Interesting article from rvtrips.com about the recreational opportunities in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
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It was the chamber in Atlantic City, N.J., [Chris Mead] says, that created the Miss America pageant, while the St. Louis chamber helped pay for Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. That's why his famous plane was called the Spirit of St. Louis.
An aricle from the Pueblo Chieftain regarding the water rights and how those rights affect Mr. Million's desire to build what has been called the "Flaming Gorge Pipeline." See the Full article for more information.
Latest Version of the Small Business Administration (SBA) newsletter.
Follow the link to see the latest Utah Talks newsletter.
Follow the "Full Article" link to see Ryan Mosley's report on what's happening on Flaming Gorge and to get a summary of successful fishing methods by species, which should provide a good start for the upcoming holiday.
The warm weather has brought a transition time here on the Green. The smaller bugs are less prevalent and bigger bugs are starting to show. A few cicadas have been out, along with a fair amount of pine beetles. The terrestrial fishing has been spotty...
"Ryan Mosley, Flaming Gorge Project Leader for the UDWR, sent in this report of recently completed spring survey gillnetting on the reservoir straddling the Utah/Wyoming border. The video is from a past gillnetting survey." Follow the "Full Article" link.
Latest update on Green River and Yampa River flows from the Bureau of Reclamation. Follow the "Additional Info" link for details.
Short Flaming Gorge Report with photo of large lake trout caught in gilnetting operation. Follow the link to see photo and article.
Reservoir netting has begun and Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Craig Amadio (WGFD biologist) sent me these pics of a 52-lb, 45-inch lake trout the crew netted near the stateline earlier this week. Follow the link to see the photo and article.
Brett Prettyman said: Ryan Kelly with Flaming Gorge Resort sent in this report. The fish on the Green are in the best shape I've ever seen them. Get over there and create some lasting memories. Follow the link forMay 9th Green River Fishing Report.
The 2013 Newsletter contains info about Wyoming Funding, New Wyoming AIS Laws, Colorado Cutthroat Conservation, Fish Consumption Advisory, Flaming Gorge Creel Survey, Burbot Nongame status, Burbot Bash, and more!
Reclamation has released some information on its plans for the spring flows which include an experimental program to assist the endangered razorback sucker. Follow the "News Release" link for more details.
I spent three days on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Reservoir filming a segment for the KUED production I'm doing called "The Utah Bucket List". The show will air in August on KUED-Channel 7. We floated all 30 or so miles from the dam to. . .
by Brett Prettyman: UDWR Green River/Flaming Gorge Project Leader Ryan Mosley sent in this report of the second night of the annual electrofish sampling from Thursday night. This makes me stoked for next week's trip to film for the Utah Bucket List.
Wyoming regulations have changed & all boats entering Wyoming (including driftboats) will need to be inspected starting April 15th. A new inspection station has been set-up at the Evanston Port of Entry and near Anvil Draw on Hwy 530. Link has details!
"A new fishing regulation requiring anglers to "catch and kill" three species on the world famous Blue Ribbon Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam appears to have come just in time. Northern pike, a nonnative species..." Follow link to read the article.
DWR has announced bag limit changes for Spirit Lake starting June 1, 2013 and Cottonwood Reservoir starting May 1, 2013. See the attached Notice for additional details.
Thanks to Ryan Kelly of Flaming Gorge Resort for providing such an informative and fun Green River fishing report again this year. Follow the link for the full article.
Utah DWR Flaming Gorge Project Leader Ryan Mosley has spent some time on the reservoir lately. "The daytime temps are climbing, ospreys are showing up and rebuilding nests, insects are hatching..." Follow the link to read the full article.
Photo of 36 lb. Lake Trout and brief story of research being done on Flaming Gorge by Utah State University. Follow the link to read the full story.
"Northeast Utah’s Green River harbors up to 20,000 trout per mile; thanks to flushing flows in 2011 those fish are now feeding on improved aquatic insect hatches..." Follow the link to read the full article.
Angler West TV presents this video on how to fish the ice at Flaming Gorge for Macs and Rainbows. Enjoy!
Flaming Gorge has world class fishing even through the ice. Video is 23 minutes long. Check it out!
Burbot Fishing at the Gorge is hot right now! This video shows you how to catch burbot, fillet them & even has recipes for cooking them! Beware that Wyoming Game and Fish has found elevated levels of mercury in burbot over 30 inches and other large fish
Awesome video showing the ability to fish for burbot from a boat on the flaming Gorge Reservoir and literally fill your boat with these voracious eating machines. Join us for the 2013 Burbot Bash February 1-3. Info at: www.daggettcounty.org/burbotbash!
It was a sweet title for the Cache Anglers, who two years ago were high in the standings when one team member lost his fly in a fish. Although he eventually — and amazingly — recovered the fly the group wasn’t able to climb back to the top.
I floated, fished, camped and took photos of what has to be one of the most beautiful trout rivers in the United States. . . We caught super healthy rainbow and brown trout. Saw bald eagles, osprey, hawks, river otters, moose, and deer.
The new ADA accessible fishing pier is 8 ft wide and 80 ft long, surrounded by protective handrails featuring slots to net or land fish. Currently, the end of the pier sits over about 35 ft of water, providing anglers access to a variety of fish.
Becoming a better "observer" of Nature will make you a much better angler. Observing nature and fishing to what he was seeing instead of fishing the "normal" way helped Don to have an outstanding day of Lake Trout fishing on Flaming Gorge!
DWR uses electricity to shock the fish and take inventory of the number and health of the fish on the Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam.
I spent time with Ryan fishing the Gorge and the Green last week working on an upcoming story. We had an awesome day on both the Gorge and the Green. Look for an upcoming story. Read Ryan's Fishing Report by following the Full Article link!
18th Annual Community Clean-up/Fix-up will start on Saturday June 8, 2013 and complete on June 10, 2013. The information for the Clean Up is attached. Work Orders can be picked up at the Town Office, Daggett County... Read on...
5th Annual Branding at the Historic Swett Ranch begins at 10:00 am
The conservation District wants agricultural producers to know that they can apply to have their ag land added to the agricultural protection zone if it is not already enrolled. Follow the link or contact Vicky McKee at the courthouse for more info.
Casey Scott and crew were in Flaming Gorge in late June and filmed several segments at local businesses and recreation hot spots. If you missed the show on July 19th visit their website to see all the Flaming Gorge segments!!
Visit Ron Dudley's Blog "Feathered Photography" to see some incredible shots he took of some Flaming Gorge Osprey. Amazing!!