08-06-2003, 02:35 PM
[cool]Just so ya know, Dave, Mantua Reservoir...the one lake in question...is a special project with Utah DWR. They are playing with the introduction of Kamloops rainbows...strictly catch and release...artificial lures only. That rule about no scented lures does not apply on any other waters, so the anglers in Utah can buy and use them around the rest of the state.
Utah does have some rather interesting and unusual regs though. No live bait...anywhere...except worms or crawdads. All minnows have to be dead, and no live shad, which are a mainstay of the fisheries in many other states . Also, you cannot use corn on any waters...even for carp. They have put forth all kinds of wild and whacky reasons why they will not allow corn, but it is basically a trout protection issue. Some say it pollutes the waters. Others say that trout cannot digest it. Others say that it is too easy to chum with corn. Oh yeah, you can't use any kind of chum in Utah either.
I have joked for a lot of years that there should be a sign at the Utah borders..."SET WATCHES BACK 100 YEARS". But, that being said, there is probably more good fishing for more species in Utah than in any other state I have experienced. Although, the extended drought has seriously hurt many of the best waters, and it may take years to recover, once the weather returns to "normal"...whatever that is.
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Utah does have some rather interesting and unusual regs though. No live bait...anywhere...except worms or crawdads. All minnows have to be dead, and no live shad, which are a mainstay of the fisheries in many other states . Also, you cannot use corn on any waters...even for carp. They have put forth all kinds of wild and whacky reasons why they will not allow corn, but it is basically a trout protection issue. Some say it pollutes the waters. Others say that trout cannot digest it. Others say that it is too easy to chum with corn. Oh yeah, you can't use any kind of chum in Utah either.
I have joked for a lot of years that there should be a sign at the Utah borders..."SET WATCHES BACK 100 YEARS". But, that being said, there is probably more good fishing for more species in Utah than in any other state I have experienced. Although, the extended drought has seriously hurt many of the best waters, and it may take years to recover, once the weather returns to "normal"...whatever that is.
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