contestants, except on Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Echo Reservoir there is no' limit to the amount that may be offered in prizes or Residents the number of contestants; Combination license $32 (b) on those waters where the Wildlife Board has imposed special (12 years of age or older) harvest rules, such as tackle restrictions, reduced limits, or size restrictions, Season (Annual) , $24 or other exceptions to the general fishing regulations. (*14 years of age and under 65 years of age) (i) The restrictions under Subsection (b) shall not apply to tourna­ 65 years of age or older $14 ments for non-salmonids if the non-salmonids are present in * 1 -day (14 years of age or older) $7 the same water. *7-days (14 years of age or older) $15 (3) Contests for warm water species of fish shall be conducted as Nonresidents follows: .r Season (Annual) $46 (a) all contests must be: (*14 years of age or older) (i) authorized by the Division through the issuance of a certificate *1 day $8 of registration; and (*14 years of age or older) (ii) carried out consistent with any requirements imposed by the *7 days $21 Division; (*14 years of age or older) (b) Fish brought in to be weighed or measured may not be released 1-day fishing stamp $6 within % mile of a marina, boat ramp, or other weigh-in site and must be (used to extend 1- or 7-day license) released back'into suitable habitat for that species; and *A license may be purchased by a person 13 or under wanting to take a full (c) If tournament rules allow smaller fish to be entered in the contest bag and possession limit. than the size allowed for possession under the proclamation of the Wildlife Reciprocal Fishing Stamp (Nonresidents Only) Board for taking fish and crayfish, the fish must be weighed or measured Flaming Gorge Reservoir $10 immediately and released where they were caught. (for use with Wyoming resident and nonresident license) 7. Interstate Waters Lake Powell $8 (for use with Arizona resident license) RB57 13 5 Setline Permit (Residents & Nonresidents) (1) Lake Powell and Flaming Gorge Reservoir For use with a valid Utah annual fishing or combination license. Anglers (a) The purchase of a reciprocal fishing stamp allows a person to fish under 14 years of age must purchase a valid Utah annual fishing or combi­ across state boundaries of interstate waters. nation license and setline permit in order to use a setline.Permits are avail­ (b) Reciprocal fishing stamps are offered for Lake Powell and able at Division offices only $14 Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Second Pole Permit (Residents & Nonresidents) (c) Any person qualifying as an Arizona resident having in their pos­ For use on selected waters with any valid Utah fishing or combination session a valid resident Arizona fishing license and a Utah reciprocal fishing license. Anglers under 14 years of age must purchase a valid Utah fishing stamp for Lake Powell can fish within the Utah boundaries of Lake Powell. or combination license and second pole permit in order to use a second pole $14

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — (> 9. Special Resident Licenses and Fees B. FISHING METHODS 23-19-36 (1) A resident who is blind, paraplegic or otherwise permanently GAME FISH MAY BE TAKEN ONLY BY THE FOLLOWING METHODE disabled so as to be permanently confined to a wheelchair or the use of 1. Angling crutches, or who has lost either or both lower extremities, may receive a R657-13-6 free license to fish upon furnishing satisfactory proof of this fact to the Division of Wildlife Resources. (1) While angling, the angler shall be within sight of (not to exceed 100 (2) A resident who is a mentally retarded person and is not eligible feet), the equipment being used at all times, except set lines. under Section 23-19-14 to fish without a license may receive a free license (2) Angling with more than one line is unlawful, except when fishing for to fish upon furnishing verification of mental retardation, as defined in crayfish without the use of fish hooks and on selected waters with a valid Section 62A-5-101, from a physician. Second Pole Permit (see Fishing with a Second Pole, Section III.B.2). A (3) A resident who is terminally ill, and has less than five years to live, Second Pole Permit is not required when fishing for crayfish with lines may receive a free license to fish: without hooks. (a) upon furnishing verification from a physician; and (3) No artificial lure may have more than three hooks. (b) qualifies for assistance under any low income public assistance (4) A person may not use or possess hooks, single or multipoint, larger program administered by a state agency. than 9/16 inch at the shortest point, between the shank and the point on (4) A child placed in the custody of the state by a court order may specific waters as specified under Section V. PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC receive a free fishing license upon furnishing verification of custody to the WATERS. Division. (5) Wo line may have attached to it more than two baited hooks, two (5) Forms for special resident licenses and fees are available at Division artificial flies, or two artificial lures, except for a setline or while fishing at offices. Flaming Gorge Reservoir. 10. Duplicate License (6) When angling through the ice, the hole may not exceed 12 inches 23-19-10 across the widest point, except at Bear Lake, Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Fish Lake where specific limitations apply. (See V. PROVISIONS FOR Whenever any unexpired license, permit, tag or Certificate of SPECIFIC WATERS.) Registration is destroyed, lost or stolen, a person may obtain a duplicate 2. Fishing with a Second Pole from a Division office for $5 or half the price of the original license, permit, RB57-13-7 tag or Certificate of Registration, whichever is less. 11. Sales of Licenses Final (1) A person may use a second pole to take fish only in the following 23-19-38 waters: (a) Bear River from the Idaho state line downstream, including Cutler (1) Sales of all licenses, certificates or permits are final, and no refunds Reservoir and the outlet canals; may be made by the Division, except as provided in Subsection (2). (b) D.M.A.D.; (2) The Division may refund the amount of the license, certificate or (c) Flaming Gorge Reservoir; permit if: (d) Gunlock Reservoir; (a) the Division or the Wildlife Board discontinues the activity for (e) Gunnison Bend; which the license, certificate or permit was obtained; (f) Hyrum Reservoir; (b) the Division determines that it has erroneously collected a fee; (g) Lake Powell; (c)(i) a person is not able to participate in a permitted activity due to (h) Little Bear River below Valley View Highway (SR-30); illness or injury; (i) Malad River; (ii) the person furnishes verification of illness or injury from a (j) Newton Reservoir; physician; and (k) Pelican Lake; (iii) the permit is surrendered before the season for which the (I) Pineview Reservoir; permit was issued begins; or (m) Starvation Reservoir; (d) the person to whom the license, certificate or permit is issued (n) Utah Lake; dies prior to that person's being able to participate in the activity for which (o) Wiliard Bay Reservoir; and the license, certificate or permit was obtained. (p) Yuba Reservoir. 12. Exhibit of License, Stamp and Wildlife (2) A Second Pole Permit is required in addition to a valid Utah fishing 23-20-25 or combination license and may be obtained for a $14 fee. (3) Anglers under 14 years of age must purchase a valid Utah fishing or Any person while engaged in any activity regulated under the Wildlife combination license and Second Pole Permit in order to use a second pole. Resources Code, shall be required upon demand of any conservation officer (4) A Second Pole Permit shall only be used by the person to whom the or.any other peace officer to exhibit: Second Pole Permit was issued. (1) the required license, permit or tag; 3. Setline Fishing (2) any device or apparatus in that person's possession used for any R657-13-8 activity regulated under the Wildlife Resources Code; or (3) any wildlife in that person's possession. (1) A person may use a setline to take fish only in the Bear River proper downstream from the Idaho state line, including Cutler Reservoir and outlet

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 7 canals; Little Bear River below Valley View Highway (SR-30); Malad River; (5) The use of a float tube or a boat, with or without a motor, for fishing and Utah Lake. is unlawful on some waters. (See V. PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS.) (2)(a) Angling with one pole is permitted while setline fishing, except as Boaters should be aware that other agencies may have additional restric­ provided in Subsection (b). tions on the use of float tubes, boats or boats with motors on some waters. (b) A person who obtains a Second Pole Permit may fish with two (6) Nongame fish and crayfish may be taken only as provided in Section poles while setline fishing. III.D. TAKING NONGAME FISH, and Section III.E. TAKING CRAYFISH. (3) Wo more than one setline per angler may be used and it may not 7. Bait contain more than 15 hooks. H65M3-12 (4) A setline permit is required in addition to a valid Utah annual fishing or combination license and may be obtained for a $14 fee from any Division (1)(a) Fishing is permitted with any bait, except corn, hominy or live office. fish. (5) When fishing with a setline, the angler shall be within 100 yards of (b) Possession or use of corn or hominy while fishing is unlawful. the surface or bank of the water being fished. (2) Use or possession of any bait while fishing on waters designated (6) A setline shall have one end attached to a nonmoving object, not artificial fly and lure only is unlawful. attached to a fishing pole, and shall have attached a legible tag with the (3) Game fish or their parts may not be used, except for the following: name, address and setline permit number of the angler. (a) Dead Bonneville cisco may be used as bait only in Bear Lake. (7) Anglers under 14 years of age must purchase a valid Utah annual (b) Dead yellow perch may be used as bait only in: Deer Creek, Fish fishing or combination license and setline permit in order to use a setline. Lake, Echo, Gunnison, Hyrum, Jordanelle, Newton, Pineview, Rockport, 4. Underwater Spearfishing Sevier Bridge (Yuba), Utah Lake, and Willard Bay reservoirs. R857-13-9 (c) Dead white bass may be used as bait only in Utah Lake. (d) The eggs of any species of fish, except prohibited fish, may be (1) Underwater spearfishing is permitted from official sunrise to official used. However, eggs may not be taken or used from fish that are being sunset. released. (2) Use of artificial light is unlawful while underwater spearfishing. (4) Use of live crayfish for bait is legal only on the water where the cray­ (3) Causey Reservoir, Deer Creek Reservoir, Fish Lake, Flaming Gorge fish is captured. It is unlawful to transport live crayfish away from the water Reservoir, Joe's Valley Reservoir, Ken's Lake, Lost Creek, Red Fleet where captured. Reservoir, Steinaker Reservoir, Starvation Reservoir, and Willard Bay (5) Manufactured, human-made items that may not be digestible (e.g. Reservoir are open to taking game fish by means of underwater rubber worms, plastic baits, sponge, etc.) that are chemically treated with spearfishing from June 1 through September 30, 2001. These are the only food stuffs, chemical fish attractants, or feeding stimulants may not be waters open to underwater spearfishing for game fish. used on waters where bait is prohibited. (4) The bag and possession limit is two game fish. No more than one fish greater than 20 inches may be taken, except at Flaming Gorge C, PROHIBITED FISH Reservoir. At Flaming Gorge Reservoir only one lake trout (mackinaw) RB57-13-13 greater than 28 inches may be taken. (See V. PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS.) (1) The following species of nongame fish are classified as prohibited (5) Nongame fish may be taken by spearfishing only in the waters listed and may not be taken or held in possession: in Subsection (3) above and as provided in Section III.D. TAKING (a) Bonytail chub(Gila elegans) NONGAME FISH. (b) Bluehead sucker (Catostomus 5. Uipnetting discobolus) RG57-13-10 (c) Colorado pikeminnow (formerly, Colorado squawfish) (Ptychocheilus lucius) (1) Hand-held dipnets may be used to take Bonneville cisco only at Bear (d) Flannelmouth sucker(Catostomus Lake. (See V. PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS.) latipinnis) (2) The opening of the dipnet may not exceed 18 inches. (e) Gizzard shad(Dorosoma cepedianum) (3) When dipnetting through the ice, the size of the hole is unrestricted. (f) Grass carp(Ctenopharyngodon idella) 6. Restrictions on Taking Fish and Crayfish (g) Humpback chu.b(Gila cypha) R657-13-11 (h) June sucker(Chasmistes liorus) (i) Least chub(lotichthys phlegethontis) (1) Artificial light is permitted, except when underwater spearfishing. (j) Leatherside chub(Gila copei) (2) A person may not obstruct a waterway, use any chemical, explosive, (k) Razorback sucker(Xyrauchen texanus) electricity, poison, crossbow, firearm, pellet gun or archery equipment, (I) Roundtail chub(Gila robusta) except as provided in Section III.D. TAKING NONGAME FISH, to take fish or (m) Virgin River chub(Gila robusta seminuda) crayfish. (n) Virgin spinedace(Lepidomeda (3) A person may not take protected aquatic wildlife by snagging or mollispinis) gaffing; however, a gaff may be used to land fish caught by lawful means, (o) Woundfin(Plagopterus argentissimus) except at Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Fish Lake. (2) Any of these species taken while attempting to take other legal (4) Chumming is prohibited on all waters except Lake Powell where species shall be immediately released. dead anchovies ONLY may be used for taking striped bass (see special provisions for Lake Powell). 2002 Utah Fishing Proclamation — §

: ■■' ■•:■'■ o. mum NONBMUII (d) live crayfish are not transported from the body of water where R657-13-14 taken.

(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsections (b) and (c), a person possessing a valid Utah fishing or combination license may take nongame fish for personal, noncommercial purposes during the open fishing season 1. Dead Fish and Crayfish set for the given body of water. R657-13-16& 4-37-305 (b) A person may not take any species of fish designated as prohib­ ited inSection III.C. PROHIBITED FISH. (1) Fish held in possession in the field or in transit shall be kept in such (c) Nongame fish may not be taken in the following waters, except a manner that: carp may be taken by angling, archery (excluding crossbows), spear or (a) the species of fish can be readily identified; underwater spearfishing: (b) the number of fish can be readily counted; (i) San Juan River; (c) the size of the fish can be readily measured when the fish are (ii) Colorado River; taken from waters where size limits apply and the fish taken from those (iii) Green River (from confluence with Colorado River upstream waters may not be filleted and the heads or tails may not be removed; and to Colorado state line in Dinosaur National Monument); (d) fillets shall have attached sufficient skin to include the conspicu­ (iv) Green River (from Colorado state line in Brown's Park ous markings so species may be identified. upstream to Flaming Gorge Dam, including Gorge Creek, a (2) A legal limit of game fish or crayfish may accompany the holder of a tributary entering the Green River at Little Hole); valid fishing or combination license within Utah or when leaving Utah. (v) White River (Uintah County); (3) A person may possess or transport a legal limit of game fish or cray­ (vi) Duchesne River (from Myton SR-40 bridge) to confluence fish for another person when accompanied by a donation letter. (See with Green River; Section III.H.1. Donating.) (vii) Virgin River (Main stem, North and East Forks). (4) A person may not take more than one bag limit in any one day or (viii) Ash Creek; possess more than one bag limit of each species or species aggregate (ix) Beaver Dam Wash; regardless of the number of days spent fishing. (x) Fort Pierce Wash; (5) A person may possess or transport dead fish on a receipt from a (xi) La Verkin Creek; registered commercial fee fishing installation, a private pond owner, or a (xii) Santa Clara River (Pine Valley Reservoir downstream to the short-term fishing event. This receipt shall specify: confluence with the Virgin River); (a) species and number of fish; (xiii) Diamond Fork; (b) date caught; (xiv) Thistle Creek; (c) the Certificate of Registration number of the installation, pond or (xv) Main Canyon Creek (tributary to Wallsburg Creek); short-term fishing event; and (xvi) South Fork of Provo River (below Deer Creek Dam); and (d) the name, address and telephone number of the seller. (xvii) Snake Valley waters (west and north of US-6 and that part of 2. Live Fish and Crayfish US-6 and US-50 in Millard and Juab counties). R657-13-17 (2) Nongame fish, EXCEPT those species listed in III.C. PROHIBITED FISH, may be taken by spear or underwater spearfishing in the waters spec­ (1) A person may not possess or transport live protected aquatic wildlife ified in Section III.B.4(3) UNDERWATER SPEARFISHING, angling, traps, except as provided by the Wildlife Code or the rules and proclamation of the bow and arrow, liftnets or seine. Wildlife Board. (3) Seines shall not exceed 10 feet in length or width. (2) For purposes of this proclamation, a person may not transport live (4) Lawfully taken nongame fish shall be either released or killed imme­ fish or crayfish away from the water where taken. diately upon removing them from the water; however, they may not be (3) This does not preclude the use of live fish stringers, live wells, or abandoned on the shoreline. hold type cages as part of normal angling procedures while on the same water in which the fish or crayfish are taken. 1,11II1I tilOTfili 3. Release of Aquatic Wildlife Unlawful R65M3-15 23-13-14

(1) A person possessing a valid Utah fishing or combination license may A person may not release any terrestrial or aquatic wildlife into the wild take crayfish for personal, noncommercial purposes during the open fishing except as provided in the Wildlife Code. Any person who violates the provi­ season set for the given body of water. sions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (2) Crayfish may be taken by hand or with a trap, liftnet, handline, pole 4. Release of Tagged or Marked Fish or seine, provided that: 8657-13-18 (a) game fish or their parts, or any substance unlawful for angling, is not used for bait; Without prior authorization from the Division, a person may not: (b) seines shall not exceed 10 feet in length or width; (1) tag, mark or fin-clip fish for the purpose of offering a prize or reward (c) no more than five lines are used, and no more than one line may as part of a contest; have hooks attached (bait is tied to the line so that the crayfish grasps the (2) introduce a tagged, marked or fin-clipped fish into the water; or bait with its claw); and (3) tag, mark or fin-clip a fish and return it to the water.

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 9 (b) refuse to immediately leave the private land if requested to do so by the owner or person in charge; or The Division monitors the taking and possession of wildlife, the required (c) obstruct any entrance or exit to private property. licenses, permits, tags and Certificates of Registration, and firearms, (2) "Cultivated Land" means land which is readily identifiable as: devices and equipment used for taking wildlife. Anglers should expect to (a) land whose soil is loosened or broken up for the raising of crops; encounter conservation officers checking people in the field, at checking (b) land used for the raising of crops; or stations and check points. (c) pasturage which is artificially irrigated. These contacts allow the Division to collect valuable information (3) "Permission" means written authorization from the owner or person concerning wildlife populations and trends as well as helping to fulfill the in charge to enter upon private land that is properly posted, and must Division's responsibility as trustee and custodian of wildlife. include: (a) the signature of the owner or person in charge; (b) the name of the person being given permission; 23-20-9 (c) the appropriate dates; and (d) a general description of the property. 1. Donating (4) "Properly posted" means that "No Trespassing" signs or a minimum (1) A person may donate protected wildlife or their parts to another of 100 square inches of bright yellow or fluorescent paint are displayed at person only at the following places: all corners, fishing streams crossing property lines, roads, gates and rights- (a) the residence of the donor; of-way entering the land. If metal fence posts are used, the entire exterior (b) the residence of the person receiving protected wildlife or their side must be painted. parts; (5) A person may not post: (c) a meat locker; (a) private property he does not own or legally control; or (d) storage plant; or (b) land that is open to the public as provided by Section 23-21-4. (e) a meat processing facility. (6) A person convicted of violating any provision of Subsection (1) may (2) A written statement of donation must be kept with the protected have his license, tag, Certificate of Registration or permit relating to the wildlife or parts showing: activity engaged in at the time of the violation, revoked by a hearing officer. (a) the number and species of protected wildlife or parts donated; (7) A person may not take or permit his dog to take, while in violation of (b) the date of donation; Subsection (1): (c) the license or permit number of the donor; and (a) protected wildlife or their parts; (d) the signature of the donor. (b) an occupied nest of protected wildlife; or 2. Purchasing or Selling (c) an egg of protected wildlife. 23-20-3 (8) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he or she violates any provision of Subsection (1). Except as otherwise provided in the Wildlife Code, rule, proclamation, or order of the Wildlife Board, a person may not purchase or sell protected IV. GENERAL SEASON DATES AND BAG AND aquatic wildlife or their parts. POSSESSION LIMITS 3. Wasting R657-13-19 23-20-8 This section sets forth general provisions. Where a more localized and It is unlawful to waste or permit to be wasted or spoiled any protected specific provision is given in V. PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS begin­ wildlife or any part of them. ning on page 11, the more specific provision takes precedence.

23-20-23 (1) All waters of state fish rearing and spawning facilities are closed to It is unlawful for any person to aid or assist any other person to violate fishing. any provision of the Wildlife Resources Code or rule promulgated under it. (2) State waterfowl management areas are closed to fishing except as posted or as listed under V. PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS.

Sportsmen must observe tribal regulations concerning wildlife while on Tribal Trust lands. The general season for taking fish and crayfish is January 1 through December 31, 2001, 24 hours each day.

23-20-14 G. GENERAL SEASON III AND POSSESSION LIMITS

(1) While taking wildlife or engaging in wildlife related activities, a (1)(a) Trout, salmon and grayling that are not immediately released and person may not: are held in possession, dead or alive, are included in the person's bag and (a) without the permission of the owner or person in charge, enter possession limit. upon privately owned land that is cultivated or properly posted;

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — JO (b) Once a trout, salmon or grayling is held in or on a stringer, fish ASPEN-MIRROR LAKE (Kane County) basket, livewell, or by any other device, a trout, salmon or grayling may not • CLOSED January 1 through April 21 be released. • Trout limit 4 (2) A person may not fish in waters that have a specific bag or size limit • Fishing from a boat or a float tube is unlawful while possessing fish in violation of that limit. BADGER HOLLOW (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir (3) Fish not meeting the size, bag or species provisions on specified Tributaries.) waters shall be returned to the water immediately. BARNEY LAKE (Piute County) (4) A person may not take more than one bag limit in any one day or • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY have in possession more than one bag limit of each species or species • Trout limit 2 aggregate regardless of the number of days spent fishing. BASIN CREEK (Juab County) (Deep Creek Mountains) (5) A person (resident or nonresident) under 14 years of age may: • Trout limit 4 (a) fish without a license and take one-half (%) a bag and possession BEAR LAKE (Rich County) limit; or • See Interstate Waters for license requirements (b) purchase a license and take a full bag and possession limit. • Trout limit 2 (6) The following bag and possession limits apply statewide, except as © Cutthroat trout and trout with cutthroat markings with all fins provided in Section V. PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS and Section intact must be immediately released. Only cutthroat trout that III.B.4. UNDERWATER SPEARFISHING: have had one or more healed fins clipped may be kept. (a) Bonneville Cisco 30 fish • Cisco may be taken with a hand-held dipnet. Net opening may not (b) *Bluegill and green sunfish in the aggregate 50 fish exceed 18 inches in any dimension. When dipnetting through the (c) Bullhead 24 fish ice, the size of the hole is unrestricted. (d) "Channel catfish 8 fish • When ice fishing for fish other than Cisco, the size of the hole may (e) *Crappie 50 fish not exceed 18 inches (f) Crayfish No Limit « Anglers may keep foul hooked Bonneville Cisco that are taken (g) "Largemouth and smallmouth bass in the aggregate 6 fish through normal, legal fishing activities. (h) Nongame species (except Prohibited species, page ?) No Limit • A person may not use or possess hooks, single or multipoint, (i) 'Northern pike 6 fish larger than 9/16 inch at the shortest point, between the shank and (j) *Tiger muskellunge (hybrid) 1 fish over 40 inches the point from January 1 through February 15. (k) Sacramento perch 10 fish • A person may not possess a multipoint hook with a weight perma- (I) Striped bass No Limit nently or rigidly attached directly to the shank; or a weight sus- (m)*Trout, including salmon, grayling and hybrids in the aggregate, pended below any hook unless the hook is on an un-weighted except no more than two shall be lake trout/mackinaw 8 fish dropper line that is at least three inches long. (n) *Walleye 6 fish • Big Spring Creek from Lamborn Diversion (approximately 500 (0) *Whitefish 10 fish yards below SR-30) and that area extending from its mouth into (p) White bass " No Limit the lake 2,000 feet, or as buoyed, CLOSED April 15 through 6 a.m. (q) Wiper (hybrid white bass x striped bass) 2 fish the second Saturday of July (July 14). (r) 'Yellow perch 20 fish • Big Spring Creek from Lamborn Diversion (approximately 500 *On some waters, specific bag or size restrictions apply. (See Section V. yards below SR-30) downstream to Bear Lake, CATCH AND PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC WATERS for variations.) RELEASE ONLY AND ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY W DRflUICIflMC EflR QDEPIEIP MfATERC (January 1 through April 14 and from 6 a.m. the second Saturday V. rnUViaillraO rUn arCUrib UVAICnd of July (July 14) through December 31). All fish caught must be R857-13-20 immediately released. (1) The provisions set forth in this section take precedence over general • Swan Creek and that area extending from its mouth into the lake provisions. Seasons, bag limits and other restrictions stated herein apply 2,000 feet, or as buoyed, CLOSED April 15 through 6 a.m. the only during the times and waters listed. second Saturday of July (July 14). (2) General provisions apply to all waters NOT listed in this section. • Swan Creek from Bear Lake to its headwaters spring CATCH AND (3) General Season Bag and Possession Limits, IV.C, apply to the catch RELEASE ONLY AND ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY and harvest of fish not identified in the specific exceptions for the following (January 1 through April 14 and from 6 a.m. the second Saturday waters. of July (July 14) through December 31). All fish caught must be THE FOLLOWING WATERS HAVE SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL immediately released. PROVISIONS: BEAVER DAM RESERVOIR (BENCH'S POND) TRIBUTARIES (Sanpete AMERICAN FORK CREEK (Utah County) (east from Utah Lake to 1-15) County) • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July ASHLEY CREEK (Uintah County) (July 14) (a) Steinaker (Thornburg) diversion to the water treatment plant near the • Trout limit 4, when open mouth of Ashley Gorge) • BEAVER RIVER (Beaver County)(from Minersville Reservoir upstream to • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY bridge at Greenville) • Trout limit 2 • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July (b) Central Canal/Kids Canal (July 14) © Trout limit 4 BEER CREEK (Utah County)(Benjamin Slough, east from Utah Lake to 1-15) 2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 11 • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1 • Closed to the possession of kokanee salmon with any red color BENCH'S POND TRIBUTARIES (Sanpete County) from August 15 through September 28 • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July CAUSEY RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Weber County) (July 14) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • Trout limit 4, when open (July 14). BICKMEL.L BOTTOMS (Fremont River) (Wayne County) • CLOSED August 15 through September 28. • OPEN to fishing, except when posted CLOSED CHICKEN CREEK Wasatch County (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) BIG SAND WASH RESERVOIR (Duchesne County) CHIPMAN CREEK Wasatch County (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) • January 1 through May 18, trout limit 4 CLYDE CREEK Wasatch County (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) • May 20 through December 31, trout limit 8 GO-OP CREEK Wasatch County (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) BIG SPRING CREEK (Rich County) COAL CANYON Wasatch County (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) (a) tributary to Bear Lake—from Lamborn Diversion, approximately 500 COLORADO RIVER yards below SR-30), and that area extending from its mouth in the • Channel catfish limit 24 lake 2,000 feet, or as buoyed). • Northern pike limit 12 • CLOSED April 15 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July (Species of threatened and endangered fish occur in the.Colorado. See (July 14) Section C. Prohibited Fish) (b) Big Spring Creek from Lamborn Diversion (approximately 500 yards COTTONWOOL) RESERVOIR (Uintah County) below SR-30) downstream to Bear Lake, • Bass limit 6, only 1 of which may be larger than 12 inches. • CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY AND ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES COW HOLLOW (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) ONLY (January 1 through April 14 and from 6 a.m. the second CRANDALL CREEK (Emery County) (from culvert at the end of Crandall Saturday of July (July 14) through December 31). All fish caught Canyon Road, at Genwall Mine, upstream to headwaters). must be immediately released. • CLOSED BIRCH CREEK (Deep Creek Mountains, Juab County) (Except that portion GROUSE RESERVOIR (Uintah County) on the Goshute Indian Reservation) • Trout limit 4 • Trout limit 4 CURRANT CREEK (Wasatch County)(from Water Hollow Creek upstream to BOULDER IVIOUNTAIN STREAMS AND LAKES headwaters, including all tributaries to Currant Creek Reservoir, but not the (a) Creel Limits: (Wayne and Garfield counties) (including the Dixie reservoir itself) National Forest; Teasdale and Escalante Ranger Districts: general loca­ • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY tions known as the North Boulder Slope, East Boulder Slope, South • Trout limit 2 Boulder Slope, Griffin Top, Boulder Top, Escalante Mountain; EXCEPT DEER CREEK RESERVOIR (Wasatch County) Pine Lake, Wide Hollow Reservoir and Lower Bowns Reservoir in • Trout limit 4 Garfield County where statewide rules apply, and EXCEPT Dougherty • Walleye limit 6, but only 1 (one) over 20 inches Basin in Garfield County, where separate specific rules apply). 9 Bass limit 6. All bass over 12 inches must be immediately • Trout limit 8 released. • Only 2 trout over 14 inches • Yellow perch limit 10. All yellow perch caught must be kept from (b) Seasonal Restrictions: All Boulder Mountain lakes, ponds and reser­ January 1 through April 30. voirs, EXCEPT Barker Reservoir, Garkane East Fork Impoundment, DEER VALLEY LAKES (Wasatch County) Garkane Main Impoundment, Lower Barker Reservoir, Lower Bowns • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. Reservoir, North Creek Reservoir, Pine Lake, Posey Lake, Oak Creek • January 1 through September 30, CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY. Reservoir and Wide Hollow Reservoir (all in Garfield County); and • October 1 through December 31, trout limit 2 under 16 inches. Blind Lake, Coleman Reservoir, Cook Lake, Donkey Reservoir, Miller DIAMOND FORK CREEK (INCLUDING ALL TRIBUTARIES) (Utah County) Lake and Pine Creek Reservoir (all in Wayne County), which are open (from Springville Crossing to the headwaters). year-round: • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY • CLOSED January 1 through April 22 and November 1 through • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat trout or trout with cut­ December 31 throat markings. All other trout species limit 8. BROAD HOLLOW (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) DOUGHERTY BASIN LAKE (Garfield County) (Boulder Mountain) (Lake and BROWN DUCK BASIN (Duchesne County) (Uinta Mountains—all streams in outflow from dam downstream 1/4 mile). the Brown Duck Basin and the outlet of Clemments Reservoir to its conflu­ o ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY ence with Lake Fork Creek) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. the second Saturday of July • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July (July 14) (July 14) • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat trout or trout with cut­ BRYANTS FORK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) throat markings BUTTERFLY LAKE (Duchesne County, along Mirror Lake Highway SR-150) • Brook trout limit 4 • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4 DRY CREEK (Utah County) (east from Utah Lake to 1-15) CAI..DER RESERVOIR (Uintah County) • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. • Trout limit 4 DUCK CREEK (Kane County) CAUSEY RESERVOIR (Weber County) • Trout limit 4 • January 1 through May 18, trout limit 4 • CLOSED January 1 through April 21.

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 12 DUCK FORK CREEK and OTHER TRIBUTARIES TO DUCK FORK RESERVOIR • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. the second Saturday of July (Sanpete County) (Ferron Creek drainage from Duck Fork Reservoir (July 14) upstream to its headwaters). FARMINGTQN CITY RESERVOIR (Davis County) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • Trout limit 4 (July 14) FERRON RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Sanpete County)(Ferron Creek • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY drainage above Ferron Reservoir) • Trout limit 2 • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July DUCK FORK RESERVOIR (Sanpete County) (July 14). • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY FISH LAKE (Sevier County) • Trout limit 2 • January 1 through May 18, trout limit 4, no more than 2 may be DUCK CREEK SPRINGS LAKE (Kane County) lake trout/mackinaw and only 1 may be a lake trout/mackinaw • Trout limit 4. larger than 20 inches. • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. April 21. • May 19 through December 31, trout limit 8, no more than 2 may • Fishing from a boat or a float tube is unlawful. be lake trout/mackinaw and only 1 may be a lake trout/mackinaw EAST CANYON CREEK (Morgan County) (from White's Crossing located larger than 20 inches. approximately 2 miles upstream from Porterville upstream to the East • Yellow perch limit 50. Canyon Reservoir Dam). • When ice fishing, the size of the hole may not exceed 18 inches. • CLOSED January 1 through March 30 and November 1 through • Possession of a gaff while fishing is unlawful. December 31. FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR (Daggett County) EAST CANYON RESERVOIR (Morgan County) See INTERSTATE WATERS for license and stamp requirements. • Trout limit 4 • Licensed anglers, limit 6 trout or kokanee salmon in the aggre­ EAST FORK LITTLE BEAR RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES (Cache County) gate, no more than 3 may be kokanee salmon and no more than 3 (upstream from Porcupine Reservoir) may be lake trout/mackinaw. Only 1 lake trout may exceed 28 • CLOSED August 15 through September 28. inches. EAST FORK LITTLE BEAR RIVER (Cache County) (Porcupine Dam down­ • Unlicensed anglers under 14 years of age, limit 3 trout or kokanee stream to the Avon-Paradise County Road, second stream crossing below salmon in the aggregate, and no more than 2 may be kokanee reservoir.) salmon and no more than 2 may be lake trout/mackinaw. Only one • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY lake trout may exceed 28 inches. • Trout and salmon limit 2 • Linwood Bay, west of a line from the eastern most point of the EAST FORK SEVIER RIVER (Piute and Garfield County) south shore of Linwood Bay (mouth of canyon) to eastern most (a) Feeder canal from diversion near Antimony to Otter Creek Reservoir: point of the north shore of Linwood Bay (Lucerne Point), CLOSED • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. the second Saturday of July between 6 p.m. and 7a.m., October 15 through December 15. (July 14) • Catfish limit 6 • Trout limit 6 • Smallmouth and largemouth bass in the aggregate, limit 10. (b) Kingston Canyon, including all portions of the river and spillway • No line may have more than 3 baited hooks or artificial flies in ponds between Otter Creek and Piute reservoirs: series or more than 3 lures. • Trout limit 6 • Possession of a gaff while fishing is unlawful. (c) from the BLM boundary (about 4 miles south of the town of « When ice fishing, the hole size may not exceed 18 inches. Antimony) upstream to the confluence of Deer Creek: GOOSEBERRY RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Sanpete County) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. e CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • Trout limit 2 (July 14). ECHO RESERVOIR (Summit County) • Trout limit 4, when open • Minimum bass size 12 inches; all bass less than 12 inches must 6RANDADDY LAKE TRIBUTARIES (Duchesne County) (Uinta Mountains) be immediately released. • All tributaries to Grandaddy Lake CLOSED January 1 through 6 ELECTRIC LAKE (Emery County) a.m. on the second Saturday of July (July 14). • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. GRANITE CREEK (Juab County) (Deep Creek Mountains) • Trout limit 2. • CLOSED TO FISHING. ELECTRIC LAKE TRIBUTARIES (Emery and Sanpete counties) (streams GRASSY TRAIL RESERVOIR (Carbon County) ONLY, this excludes Boulger Reservoir but includes those streams flowing • CLOSED TO FISHING. into Boulger Reservoir.) GREEN RIVER (Carbon, Daggett, Grand and Uintah counties) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. (a) From confluence with Colorado River upstream to Colorado state line • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July in,Dinosaur National Monument: (July 14) • Channel catfish limit 24 • Trout limit 2; when open • Northern pike limit 12 ENTERPRISE DITCH (Stoddard Slough) (Morgan County) (b) From Colorado state line in Brown's Park upstream to Flaming Gorge • Trout limit 4 Dam; including Gorge Creek, a tributary entering the Green River at ENTERPRISE RESERVOIRS TRIBUTARIES (Washington County)(tributaries Little Hole: to Upper and Lower Reservoirs) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY.

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 13 • CLOSED to fishing from a boat with a motor between the Utah- •- Largemouth bass limit 2; all bass over 12 inches must be Colorado state line and Flaming Gorge Dam immediately released • Licensed anglers, trout limit is 3 (2 under 13 inches and 1 over 20 HYRUM RESERVOIR (Cache County) inches) • Trout limit 4 • Unlicensed anglers under 14 years of age, trout limit is 2 (2 under • Bass limit 2 13 inches or 1 under 13 inches and 1 over 20 inches) INDIAN CREEK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) GREEN RIVER STATE PARK GOLF COURSE PONDS (Emery County) INDIAN FARMS CREEK (Juab County) (Deep Creek Mountains) • Bluegill limit 10 • Trout limit 4 • Bass limit 4, but only 1 bass larger than 15 inches INDIAN PEAKS POND (Beaver County) • Limits are the same for all licensed anglers and unlicensed anglers • Trout limit 4 under 14 years of age JOE'S VALLEY RESERVOIR (Emery County) GUNLOCK RESERVOIR (Washington County) • Trout limit 8 • Bass under 10 inches: limit 4 • No more than 2 trout may be splake; all splake 15 to 20 inches • Bass over 20 inches: limit 2 must be immediately released • All bass between 10 and 20 inches must be immediately released. JOHNSON RESERVOIR (Sevier County) HOBBLE CREEK (Utah County) (east from Utah Lake to 1-15) • Tiger muskie limit 1; all tiger muskies less than 40 inches must be • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. immediately released HGNEWILLE PONDS (Cold Springs Lakes) (Box Elder County) JONES HOLE CREEK (Uintah County) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. May 26. • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY • Trout limit 4 • Trout limit 2; no more than 1 may be a brown trout larger than 15 HORSE CREEK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) inches HUNTINGTQN CREEK (Emery County) JQRDANELLE RESERVOIR (Wasatch County) (a) Right Fork (from Flood and Engineers canyons upstream to Electric • Trout limit 4 Lake Dam): • Bass limit 6. All bass over 12 inches must be immediately • ARTIFICIAL FLIES ONLY released. • Trout limit 2 KAYSVILLE PONDS (Davis County) (b) Tributaries to Electric Lake (streams only, this excludes Boulger • Trout limit 4 Reservoir): KQLOB CREEK (Washington County) (Upstream from Kolob Reservoir) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July (July 14) (July 14) KQLQB RESERVOIR (WashingtonCounty) • Troutjimit 2; when open • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY (c) Left Fork (from top of USFS Campground, near confluence with Right • Only 2 trout over 18 inches Fork, to headwaters, including all tributaries: Scad Valley Creek, • All trout less than 18 inches must be immediately released Rolfson Creek, Lake Creek, Staker Creek, Millers Flat Creek and LAKE POWELL (Kane, Garfield and San Juan counties) See INTERSTATE Paradise Creek): WATERS FOR LICENSE AND STAMP REQUIREMENTS. • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY • Chumming with dead anchovies ONLY is allowed for taking striped • Trout limit 4 bass. • Anglers are encouraged to harvest brown trout • Crappie limit 20 HUNTINGTQN GAME FARM PONDS (Emery County) • Channel catfish limit 25 • Trout limit 4 • Striped bass no limit • Bluegill limit 10 • Walleye limit 10 • Bass limit 4, but only 1 bass larger than 15 inches • Unlicensed anglers 13 years of age or younger may take a full bag • Limits are the same for all licensed anglers and unlicensed anglers and possession limit under 14 years of age LILLY LAKE (Summit County, along Mirror Lake Highway SR-150) HUNTINGTQN RESERVOIR (Sanpete County) • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4 • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat trout and trout with cut­ LITTLE CO-OP CREEK (Wasatch County)(See Strawberry Reservoir throat markings. Tributaries) • Trout limit 4 LITTLE CREEK RESERVOIR (Rich County) HUNTINGTQN RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Sanpete County): • Trout limit 4 • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY LITTLE DELL RESERVOIR (Salt Lake County) « CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY (July 14) • CATCH & RELEASE ONLY • Trout limit 4 • Fishing from a boat with a motor is unlawful. • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat trout or trout with cut­ Note: Little Dell Reservoir is managed by the Salt Lake Public Utilities throat markings. Department. Access to Little Dell Reservoir is CLOSED November 1 • Anglers are encouraged to harvest tiger trout. through March 31. Access is open during daylight hours only from April HUNTINGTQN NORTH RESERVOIR (Emery County) 1 through October 31.

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 14 LOCOMOTIVE SPRINGS (Box Elder County) MEADOW CREEK (Grand County) (Book Cliffs Area) • Trout limit 4 • CLOSED TO FISHING LOGAN RIVER (Cache County) MILL MEADOW RESERVOIR (Sevier County) (a) From Card Canyon Bridge downstream to Cutler Marsh including all • Tiger muskie limit 8 (no size restrictions on tiger muskies on this ' three impoundments: water). • Trout limit 4 MINERSVILLE RESERVOIR (Beaver County) (b) From Card Canyon Bridge upstream to the highway bridge at Red • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. Banks Campground, including all tributary streams in between: • Trout limit 1 for all anglers, minimum size 20 inches. • Trout and whitefish (in aggregate) limit 2 • Cement outlet channel between dam and spillway pond, approxi­ • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY mately 55 feet long is CLOSED. (c) From the highway bridge at Red Banks Campground upstream to MIRROR LAKE (Duchesne County, along the Mirror Lake Highway SR-150) Idaho state line, including all tributaries: • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4. • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of MOON LAKE (Duchesne County) July (July 14) • Trout limit 8; but only 2 splake may be taken. • Trout and whitefish (in aggregate) limit 2 MOOSEHORN LAKE (Duchesne County, along the Mirror Lake Highway SR- LOST CREEK (Morgan County) (the entire drainage upstream, beginning at 150) the bridge (culvert) approximately if mile above Lost Creek Reservoir; • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4. EXCEPT Squaw Creek) MOUNTAIN DELL CREEK (Salt Lake County) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY (a) From Mountain Dell Reservoir water line upstream to Little Dell • CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY Reservoir LOST CREEK RESERVOIR (Morgan County) • CLOSED. • Trout limit 4 (b) From Little Dell Reservoir water line upstream to headwaters • CLOSED to fishing 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY • After April 30, 2001, Closed to fishing 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat trout and trout with cut­ LOST LAKE (Summit and Wasatch counties, along the Mirror Lake Highway throat markings. SR-150) MUD CREEK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4. NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR (Iron County) LOWER FISH CREEK (Carbon County) • Trout limit 4 (a) From Scofield Dam downstream to the railroad bridge (approxi­ NEWTON RESERVOIR (Cache County) mately one mile)) • Bass limit 6, but only one bass can be over 15 inches. • Trout limit 4. • Tiger muskie limit 1. All tiger muskies less than 40 inches must be (b) (Carbon and Utah counties) From the railroad bridge approximately immediately released. one mile below the Scofield Reservoir dam downstream to the OGDEN RIVER (Weber County) confluence with the White River) (a) from the first bridge on Canyon Road (SR39) (mouth of Ogden Canyon) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY downstream to confluence with Weber River. • Trout limit 4 • Trout limit 4 MAMMOTH CREEK (Garfield County) from the canal diversion (about 3 (b) from Pineview Dam downstream to the first bridge (approximately one- miles upstream from the Mammoth Creek Fish Hatchery) upstream 7.5 half mile). miles to the end of the Hatch Meadow and beginning of summer home • CLOSED sites: OTTER CREEK RESERVOIR (Piute County)(and spillway ponds immediately • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. downstream from dam) • Trout limit 2, between 10 and 15 inches. All trout less than 10 « Trout limit 6 inches and over 15 inches must be immediately released. OTTER CREEK STREAM (Piute County)(from Otter Creek Reservoir MANNING MEADOW RESERVOIR, SPILLWAY (Piute County) (cement struc­ upstream to the Angle Diversion) ture on top of the dam and extending to the downstream toe of the dam) • Trout limit 6 AND TRIBUTARIES • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY (July 14). ® CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July PANGUITCH CREEK (Garfield County) (July 14). » Trout limit 6 ® CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY. All trout caught must be immediately PANGUITCH LAKE (Garfield County) released. • Trout limit 6 MANTUA RESERVOIR (Box Elder County) PANGUITCH LAKE TRIBUTARIES (Garfield County)(excluding Blue Springs • CLOSED to the possession of bass. Creek upstream from Bunker Creek Road Bridge, bridge is approximately e Trout limit 2. one mile upstream from Panguitch Lake; and excluding Clear Creek • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY upstream from the Panguitch Lake North Shore Highway, located approxi­ MATT WARNER RESERVOIR (Uintah County) mately one-fourth mile upstream from Panguitch Lake). • Trout limit 4 • Trout limit 6

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 15 • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. (July 14). • Brown trout limit is 2 under 15 inches. - CLOSED to the posses­ PARAGONAH (RED CREEK) RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Iron County) sion of cutthroat and rainbow trout. All rainbow and cutthroat • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July trout and their hybrids must be immediately released. (July 14). (c) From Charleston Bridge just above Deer Creek Reservoir upstream to PARLEYS CREEK (Salt Lake County) the Jordanelle Dam (including the Valeo Diversion, the Wasatch • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY Diversion and streams that return flows from these diversions directly • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July to the Provo River) (Wasatch County): (July 14). • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat trout and trout with cut­ • Brown trout limit is 2 under 15 inches. throat markings. • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat and rainbow trout. All PASS LAKE (Duchesne County, along the Mirror Lake Highway SR-150) rainbow and cutthroat trout and their hybrids must be immediately o Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4. released. PELICAN LAKE (Uintah County) (d) From Jordanelle Reservoir upstream to the confluence of the South • Bluegill and green sunfish in the aggregate, limit 10. Fork Provo River (Wasatch County): o Bass limit 6; but only 1 bass larger than 15 inches. • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. PETE'S HOLE RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Sanpete County) • Brown trout limit is 2 under 15 inches. © CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat and rainbow trout and (July 14). their hybrids. All rainbow and cutthroat trout and their hybrids PINE GROVE POND (Beaver County) must be immediately released. • Trout limit 4 QUAIL CREEK RESERVOIR (Quail Lake) (Washington County) PINE LAKE INFLOW (Garfield County) • Trout limit 6 • Inflow including newly constructed spawning channel. • Bass under 10 inches: limit 4 • CLOSED • Bass over 20 inches: limit 2 PINE VALLEY RESERVOIR (Washington County) • All bass between 10 and 20 inches must be immediately released. • Trout limit 4 RAINBOW RESERVOIR (Tooele County, Deseret Chemical Depot): o Fishing from a boat or a float tube is unlawful. • OPEN to fishing May 1 through October 31 during daylight hours. PINEVIEW RESERVOIR (Weber County) (A gate will be closed and locked from dusk to dawn. Facility • Minimum bass size is 15 inches. CLOSED November 1 through December 31 and January 1 • Tiger muskie limit 1; all tiger muskies less than 40 inches must be through April 30. Shore fishing only.) immediately released. RED BUTTE CREEK and RED BUTTE RESERVOIR (Salt Lake County) • Black crappie limit 20. • CLOSED TO FISHING e CLOSED inside buoys by spillway near the dam. RED CEDAR CREEK (Juab County) (Deep Creek Mountains) PIUTE RESERVOIR (Piute County) • CLOSED • Trout limit 6 RED CREEK RESERVOIR AND TRIBUTARIES (Duchesne County) PORCUPINE RESERVOIR (Cache County) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. • CLOSED to the possession of kokanee salmon with any red color RED FLEET RESERVOIR (Uintah County) from August 15 through September 28. • Bass limit 6. Only one bass may be larger than 15 inches. o See EAST FORK LITTLE BEAR RIVER ROAD HOLLOW (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) POT CREEK (INCLUDING TRIBUTARIES) (Uintah County) ROCKPORT RESERVOIR (Wanship Reservoir) (Summit County) • Trout limit 4 • Minimum bass size 12 inches. PRICE RIVER (Lower Fish Creek) (Carbon County) ( • Trout limit 4. (a) From Scofield Dam downstream to the railroad bridge (approximately SAGE CREEK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) one mile)) SAN JUAN RIVER (San Juan County) • (a) Trout limit 4 • Channel catfish limit 24 (b) (Lower Fish Creek) (Carbon and Utah counties) (From the railroad SANTA CLARA RIVER (Washington County) (From Pine Valley Reservoir bridge approximately one mile below the Scofield Reservoir dam down­ downstream to the confluence of the Virgin River) stream to the confluence with the White River). • Trout limit 4 a ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY SCOFIELD RESERVOIR (Carbon and Utah counties) o Trout limit 4 • Trout limit 4 PROVO RIVER SCOFIELD RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Carbon, Sanpete and Utah counties) (a) East from Center Street Bridge (entrance to Utah Lake State Park) to ® Trout limit 4, when open. 1-15 (Utah County): • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July © CLOSED to taking of nongame fish by methods other than (July 14). angling. SEVIER RIVER (Piute County) (downstream from Piute Reservoir for 5 o CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. miles to the Dry Creek Road Bridge) (b) Upstream from Olmstead Diversion Dam to Deer Creek Reservoir • Trout limit 6 (Utah and Wasatch counties):

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 16 SHEEP CREEK (Daggett County)(from Flaming Gorge Reservoir upstream to Creek, Clyde Creek, Mud Creek, Bryants Fork, Horse Creek, Chipman Ashley National Forest boundary) Creek, Trail Hollow, Broad Hollow, Badger Hollow and Road Hollow. • CLOSED August 15 through October 30. • CLOSED May 15 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July ( SHEEP CREEK LAKE (Daggett County) July 14) and September 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July of October (October 13). (July 14). • CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY (all fish must be immediately • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. released, fishing with fish in possession is illegal) • Trout limit, 1 fish over 24 inches, all other fish must be immedi­ • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY (Use or possession of bait ately released. while fishing is illegal). SIXTH WATER CREEK (Utah County) STRAWBERRY RIVER (Duchesne and Wasatch counties) • Trout limit 4 (a) (from confluence with Red Creek, near Pinnacles, upstream to Soldier SOLDIER CREEK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) Creek Dam) SOUTH FORK OGDEN RIVER (Weber County)(Downstream from Causey • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY Dam to Pineview Reservoir) • No overnight camping on Division land. • Trout limit 8 SWAN CREEK (Rich County) • ONLY 2 brown trout (a) tributary to Bear Lake, from the headwater spring downstream to the SOUTH MESA LAKE (Grand County) mouth into Bear Lake and that area extending from its mouth into • CLOSED Bear Lake 2,000 feet, or as buoyed): SPANISH FORK RIVER (Utah County) (east from Utah Lake to 1-15) • CLOSED April 15 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. (July 14). SPRING CREEK (Utah County) (b) From the mouth into Bear Lake upstream to the headwater spring: (a) East from Utah Lake to 1-15:. • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. • CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY (b) Springville State Fish Hatchery and Central Region office grounds: • CLOSED April 15 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July • CLOSED from the Mill Pond downstream to SR-75. (July 14). SPRING RUN CREEK (Utah County) (East from Utah Lake to 1-15) TEAPOT LAKE (Summit County, along the Mirror Lake Highway SR-150) • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. May 1. • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4. SQUAW CREEK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) TOMS CREEK (Deep Creek Mountains) (Juab County) ST. GEORGE AREA URBAN FISHING PONDS (Washington County) (Mathis • Trout limit 4 Pond, Sandberg Pond, Shadow Mountain Park Pond, Skyline Road Pond TONY GROVE RESERVOIR (Cache County) and Tawa Pond) • Trout limit 4 • Licensed anglers: trout limit 2. TRAIL HOLLOW (Wasatch County) (see Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) • Unlicensed anglers under 14 years of age: trout limit 2. TRIAL LAKE (Summit County, along the Mirror Lake Highway SR-150) • Largemouth bass: CATCH & RELEASE ONLY (all bass must be • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4. immediately released). TROUT CREEK (Deep Creek Mountains, Juab County) (Except that portion STARVATION RESERVOIR (Duchesne County) on the Goshute Indian Reservation) • Walleye limit 10; but only 1 over 20 inches • Trout limit 4 STEINAKER RESERVOIR (Uintah County) TROUT CREEK (Wasatch County) (See Strawberry Reservoir Tributaries) • Bass limit 6; only 1 may be larger than 15 inches. TWENTY-FIRST STREET POND (Weber County) STODDARD SLOUGH (Enterprise Ditch) (Morgan County) • Closed until further notice—by Wildlife Board in summer of 2000. • Trout limit 4 TWIN CREEK (tributary to Fish Lake, Sevier County) STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR (Wasatch County) • CLOSED • Trout and kokanee salmon in any combination, limit 4 ONLY 1 IIM CREEK (upstream from Forsyth Reservoirs) (Sevier and Wayne rainbow or cutthroat trout or rainbow-cutthroat hybrid over 18 counties) inches. Anglers are encouraged to voluntarily release cutthroat • CLOSED to the possession of cutthroat trout or trout with cutthroat and rainbow trout. markings. STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Wasatch County) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. (a) Indian Creek and all tributaries to Indian Creek, Squaw Creek, • Trout limit 4 Strawberry River from Strawberry Reservoir upstream to USFS Road UPPER KENT'S LAKE INFLOW (Beaver County) (inflow, approximately 900 124 (Bull Springs Road), Co-op Creek from confluence with feet, from the mouth up to the waterfall) Strawberry River upstream to US-40, and the Central Utah Project • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July Canal (commonly known as the "steps" or "ladders") from US-40 to (July 14). Strawberry Reservoir as posted. UTAH LAKE (Utah County) • CLOSED • Geneva Bubble-up. Closed to fishing between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. (b) Strawberry River and its tributaries upstream from USFS Road 124 January 1 through 7 a.m. the last Saturday of April (April 29) in the (Bull Springs Road) to its headwaters, Co-op Creek and its tributaries area starting from the southwest corner of the Lindon Marina Dike, upstream from US-40 to its headwaters, Soldier Creek, Coal Canyon, south to an intersection with a line running west from the south Cow Hollow, Trout Creek, Sage Creek, Chicken Creek, Little Co-op dike of the Geneva Pond Dike, as posted. (Continues on Page 18) 2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 17 ntroducinci the World

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Holmes Creek Reservoir WASHINGTON LAKE (Summit County, along the Mirror Lake Highway SR- 4. Pine Valley Reservoir (Washington County) 150) 5. Settlement Canyon Reservoir (Tooele County) • Trout and grayling (in aggregate) limit 4. Fishing from a boat with a motor of any kind is PROHIBITED on the WEBER RIVER (Summit County) (From the first I-80 bridge above Echo following waters: Reservoir upstream to Rockport (Wanship) Dam) 1. Anderson Meadow Reservoir (Beaver County) • Trout limit 4 2. Barney Lake (Monroe Mountain, Sevier County) WELLSVILLE RESERVOIR (Cache County) 3. Bonnie Lake (Duchesne River drainage) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. May 26. 4. Boulder Mountain Lakes (Wayne and Garfield counties) (North • Trout limit 4 Boulder Slope, East Boulder Slope, South Boulder Top, Griffin Top, WEST FORK OUCHESNE RIVER (from confluence with North Fork to head­ and Escalante Mountain; EXCEPT Pine Lake, Wide Hollow Reservoir waters including Wolf Creek) (Duchesne and Wasatch counties) and Lower Bowns Reservoir in Garfield County) • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. 5. Bud Lake (Duchesne County, Duchesne River drainage) • Only 2 trout may be cutthroat trout or trout with cutthroat 6. Burraston Ponds (Juab County) markings. 7. Butterfly Lake (Duchesne County, Duchesne River drainage) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July 8. Duck Creek (July 14). 9. Fairview Lakes (Sanpete County) WHEELER CREEK (Weber County) 10. Foy Lake (San Juan County) • CLOSED for approximately 1/4 mile from SR-39 to confluence with 11. Green River (Flaming Gorge Dam downstream to Utah-Colorado state Ogden River. line) WHITE RIVER (Uintah County) 12. Labaron Reservoir (Beaver County) • Channel catfish limit 24 13. Lilly Lake (Summit County, Provo River drainage) WHITNEY RESERVOIR TRIBUTARIES (Summit County) 14. Little Dell Reservoir (Salt Lake County) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July 15. Little Reservoir (Beaver County) ' (July 14). 16. Lost Lake (Wasatch/Summit counties, Provo River drainage) WILLARD BAY RESERVOIR (Box Elder County) 17. Maple Lake (Utah County) • Possession of gizzard shad, dead or alive, is unlawful. 18. McClellan Reservoir (Utah County) • Wiper (hybrid white bass x striped bass) limit 2 19. Mirror Lake (Duchesne County, Duchesne River drainage) • Crappie limit 10 20. Monticello Lake (San Juan County) • Walleye limit 6; but only 1 over 20 inches 21. Moosehorn Lake (Duchesne County, Duchesne River drainage) WILLARD BAY RESERVOIR INLET CHANNEL (Box Elder County) (From the 22. Palisade Lake (Sanpete County) buoyed start of the channel near the South Marina boat ramp up the chan­ 23. Pass Lake (Duchesne County, Duchesne River drainage) nel to the second set of baffles. This does not include the South Marina 24. Payson Reservoir (Utah County) proper or the normal boating channel out of the South Marina into the 25. Red Creek Reservoir (Utah County, near Payson) reservoir.) 26. Silver Lake Flat Reservoir (Utah County) • CLOSED March 1 through 6 a.m. on the last Saturday of April 27. Teapot Lake (Summit County, Provo River drainage) (April 28). 28. Tibbie Fork Reservoir (Utah County) • Possession of gizzard shad, dead or alive, is unlawful. 29. Trial Lake (Summit County, Provo River drainage) • Crappie limit 10 30. Washington Lake (Summit County, Provo River drainage) • Walleye limit 6; but only 1 over 20 inches Fishing from a boat with a gas engine is PROHIBITED (an electric motor WOLF CREEK (Duchesne and Wasatch counties) may be used) on the following waters: • ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND LURES ONLY. 1. Grantsville Reservoir • Only 2 trout may be cutthroat trout or trout with cutthroat 2. Loyds Lake (South Creek Reservoir, San Juan County) markings. 3. Vernon Reservoir (Tooele County) • CLOSED January 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July 4. Ken's Lake (San Juan County) (July 14). Fishing from boats is prohibited but fishing from float tubes is allowed on YUBA RESERVOIR (SEVIER BRIDGE RESERVOIR) (Juab and Sanpete coun­ the following waters: ties) 1. Blanding Reservoirs #3 and #4 (San Juan County) m Yellow perch limit 10. All yellow perch caught must be kept from January 1 through April 30. • Walleye limit 6; but only 1 over 20 inches.

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 18 Highlights of Utah Boating Laws • From 100 yards below Taylor Flats Bridge to the Utah/Colorado state line in Browns Park; • Within Dinosaur National Monument, from the mouth of Whirlpool WHAT IS GONSIDERER I MAT? Canyon to the head of Split Mountain Gorge; 73-18-2(141 • From the mouth of Split Mountain to Jack Creek in Desolation Canyon; and, According to the Utah Boating Act, a boat is defined as every type of • From the Green River Diversion Dam below Gray Canyon to the watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being confluence with the Colorado River. used as a means of transportation on water. Float tubes, "kick" boats and inflatable rafts are considered boats. On the Colorado River: • From the Utah/Colorado state line to the Westwater Ranger Station; WHICH VESSELS ARE REQUIRED TO RE RERISTERED AND NUMBERED? • From Big Hole Canyon in Westwater Canyon to Onion Creek; 73-18-Gm & 73-18-7111 • From Drinks Canyon, mile 70, to the confluence with the Green River; and, Any boat equipped with a motor, whether gas or battery powered, is e After the last active rapid in Cataract Canyon. required to be numbered and registered. The assigned bow number must be painted or permanently attached to each side of the forward half of the On the San Juan River: vessel, be vertical block characters at least three inches in height reading • After the last active rapid, prior to Lake Powell. from left to right, and must contrast with the background color of the hull and be distinctly visible and legible from a distance. On inflatable vessels, Fire Extinguishers: the bow numbers may be mounted on a backing plate which is attached Ml-217 and displayed as described above. Properly registered boats owned by residents of another state may be All motorboats, unless exempt, must carry a U.S. Coast Guard approved used in Utah for 14 calendar days without being registered in Utah. Boats Fire extinguisher. Outboard motorboats, of open-construction, less than 26 owned by Utah residents, but registered out-of-state must also be regis­ feet in length, without permanently installed fuel tanks or enclosed compart­ tered in Utah if they are used on Utah waters. The registration card must be ments are not required to carry fire extinguishers, however, it is recom­ on board the boat and available for inspection whenever the boat is in oper­ mended to carry one on board. ation. Navigation Lights: WHAT IS THE MINIMUM ARE FOR it MOTURRUAT OPERATOR? 73-1B-8C23 & R651-218 73-18-15.2 All motorboats must use navigation lights while on Utah waters between A person must be at least 16 years of age to operate a boat equipped sunset and sunrise. Manually propelled boats may use a white light which with a motor (except for Personal Watercraft). A person under age 16 may can be displayed to prevent a collision with another boat. operate a motorboat if a person 18 years of age or older is on board the- boat. Whistle or horn: R651-219-1 WHAT SAFETY EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRER TO H ON mm A MAT! All boats 16 feet or longer in length must have a horn or whistle capable Personal Flotation Devices tPFDs or more commonly known as life Jackets]: of producing a four to six second blast of sound. It is recommended that 73-18-8Il]ta], R651-215-11, R651-215-12 & 7MR-R(11(a) boats under 16 feet in length also carry a horn or whistle.

You must carry at least one properly fitted U.S. Coast Guard approved Bailing Device: type I, II, III or V (if approved on the label for the specific activity) PFD for 3651-219-2 each person on board the boat. Every person 12 years of age or younger must wear a U.S. Coast Guard All boats not of a self-bailing design must have a bail bucket or mechan­ approved PFD whenever they are on a boat, except when they are inside the ical means for pumping the bilge. cabin area of a boat 19 feet or more in length. U.S. Coast Guard approved inflatable PFDs may not be used on rivers or Paddles: by persons 12 years of age or younger. Boats 16 feet and longer must also R651-219-3 carry at least one U.S. Coast Guard approved type IV (throwable) PFD. When on any river in Utah, each person on board a boat must wear a Boats less than 26 feet in length must have at least one paddle or oar on U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD. PFDs may be loosened or removed by board. persons 13 years of age or older when they are on designated flat water river sections. River sections currently designated as flat water include: Ither Equipment Recommended to he on hoard:

On the Green River: Flashlight, first aid kit, compass, boarding ladder, tool kit, extra line, • From Red Creek Camp below Red Creek Rapids to the Indian spare spark plugs, spare bilge plug, extra propeller, anchor, U.S. Coast Crossing Boat Ramp; Guard approved visual distress signal, etc. 2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation— t9 25? NwiunoN BULK: R651-225-1 Help stop illegal

Manually powered vessels usually have the right of way over motor- boats. Motorboats should stay clear of manually powered vessels and should not create a wake that may cause them trouble. Manually powered • Illegal fish stocking is costly to both you vessels must yield right of way when overtaking motorboats and when a and the fisheries resources in Utah. motorboat is at anchor. • Illegal fish stocking can upset the bal­ In overtaking and passing situations, the boat being passed has the right of way, and the passing boat is required to stay clear. When two boats are ance in fisheries, increase competition crossing paths, the boat on the left must slow down and allow the boat on between species, reduce growth and the right to cross. When meeting another boat head-on, stay to the right. In reduce survival of desirable fish. narrow channels, boats underway must stay right of the middle of the channel. On rivers, boats traveling downstream have the right of way. • Illegal stocking can mean the loss, maybe permanently, of valuable fisheries. SPEED AND PROXIMITY: R6S1-225-2 • Illegal stocking can introduce disease, like Whirling Disease, that can perma­ A wakeless speed is required within 150 feet of another vessel, a person nently affect fisheries. in or floating on the water, a water skier (except one you are towing), a shore fisherman, a launching ramp, a dock, or a designated swimming area. • Illegal stocking has cost the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and you, WAKELESS SPEED: the license buyer, millions of dollars in 73-18-2(15] rotenone treatments to remove illegally

An operating speed at which the vessel does not create or make a wake stocked fish that were unwanted and or white water trailing the vessel. This speed is not to exceed 5 mph. detrimental to an existing fishery.

• Moving any live fish or stocking them lEEB MORE BOATINB SJIF1TY INFORMATION? into the wild is illegal! Contact the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation's Boating Program for a complete copy of the boating laws and rules, additional boating safety Report violations to: information, a free home study course or other boating safety classes at: 1 -800-662-DEER (3337) Utah Division of Parks and Recreation 1594 West North Temple, Suite 116 P.O. Box 146001 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-6001 801-538-7220 801-538-7458 (TTY) www.nr.state.ut.us/parks/boating What You Can Do to Reduce the Spread of Whirling Disease Thoroughly clean mud from alt of your equipment (e.g. waders, boots, boat, boat trailer, anchors, etc.) before you go to another water to fish. This applies to moving above barriers and dams on the same water as well as going between drainages. Do not clean fish from one stream reach or lake in another body of water or different area of the stream. Whirling disease spores from infected fish could be released into new areas this way. Adult fish that were infected with whirling disease after they had reached 5 to 6 inches may not show any head or body deformities indicating they are infected with whirling disease. If you clean your fish in the field, do it where you catch the fish. (Remember you have to leave enough skin or the head for species identification, and if you are in or going to an area with length limits, make sure you leave the head and tail on so offi­ cers can determine that the fish was legal.) Don't transport live fish; it is illegal. Live fish should never be moved from one water to another. Nor should they be moved upstream in the same drainage. A disease may be confined to the lower reach of a stream below a diversion or dam. By putting fish above the obstruction, you could move the disease into a new area. If you observe fish stocking in public waters from a truck that is not marked as a Division of Wildlife Resources vehicle.contact your local conser- | vation officer directly or call the poaching hotline at 1-800-662-3337 as soon as possible. If you observe several fish with possible whirling disease symp­ toms (e.g. deformed head or spine, black tail or swimming in a whirling manner) call a Division of Wildlife Resources office.

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 20 ■ AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECI What are Aquatic Nuisance Species? that are more edible to the small game fishes that rely They are plants and animals that have become established heavily on them for food. This new arrival is very prolif­ in our natural waters that adversely affect the recreational, ic and could change the food cycles in the reservoir domestic or commercial values of the water. dramatically—possibly to the detriment of the sport Some species are especially tenacious and aggressive fisheries there. organisms that totally displace native organisms in an Zebra Mussel: A miniature clam with stripes that has ecosystem. They also are especially hardy and often easily been introduced into the Great Lakes from Europe. It transferred from one body of water to another on boat does not currently occur trailers, muddy boots, vehicles and bait buckets. I in Utah but is slowly moving West. The pri­ mary mode of movement is on boat hulls and in Utah already has several detrimental species that need to their bilges and motor be contained and there are many potential invaders in cooling systems. other parts of the country that are of major concern: Eurasian Watermiifoil: This plant has been found in Fish Lake and Otter Creek Reservoir. It grows in dense mats which interfere with boating and fishing activities Clean your boat and trailer of all plant fragments when r _- and causes an imbal- leaving a body of water. I ance in resident fish o Drain your bilges and live wells before leaving a water. ; populations by harbor­ C) Wash your boat with hot (120 degree F) water after ing prey fish. It can boating on known zebra mussel infested waters. regenerate from plant Never dump aquaria or water from other areas into a fragments that are natural lake or stream. transferred to new Never release fish or other aquatic organisms into waters on boat trailers lakes or streams. Even if devoid of recognizable life and in the live wells or forms, there may be other undetectable microscopic bilges of boats. organisms. Purple Loosestrife: This marshland plant with its colorful Never clean fish and dump the refuse into waters from purple flowers develops into dense stands which dis­ which they did not originate. places other marsh plants that are important to sus­ taining a diverse marsh ecosystem. It is already widely distributed in Utah and further spread is a serious ;?S«i«'« threat to our marshlands. Spiny Water Flea: A small nearly microscopic crustacean from Australia. It was recently found in Willard Bay. Biologists fear that it will displace native zooplankton

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■ Responsible anglers ' program has a seminar enjoy their time on m designed to train adult vol­ :■ the water, and their EB pggjH unteers in sportfish and strong sense of f aquatic resource educa­ appreciation for this lj *Q| tion. ; resource is evident in '■'■'■'■'^■'T;?BB w "l The DWR's new Urban their interactions Fishing Program will with it. Sal if expand opportunities for The Urban Fishing p Utah residents to interact Program is aimed at both seasoned anglers and newcomers with wildlife close to to the sport. Fishers who would like to learn more about home. The program will places to go around the Wasatch Front can obtain a mSma increase the quantity and brochure that highlights currently productive urban fisheries. quality of urban fisheries, This document contains information about fishes and while providing aquatic angling near major community centers in Utah, along with resource education and information on licenses and equipment. The brochure is angling instruction. available at regional DWR offices. If you'd like to know more about the Urban Fishing The DWR also has an educational component in place for Program, or donate your time as an Urban Fishing Leader, urban children who have never fished before or haven't been please call (801) 538-4774.

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Lakes of the High Uintas The Uinta Mountains of Northeastern Utah are the highest mountain range in Utah and are the only major range in the I contiguous U.S. that lie in a east/west direction. Four of Utah's major river drainages originate in the snow-capped peaks of YEIOTSTONE, LAKE FORK the High Uintas. & SWIFT CREEK Of the 1,036 lakes surveyed, only 427 are currently being stocked with fish. About 150 lakes have sufficient natural repro­ duction so as to not require stocking, but, 460 lakes are fishless. Only the descriptions of the lakes which support fish are included in these booklets. 5-M X 8-Vi inches. 14-48 pgs. Q Ashley Creek Drainage (1988), 14 pgs. $1.00 □ Bear River and Blacks Fork Drainage (1985), 33 pgs. $1.00 □ Dry Gulch, Uinta Drainages (1997), 26 pgs. $2.00 □ Duchesne River Drainage (1996), 16 pgs. $2.00 □ Provo and Weber River Drainages (1999), 48 pgs $2.00 □ Rock Creek Drainage (1997), 26 pgs. $2.00 J Sheep Creek, Carter Creek and Burnt Fork Drainages (1996). 20 pgs. $2.00 □ Smiths Fork, Henrys Fork, and Beaver Creek Drainages (1986), 42 pgs. $1.00 Q Whiterocks River drainage (1987), 28 pgs. $1.00 3 Yellowstone, Lake Fork and Swift Creek Drainages (1996), $2.00

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Dutthroat Trout: fins Three sub-species evolved from the only trout native to and silvery to white on the isslBS NJ& ''-:;, Utah. Cutthroats are best distinguished by their crimson belly and sides. Snout and x-" iSP * ■ ■.■• «■ ■ slash along the lower jaw. They lack the iridescent pink . •■■ /■■;... .;.,-...... - -»« Mountain whitefish stripe of the rainbow trout. lower jaw are short and blunt, The Bonneville Cutthroat trout inhabited the Bonneville with a flap on each nostril. Basin and has sparsely scattered, very distinctly round Angling record: spots over 1997, Wt.-4lb.-12oz; L-21-^4 in. G-14 in; Roy L Montoya, Deer Creek Reservoir. Catch-and-Release record: 11/28/97; 23 in; Justin C. Bond; Provo River. Bonneville whitefish and Bear lake whitefish: These two fish are indistinguishable below 10 inches in length. The Bonneville whitefish have gray-blue spots along their sides. These the upper body. white- They are clothed in subdued colors of silver-gray to char­ ;,:■:::-■ fish :>:.,. coal upper body with subtle hues of pink on flanks during are spawning. They, particularly the Bear Lake strain, often lack elongate, relatively s the bright crimson jaw slash that, at times, may be yellow. cylindrical fish. They are sil- < The Colorado River cutthroat trout evolved in the very-white along their sides Bonneville whitefish Colorado/Green River drainages and is noted for its brilliant grading into a charcoal gray to coloration. The males, in spawning condition, have bright t black on their backs. crimson stripes along the sides They have dtf and the stomach. Spotting is jmfijj* small usually delicate concentrat­ mouths that ed make them difficult to W '■■■>:- #trouts. Caudal fin is square Rainbow or lightly forked. Angling record: spawners are darker and have more intense colors than lake 1971; Wt.-7lb-8oz; Milton Taft; Boulder Mountain. residents or nonspawners. Lake residents tend to be silvery. Catch-and-Release record: A mature rainbow is dark green to bluish on the back with 12/06/97; L-23 in; Travis L. Clark; Boulder Mountain. silvery sides. The reddish horizontal band typifies the species. The belly may be white to silvery. Irregular black Arctic grayling: spots are usually present on the head, back and sides. Silvery to light purple colors Rainbow trout are heavily stocked in almost every coldwater on the sides and bluish- drainage in Utah. white on the -;##llSsi Angling record: belly are the jp 1979; Wt.-261b-2oz; Del Canty; Flaming Gorge Reservoir. distinctive col- '*"8? Catch-and-Release record: ors of grayling. They ** 11/11/99; 27 in; Matt Hanousek; Strawberry Reservoir. are relatively slender and y* are most easily distinguished by i Lake Trout: their long, high, brilliantly colored, bright purple, sail-like I This species of char has a background color of gray-brown, dorsal fin. [ overlaid with light spots that vary in intensity with age and Angling record: environment. The background 1998; Wt.-1lb-12oz; L-17-K in; G-B-% in; Terry J. Fieldsted; | color covers the back, sides, Jfi Big Dog Lake—South Slope Uintas. and fins and serves to Catch-and-Release record: highlight 07/17/99; 19 in; Russell Lee, Jr.; Uinta Mountains. I the Kokanee Salmon: Kokanee are bright silvery fish with no definitive spotting pattern. Kokanee have a dark blue back with silvery sides. ghtergray ^f laketrout As the spawning season approaches, pots. Lake trout in large lakes kokanee turn from silver to orange ^™S are sometimes so silvery that the spots are difficult to see. to deep red and the | Spotting is usually more intense on small fish. The caudal is male develops a ! deeply forked. The mouth is large and terminal with strong characteristic hook- | teeth on both jaws. They are present in Fish Lake, Bear jaw common to the Pacific Lake, and Flaming Gorge Reservoir. salmon. A deeply forked tail also distin- Kokanee salmon [Angling record: guishes them from rainbow, cutthroat 1988; Wt.-51Ib-8oz; L-45-% in; G-31-% in; Curt Bilbey; and brown trout. They are Naming Gorge Reservoir. present in Flaming j Catch-and-Release record: 07/09/98; 46-14 in; Ray Gorge, Porcupine % Johnson; Flaming Gorge. and Strawberry reser­ voirs. Brook Trout: Angling record: Exhibiting a wide range of colors, brook trout (another char) 1995; Wt.-6lbs; L-25 in; G-16 Kokanee salmon CsPaw may be olive to blue-gray on the back to white on the belly. in; Todd Chikaraishi; Strawberry Reservoir. Red spots, usually with bluish halos around them, are pres- Catch-and-Release record: I ent on the sides. Characteristic light wavy marks on the 05/30/97; 23-% in; Lisa Johnson; Flaming Gorge. ■ Brown Trout: Striped Bass: I It is a very hardy trout that competes well with other fishes Coloration is bluish-black to dark grey, or olive-green I and endures marginal water qualities better than most above, the sides are silvery, the belly white. Striped bass || trouts. It generally has have seven to nine unbroken stripes along each side. The H golden brown hues body is somewhat stream­ [yellow lined. Mouth is oblique and the lower 'Lgi jaw longer than the $ upper. The dorsal fins are Brown trout clearly separated. The 1 under parts. The males during caudal is forked. Striped bass; I spawning are often brilliantly splashed with crimson spots Angling record: I circled with blue halos. Its upper body is usually profusely 1991; Wt.-48ib-11oz; L-45 in; G-31-14 in; Travis T. Jensen; I dappled with large, irregular, dark-chocolate spots. It is Lake Powell. I quite carnivorous and sports a stronger, sharper set of teeth Catch-and-Release record: I than most trouts. Brown trout often grow to considerable 5/11/00; 32-^ in; Marty Peterson; Lake Powell. I size. Angling record: White Bass: 1977; Wt.-33lb-10oz; L-40 in; G-25 in; Robert Bringhurst; Coloration on the back is grey or /*€;?. Flaming Gorge Reservoir. charcoal, green, with silvery ^0$ Catch-and-Release record: sides and white belly. '.'/■"*' 1 11/27/99; 24- /i in; Jason P. Richards; Green River. They have five to seven longitudinal stripes on each side. The body is deeper 3% Fiilt and less streamlined than the Walleye: striper. They are common in Utah White bass ■ Prominent "canine" teeth distinguish this big perch from its Lake, where they dominate all other fishes. ■ smaller cousin, the yellow perch. Color is brassy olive buff, Angling record: sometimes shading to yellowish 1970; Wt.-4lb-1oz; John R. Welcker; Utah Lake sides and white beneath. Catch-and-Release record: 03/02/97; 13-14 in; Ray Johnson; Utah Lake

Smallmouth Bass: The snout is long and bluntly pointed, the lower jaw slightly longer than the upper jaw. Smallmouth bass vary in color I Large, with habitat, but are normally dark olive to brown on the I dark blotch at rear back—with the sides lighter and yellowish and the belly yel­ I base of the first Walleye lowish. There are 8, I dorsal fin and the ■ lower lobe of tail is white-tipped. The tail is moderately I forked. I Angling record: 11991; Wt.-15lb-9oz; L-31 -% in; 20-% in; Jeffery Tanner; Provo River. to ''"«'™r- ---m?:..yy J Catch-and-Release record: 15 (aver- *t^ 107/29/00; 30-14 in; Jerry A. Schlief; Starvation Reservoir. age 9) dark ver Smallmouth bass tical bars on the ^%^ Yellow perdh: sides which distinguishes them from the largemouth bass. Yellow perch are yellowish with dark vertical bars. The cau­ Anterior dorsal fin has 10 spines, and is strongly joined to dal fin is forked, and the dorsal fin is divided. the soft dorsal. The anal fin has three spines. Angling record: JOtd Angling record: 1984; Wt.-2lb.-11oz; L-15-!/8 in; i Ray Johnson; Yuba Reservoir^ 1996; Wt.-7lb-6oz; L-22 in; G-16-14 in; Alan lorg; Midview i Catch-and-Release Reservoir (Lake Borham). ecord: Catch-and-Release record: 103/04/00; L-15-!4 in; Brad Cutler; f| 09/09/00; 19-14 in; John Tomich; Jordanelle Reservoir. Yuba Reservoir. Yellow perch

2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation — 26 .■■.■:■.:....■.■■.'.■■' I Largemouth Bass: Black Crappie: Head is large and long. Mouth is large and terminal with The black crappie has two closely-joined dorsal fins. Black upper jaw reaching , , t crappie are silver-olive with numerous black or green past the center of splotches on the sides. Vertical bars, prominent in the | the eye in young, are absent in adults. Sides are light, iridescent green adults. to silvery. Belly is silvery to white. Pelvic fins are opaque with some black on the tips of the membranes, and pectoral fins are dusky and transpar­ Largemouth bass ent. It is fairly abundant in **'""'.#*£._ The upper parts of the body and head Utah lowland warm waters from % are greenish with a silvery or brassy Cache Valley to Lake Powell. Black crappie luster. The belly is white to yellow. There is an irregular dark Angling record: stripe along the sides. Eyes are brown. 1993;Wt.-3ib-2oz; L-17-!4 in; G-14 in; Mike Flickinger; Angling record; Quail Creek Reservoir. 1974; Wt.-10lb-2oz; L-24-J4 in; G-20 in; Sam Lamanna; Catch and Release record: Lake Powell. 05/03/00; 14-% in; Jon R. Nelson; Lake Powell. Catch-and-Release record: 03/29/98; 27 in; Dennis Miller; Quail Lake. Green Sunfish: Green sunfish are brassy-green or blue-green on the back, Bullhead: sometimes with metallic-green flecks and dusky bars on the , , , Adults are blackish, dark olive, or j£ r z sides. The flap over the gills jgfM^K^lggLt. dark brown on the is a dark color. This fish back. Belly is will strike at worms, greenish-white or . bait or smaller artifi­ bright yellow. They |j cial lures. are common in ' \ Angling record: many warm waters of Bullhead 1996; Wt.-15pz; L-9-% in; G-9 ¥- m v in; Eddie Goitia; Lake Powell. ; Utah, and abundant in Utah Lake. Green sunfish Angling record: Catch-and-Release record: 1999; Wt.-3lb-4oz; L-16 in; G-13 in; Jack Gilgen; Cutler 05/29/00; 10-!4 in; Jack Vincent; Pelican Lake. Reservoir. Catch-and-Release record: Bluegill: 06/15/97; 13-!4 in; Shawn Clement; Kaysville Ponds. Bluegill are shorter, deep-bodied fish, whose name comes from the dark flap over the gills. The body is olive-green Channel Catfish: with vertical bars, and some blue < // f/. Distinguished from other catfishes by their long anal fin and and orange may be present. deeply forked tall. The ^ Bluegills can be caught byj using worms or insects body is pale bluish- Jj Channel catfish on a small hook, and ,,* olive above and will also take your ^sy ; small jig or fly. '^j Angling record: 1 Bluegill 1993; Wt.-2lb-7oz; L-11- /2 in; G-14-% in; Jack Rask; Mantua Reservoir. Catch-and-Release record: bluish-white below. They usu-" 01/30/00; U-% in; Lance Egan; Pelican Lake. ally have spots but lose them when older. Both dorsal and pectoral fins have strong, sharp spines. The mouth is short, wide and horizontal with chin and snout barbels. Hybrid Game FIsto Angling record: Wiper: 3 1978; Wt.-32lb-8oz; L-39- /4 in; G-22 in; LeRoy Mortenson; A hybrid cross between a female striped bass and male Utah Lake. white bass. Its appearance is intermediate between the two Catch-and-Release record: parents. It has six to eight dark horizontal stripes over a sil- 07/03/97; 33-!^ in; Wesley Schneider; Utah Lake. No illustration: See striped bass and white bass illustrations. Continues on next page mmmmmmmmmimmm 2001 Utah Fishing I ver-white background with a dark charcoal to black back. It trout. It has a dark background with white spots. The tail fin | has two dorsal fins, the anterior with 8-10 sharp spines. It is is not as deeply forked as lake trout. The pectoral fins are t slightly heavier bodied than the*striped bass and grows up easily distinguished from rainbow trout as spiake have a to 12 pounds in weight and 24 Inches in length. The wiper dark background with white spots and rainbows have a [ was recently introduced into Willard Bay. lighter, silvery background with dark spots. | Angling record: Angling record: 11998; Wt.-5lb-15oz; L-22 in: G-16 in; Floyd Eggli; Willard 1999; Wt.-15lb-04oz; L-32-% in; G-21-% in; Mitchell | Bay. Thomas Stewart; Fish Lake. | Catch-and-Release record: Catch-and-Release record: | 05/26/98; 20-% in; Evan E. Day; Willard Bay reservoir. 08/12/99; 16 in; Michael Richard Wakefield, Jr; Moon Lake.

Tiger Muskellunge: IA hybrid cross between a muskellunge and northern pike | with intermediate characteristics between the two parents. Carp: An often undervalued sport and food fish. Deep, thick body i It has a very elongated torpedo-like color is gray to brassy green or yellowish green. The body \ body. Its most notable feature is the is normally covered with large scales and carp have fleshy bar­ bels on each side of the mouth. A large spine is present at the grey-green \ '*-.■ ,,K *§|p| front of the dor- 9| vertical bars \ • ^8 sal (top) fin. Use i^Sg along its sides. It thrives where Hger muskie worms, dough balls, or there are good numbers of perch other bait and fish on the and sunfish for food. It can be expected to grow to 50-plus bottom. Carp will give you a good fight, grow to a inches long and weigh over 30 pounds. large size, and can be tasty when smoked. There's no limit Angling record: on how many you can keep. S1999; Wt.-30lb-6oz; L-45 in; G-21-% in; Todd Stephens; Angling record: I Pineview Reservoir. 1993; Wt.-321b-0oz; Couger Elfervig; Lake Powell. | Catch-and-Release record: Catch-and-Release record: | 11/28/98; 53-% in; Ray Johnson; Pineview Reservoir. 09/03/00; 33-% in; Dee Rounkles; Starvation Reservoir. Utah Sucker: I Tiger Trout: This sucker is dark olive to cop­ j Tiger Trout, a cross between a brown trout and brook trout, per, with dusky fins I has a unique, dark maze-like pattern all over a brownish, and a subter- I gray body. The belly is yel- minal (on the | lowish orange as are the .--.'V '-;/;:';-■ bottom) **<

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Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus Iucius) (formerly known Release protocol: Anglers who hook any of these fish as the Colorado squawfish): must release them alive. Field personnel who encounter This minnow has an olive-green and gold back with a silvery anglers with live endangered fish in their possession shduld belly. Young pikeminnows may resemble the roundtail chub, release the fish. The only times endangered fish should be but the mouth of the pikeminnow kept for evidence is if the fish is already dead or clearly will

: is longer, with thick folded lips /£ not survive. that extend past the center of |v A Penalties for keeping endangered fish: Federal: Up to $100,000 in fines and up to one year in jail. eye (see the Utah: Up to $10,000 in fines and up to five years in jail, jjj diagram). Anglers are likely Colorado and an ■ to encounter Colorado pikeminnow additional restitution of $1,000 per fish. m pikeminnows in lengths anywhere from 10 to 30 inches. Colorado: Up to $100,000 in fines and up to one year in

I Humpback Chub (Gila cypha): jail- ■ This minnow has a brown or olive-colored back and silver important phone numbers 8 sides with a prominent, smoothly rounded hump behind its ■ head, small eyes and a long To report finding any endangered fish, dead or alive, call | snout that overhangs its jaw. A (970) 243-2778 or (970) 245-9319. To report finding a | They usually can be found 6 to^ Humpback chub tagged fish in Colorado, call (970) 255-6100; in Utah, call 16 inches long, (801) 538-4762. but can grow toj This information was provided by the Upper Colorado River & be 20 Endangered Fish Recovery Program. The program is inches in Colorado pikeminnow length. Roundtail

Bonytail (Gila elegans): This minnow has a gray or olive-colored back, silver sides and a white belly. It has large fins and a streamlined body that becomes thin in front of the tail. Extremely rare, Bonytail most living bony-^ Colorado pikeminnow vs. roundtail tails are Anglers may confuse these two fish. Here are guidelines for distin­ 12to^ guishing them: The mouth of the pikeminnow extends past the 18 center of its eye. The mouth of the roundtail ends in front of its inches in eye. Also, the existence of a black triangular patch at the base of young Colorado pikeminnows' tails can be used to distinguish this length, although they fish from roundtails. can grow to lengths of 24 inches or more. working to re-establish self-sustaining populations of Razerback SUCkef (Xyrauchen texanus): endangered fish while allowing water developments to This sucker is brownish-green with a yellow to white- proceed. The following organizations and agencies are colored belly and has an abrupt, bony, keel-edged hump on involved in this program: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; its back just behind the head. One of the largest suckers in U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Western Area Power Administration; the states of Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming; North America, it can grow to weights of 13 pounds and The Nature Conservancy; Environmental Defense Fund; lengths exceeding 3 feet. Colorado Water Congress, Utah Water Users Association; Anglers most likely could Razorback sucker Wyoming Water Development Association; and Colorado encounter the fish in lengths River Energy Distributors Association. 15 to 24 inches.

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air bladder to many times its normal size, often causing it to protrude INFORMATION & TECHNIQUES out of the fish's mouth. Keeping the fish in the water and quickly • Bait caught fish typically suffer a much higher hooking mortality than releasing it so it can get back down to deeper water helps some fish caught on flies and lures. At least 1 out of 3 fish caught with bait Puncturing the swim bladder with a needle ("fizzing") does not improve will die after release. Over 60% of deep hooked fish die. Cutting the line survival. Some fish like lake trout can burp off the gases from the swim on deep hooked fish and not trying to remove the hook increases bladder when pulled up slowly. Most fish do not have this capability. • Fish that are already stressed by warm water temperatures or low dissolved oxygen conditions cannot handle the added stress of being caught and most likely will not survive after being released. Some of Utah's low to mid-elevation reservoirs get warm during the summer. Some trout waters will have surface temperatures of 70-75 degrees. If you are catching fish in August when water temperatures are already marginal, don't plan on catching and releasing a lot of fish. Most released fish are probably not going to live to be caught another day.

HOW CAN YOU INCREASE SURVIVAL OF FISH YOU PLAN TO RELEASE? • If you plan to release fish, fish with flies or lures. Bending down the barbs on your hooks will make the release even easier. Replacing treble hooks with single hooks also makes the release easier. • If a fish is hooked deep, cut your line. The hook will dissolve or come loose. survival significantly. The major cause of hooking mortality is hooking • Land the fish as quickly as possible. This is less tiring for the fish. If injury itself. Most fish bleeding from being hooked, will not survive. you're fishing in deep water it can be better to slowly bring the fish up • Generally 9 out of 10 fish caught on flies or lures will survive after to allow time to adjust to the pressure change. release. Studies have shown that there is only a 1-2% difference in the • If possible, keep the fish in the water and use a pair of forceps or survival of fish caught on flies compared to those caught on lures. needle-nosed pliers to remove the hook. • When fishing deep water (deeper than 30 feet) most fish caught cannot • Handle the fish as little as possible, and wet your hands or towel before be released with any assurance that they will survive. Bringing fish up handling the fish. This helps maintain the protective slime coating on quickly causes blood chemistry changes as well as an expansion of the the fish.

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2001 Utah Fishing Proclamation— 30 t Involved With Utah o provide the public a way to give input to the The public is invited to give its input and comments to Division of Wildlife Resources and the Utah the RACs. After deliberating on the issues, RAC members T Wildlife Board about wildlife management in Utah, vote. Motions that pass are taken to the Wildlife Board. Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) were established The Wildlife Board has the final decision making throughout the state in the mid 1990s. authority. Board members weigh heavily on RAC recom­ There are five RACs in Utah. Each consists of 12 to 15 mendations when making their final decisions. members selected from the specific community or region. From year to year, many of the same topics are Each RAC has the following: addressed during the same month. The timeline is deter­ • two members who represent agriculture mined by when a specific proclamation needs to be avail­ • two members who represent sportsmen able to the public. If you want to address a specific topic • two members who represent non-consumptive (for example, fishing regulations are discussed during the use August RAC meetings) you need to attend the appropriate • one member who is a locally appointed public RAC meeting. official These dates are not set in stone but are adhered to as • one member from the U.S. Forest Service much as possible. If you plan to attend a RAC meeting, • one member from the Bureau of Land please contact the specific Division regional office to con­ Management firm the dates. • two members of the public-at-large, who repre­ • RAC meetings in the Northeastern Region are sent the general interests of the region held at the Vernal City Offices, 447 E. Main St. in • where applicable, one member who represents Vernal. Native American interests • The Southeastern Region, meetings are held at Members are appointed by the executive director of the the John Wesley Powell Museum, 885 E. Main St. Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with in Green River. the director of the Division of Wildlife Resources, and • The Northern, Central and Southern regions may not serve more than two terms. Each Division meetings are held in a different location each regional supervisor serves as the executive secretary for month. the RAC in his region, just as the Division director serves For information on where the meetings will be held, as the executive secretary for the Wildlife Board. call the Division regional office in those regions or check RACs hold meetings to hear public input about the Division's Internet address: Division of Wildlife Resources proposals, including rec­ www.nr.state.ut.us/dwr/dwr.htm (Public Meetings) ommendations, biological data and information about Public input is the cornerstone of successful decision- the effects of wildlife. The RACs also gather information making for the Division through the RAC and Wildlife from their constituents, the public and government agen­ Board process. If you feel strongly about an issue and wish cies, and make recommendations to the Wildlife Board in to share your viewpoint, attend your RAC meeting and an advisory capacity. state your concerns. Each RAC is charged with hearing different viewpoints Other questions may be directed to the RAC chairper­ and controversial issues. They must incorporate all per­ sons at the following addresses or phone numbers: spectives and come to the decision that they feel is best for all of Utah's wildlife and its citizens. Each RAC appoints a chairperson who attends Wildlife Board meetings and presents RAC recommendations to the Wildlife Board during an open public meeting.

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