Fishing Report August 12

Flaming Gorge

Kokanee fishing continues to be hot. Anglers are trolling from the pipeline north and finding fish starting to group. Try using Rocky Mountain Tackle dodgers, with an ultraviolet squid a couple of feet behind it. Florescent colors seem to work the best. Also try Apex lures, Tasmanian devils, Cripplures, or small, brightly colored spoons.

Look for schools of kokanee down 50 to 70 feet. Use jigs such as buzz bombs to entice a bite. The lake trout seem to be spread out. Try trolling large spoons, dodgers and squids -- or use with large tube jigs. Bass fishing is good. Throw curl tail grubs, tubes or Maniac salt sticks in crawdad or green pumpkin colors. For the rainbows, anglers are drifting with a worm and marshmallow. Try trolling small Needlefish or Kastmasters. See fishing proclamation for special regulations.

Green River

Fishing on the "A" section of the river has been good. Anglers walking the shores are reporting hundreds of hoppers along the edges. There are also reports of good caddis and pale morning dun hatches. Throw hoppers, caddis, ants or pale morning duns on the surface. Try using an emerger pattern behind a dry fly. In the heat of the day, try nymphs, such as scuds, hare's ears, or small midges. Spin anglers are having success throwing Yo Zuri minnows, Rapalas or Panther Martin spinners.

Willard Bay

Fishing for wipers has really picked up. Anglers are having success trolling Bill Lewis Rattle traps or tail dancer Rapalas in shad, silver and any other bright colors. Boils are starting to pick up in the evenings. Anglers are seeing more activity on the north end of the lake. Throw heavy chrome spoons or top water poppers. Be sure not to get too close to the boils, or it will shut them down.

Bear Lake

Anglers are trolling for the cutthroats in 10 to 20 feet of water. Try using Size 9 or 11 jointed Rapalas in blue, chartreuse or trout patterns. The lake trout are deep. Try jigging the rock piles with white, glow or rainbow-colored tube jigs, tipped with cisco meat.

Blacksmith Fork

Fly-fishing anglers are having success throwing hopper patterns along the edges. Also try pale morning duns or caddis patterns. Anglers are having the most success around the power plant. Spin anglers are having luck on Panther Martin spinners or salmon eggs.

Causey

The possession of any red-colored kokanee from Aug. 15 through Sept. 28 is prohibited. See the proclamation for more details. Shore anglers are having good success for splakes and small rainbows using night crawlers, PowerBait, tube jigs or spinners. Anglers are paddling canoes or kick boats back by the inlet and having success. Try black or olive woolly bugger flies or spinners.

Deer Creek

Walleye anglers are catching a few slow-trolling worm harnesses or trolling crank baits. Bass are being caught throwing tube jigs, Senkos or curl tail grubs in natural crawdad patterns.

East Canyon

Anglers are having good success trolling 20 feet down with a downrigger. Troll small-jointed Rapalas or Needlefish anywhere from 50 to 100 feet behind the downrigger ball. Shore anglers are having success using night crawlers or rainbow-colored power bait. Bass are hitting top water baits in the mornings. Also try tube jigs, Maniac salt sticks or DT6 Rapalas in shad, silver or bluegill colors.

Jordanelle

There are reports of a few rainbows being caught from shore. Try night crawlers or PowerBait. From a boat, try trolling with jointed Rapalas or small spoons 100 feet behind the boat. The bass are hitting tube jigs, Senkos or jerk baits. Look for the bass in the structure shallow areas of the reservoir in the mornings. Later in the day, look for fish to move into deeper water, off the main lake points.

Logan River

Anglers are having good success in the canyon. Try hoppers, pale morning duns or caddis flies in the evenings. Fishing the slow water by the dams has been productive. Try using PowerBait, salmon eggs or night crawlers.

Lost Creek

Fishing from shore with rainbow-colored PowerBait, Zeke's floating bait, salmon eggs or night crawlers has been productive. Float tube anglers are going back by the inlet and having good success throwing bead head woolly buggers in black, brown and olive. Something with a little sparkle seems to be working best.

Mirror Lake Highway (Uinta lakes)

Want to beat the heat? Load up the family and head for the Uinta Mountains. All of the lakes along the Mirror Lake Highway are fishing well -- Pass, Butterfly and Lilly lakes, just to name a few. Most of the small streams are also producing. Fly anglers are having success on hair flies like caddis, stimulators or hoppers.

Ogden River

Water levels are high right now, but fishing has been productive. Fly anglers are seeing a few caddis hatches in the evenings. Try elk hair caddis in grey or tan. Also try P.M.D.'s or Adams' on top. Spin anglers are having success using Panther Martin or Blue Fox spinners, night crawlers or salmon eggs.

Pineview

Anglers are starting to troll for the muskies. Try trolling Tail Dancing Rapalas in perch, fire tiger or any other bright-colored crank bait. There is a new law in place requiring the release of all tiger muskies. Contact the DWR for more information. Bass fishing is a little tough. Try fishing deep using tube jigs, Senkos or other plastics in green, pumpkin or crawdad colors.

Lake Powell

Stripers are pushing shad into the deep slickrock canyons. The stripers are known to keep them in check in these areas for up to a week. Look for boils in these areas. Try throwing big chrome-colored spoons or top water poppers, but be sure not get too close to the boils or it will shut them down. The bass are hanging out in deep water ambushing the shad.

Provo River

Fly-fishing anglers are having success on the middle section, just below Jordanelle Dam. Try throwing caddis flies in the evenings, Parachute Adams or small terrestrial patterns. If there is no surface action going on, try throwing small zebra midges, glo bugs, San Juan worms or emergers patterns. Spin anglers are catching fish on floating or suspending Rapalas or Yozuri pin minnows.

Rockport

Anglers are having success trolling small spoons such as Kastmasters, Needlefish or crank baits 100 feet behind the boat. Shore anglers are getting the trout to bite using PowerBait, salmon eggs or night crawlers.

Scofield

The west side of the lake seems to be the best fishing. Shore anglers are producing dead minnows, worm and a marshmallow or spinners. Anglers are also having success trolling jointed Rapalas or spoons behind the boat.

Strawberry Reservoir

Anglers are having spotty success both from shore and in a boat. Fly anglers are striping sparkle woolly buggers in black, brown and olive. Spin anglers are producing using tube jigs, marabou jigs, Lucky Craft Pointer 78's in ghost brown or rainbow patterns. Also try worms or minnows. See the proclamation for special regulations on Strawberry.

Weber River

Anglers are reporting good fishing between Echo and Rockport on the river. The Taggerts and Croydon areas are also fishing well. Fly-fishing anglers are seeing caddis hatches in the mid- to late-mornings, followed by some pretty good P.M.D. hatches. Also try throwing small terrestrials, scuds, sow bugs, glo bugs or San Juan worms. Spin anglers are throwing floating Rapalas or Yozuri pin minnows, also panther martin or Mepps spinners.