Fishing Utah

The Utah State Parks reservoir conditions report for the week of February 8:

Bear Lake State Park Marina: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Bear Lake First Point: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Bear Lake Rainbow Cove: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Bear Lake Cisco Beach: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Deer Creek State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
East Canyon State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice 
Wide Hollow at Escalante State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION
Great Salt Lake State Marina: Launch Ramp OPEN/28 degrees
Gunlock State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED DUE TO LOW WATER LEVELS
Huntington State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four to six inches
Hyrum Lake State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
Jordanelle State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ ice
Millsite State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice two to four inches
Otter Creek State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice 12 - 14 inches
Palisade State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
Piute State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ ice
Quail Creek State Park: Launch Ramp OPEN/41 degrees
Red Fleet State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED FOR SEASON
Rockport State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four to nine inches
Sand Hollow State Park: Launch Ramp OPEN/45 degrees
Scofield State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice eight to 10 inches
Starvation State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice one to eight inches
Steinaker State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice nine to 10 inches
Utah Lake State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
Willard Bay State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four inches
Yuba State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four to six inches

U.S. Forest Service Areas
Flaming Gorge: Launch Ramps Open/34 degrees
Strawberry: Launch Ramps CLOSED - ice

Utah State Parks is the state boating authority, providing access, education, and search and rescue on Utah’s boating waters.

I'm dropping a reminder about the rally for the Stream Access Bill being held Friday at 11:30 a.m. on the south steps of the Capitol building. There's a lot going on with the issue of stream access. Two other bills have emerged, as expected, and neither, also as expected, involved any input from the angling community. There are informative and frequent updates from the Capitol being posted on Utah on the Fly and Utah Water Guardians web pages. In case you missed it, here's a column I wrote on the bill anglers should stand behind. There was a very similar op-ed piece from John Weis and a rebuttle to Weis from the Farm Bureau. Check them out and then show up at the Capitol.

Twelve-year-old Caden Mittelstaedt of Bountiful was fishing through the ice at Strawberry with his father, Steve, when this bad boy came calling in mid-January. Steve reports that it took Caden five minutes to get the fish to the hole and another few tense minutes to get a hand down the hole to pull the beast out. The fish was 25 inches long. Steve said he told Caden it might be a good one to keep, but that his son insited that they let it go. The fish was bigger than any Caden has ever caught and larger than any Steve said he has seen caught at Strawberry. The colors on the fish led some to believe that it was a large cutthroat. I sent the shots to Alan Ward with the DWR's Strawberry Reservoir Project and he confirmed that it is likely a rainbow.

The Utah State Parks reservoir condition report for the week of February 1:

Bear Lake State Park Marina: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Bear Lake First Point: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Bear Lake Rainbow Cove: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Bear Lake Cisco Beach: Launch Ramp OPEN/33 degrees
Deer Creek State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
East Canyon State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice 
Wide Hollow at Escalante State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION
Great Salt Lake State Marina: Launch Ramp OPEN/28 degrees
Gunlock State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED DUE TO LOW WATER LEVELS
Huntington State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four to six inches
Hyrum Lake State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
Jordanelle State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ ice
Millsite State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice two to four inches
Otter Creek State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice 12 - 14 inches
Palisade State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
Piute State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ ice
Quail Creek State Park: Launch Ramp OPEN/38 degrees
Red Fleet State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED FOR SEASON
Rockport State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four to nine inches
Sand Hollow State Park: Launch Ramp OPEN/42 degrees
Scofield State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice eight to 10 inches
Starvation State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice one to eight inches
Steinaker State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice nine to 10 inches
Utah Lake State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice
Willard Bay State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four inches
Yuba State Park: Launch Ramp CLOSED/ice four to six inches

U.S. Forest Service Areas
Flaming Gorge: Launch Ramps Open/33 degrees
Strawberry: Launch Ramps CLOSED - ice

Utah State Parks is the state boating authority, providing access, education, and search and rescue on Utah’s boating waters.