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LASAL MOUNTAINS: Conservation Officer TJ Robertson reports that Ken's Lake fishing is picking up, and was good in the past few days with an assortment of baits. Darek Elverud fished Ken's Lake on May 6. In two hours, he landed 9 largemouth and 4 sunfish. All bass were less than 11 inches. He used gray or orange plastic worms. Hidden Lake is now accessible and angler success was fair to good with nightcrawlers and salmon eggs. Don's Lake is only accessible by 4-wheeler, due to lingering snow drifts, which could melt this next week. Medicine Lake and Dark Canyon remain inaccessible. The gates to Oowah and Warner are closed. LOWER FISH CREEK: Early in the week, Tom Ogden fished the lower stretches from the confluence with the White River, upstream to the first railroad bridge. The water was fairly clear and a chilly 39 degrees. In 3.5 hours, Tom caught 3 tigers, 1 cutt and 6 browns. All fish ranged from 13 to 16 inches. Tom used floating line and a size 14 hares ear nymph. The water below the confluence is unfishable, due to heavy run-off. HUNTINGTON (MAMMOTH) RESERVOIR: This water remains covered with multiple layers of thick rotten ice and several feet of snow. Ice fishing is definitely not recommended. Please wait for ice-off. MILLSITE RESERVOIR: No recent report. Rainbow PowerBait has worked well in the recent past. Trout range from 11 to 13 inches. SAN JUAN COUNTY: Conservation Officer Paul Washburn reports that both Monticello and Foy reservoirs are ice-free. Fishing success was fair at Foy and at Blanding 3 and 4, where marshmallows seem to be the best bait. Fishing was slow at Recapture, where the inflow of cold water has kept water temperatures low. SCOFIELD RESERVOIR: The ice cover is receding day by day and a lot of open water is available for shoreline angling. All of the angler reports indicate excellent fishing with egg sacs. With the possible exception of minnows, other baits don't perform nearly as well. Fly fishermen have been most successful with trout egg imitations. Frank Atwood of the Division of Parks and Recreation indicates that the campgrounds are not open yet, but will be by next weekend. Ramps are expected to open in a week or so. Frank announced a fishing tournament taking place at Scofield on May 17. For information on the tournament, call: 435- 448-9449 or 435-686-2491.
Bob Olson interviewed anglers on May 6 and reported good fishing from boat or shore for 16- to 18-inch trout with a few measuring over 20 inches. Successful anglers were using dead minnows or egg sacs. Randall Stilson conducted a creel survey on May 4. The west side was muddy and fishing was slow. The dam cove and east side offered excellent fishing for a mix of tiger and rainbow trout from 1 to 3 pounds. Randall ranked egg sacs as number 1, followed by minnows. Lieutenant Carl Gramlich and Conservation Officer Ben Riley visited the reservoir last weekend and reported good fishing with heavy angler pressure. Due to dam spillway reconstruction, traffic delays of several minutes can be expected around the dam cove. Anglers are reminded that Scofield tributaries are closed to fishing until the second Saturday in July. Black-footed ferrets Back from the brink of extinction It's a warm August night, and the moon is almost full. Biologists walk through the tall prairie grass, swinging bright spotlights and avoiding burrow holes. We are searching the darkness for one of Utah's most endangered mammals, the black-footed ferret. Suddenly, a flash of emerald eye-shine gives away the location of a ferret. The long weasellike mammal chatters loudly and dashes off, trying to avoid the closest biologist. The ferrets don't know it, but we aren't a threat. We have come to check on their health and population growth—hoping to see animals that were considered extinct only 40 years ago. Habitat, history and diet Black-footed ferrets used to be abundant across much of North America. They ranged throughout the Great Plains from Canada to Mexico and even as far west as Utah and Arizona. In all of the areas, black-footed ferrets lived in close proximity to prairie dog colonies. Preying on prairie dogs Black-footed ferrets need prairie dogs in order to survive, relying on them for both food and shelter. Prairie dogs make up nearly 98 percent of a ferret's diet. Without this food source, ferrets would quickly disappear. Ferrets hunt at night when prairie dogs are sleeping. Slightly smaller than adult prairie dogs, black-footed ferrets have the advantage of surprise during a night attack and are less likely to be injured. Ferrets usually kill by biting the back of the neck or head. Black-footed ferrets do not dig their own burrows. They usually take over empty prairie dog burrows and use them for shelter from weather and predators.
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