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Advisories & Warnings
- PCBs found in Carp in Utah Lake
- Fish Advisory issued for the Green River in Desolation Canyon
- Consumption advisory for Largemouth Bass in Gunlock Reservoir & Brown Trout in Mill Creek
- Official Utah DWR Fish Consumption Advisories
Fishing News
2013
- Catch a Burbot, Win a Prize
Free Ice Fishing Clinic
- One Day, Three Fishing Events
- Learn How to Catch Walleyes at Free Seminar
- Fishing is Starting to Heat Up Near the Shore
- Memorial Day Weekend Means Great Fishing
- Stop Mussels in Their Tracks: Clean, Drain and Dry Your Boat
2012
- A new approach at Hobbs Reservoir - experimental trophy regulations
- Ice Fishing Tips
- Burbot Bash Should Help Fish in Flaming Gorge
- Good Ice Fishing Close To Home
- Mussels In Utah: So Far So Good
New State Record Tiger Trout Caught at Scofield Reservoir- Is a New Record Fish Lurking in Scofield Reservoir
- Big Northern Pike Caught at Yuba Reservoir
- Fishing is starting to heat up near the shore
- Strawberry Reservoir Ice Off Has Anglers Excited
- Ice is Melting at Scofield Reservoir
- Utah State Parks Ramps Up Fight Against Quagga Mussels
- Tiny Tiger Muskie Make the History Book
- Catch a Fish, Win a Prize
- Take Poll, Share Your Fishing Ideas
- Fish for Free on June 2
- Fun fishing close to home: Community Ponds offer great fishing
- High Elevation Waters Offer Great Summer Fishing
- Fishing Lakes in the Cottonwood Canyons
- See Kokanee Salmon at Strawberry Reservoir
- October - The Best Month of the Year to Fish
- Portion of Ogden River Now a Blue Ribbon Fishery
- Trout from Loa Hatchery to be Stocked Soon
- Fishing the Backwaters of Rich County
- Big Tiger Trout at Scofield Reservoir
- Now Is the Time to Catch Big Brown Trout
- November is the perfect month to fish at Deer Creek
2011
- Cold ice means great fishing
- Ice Fishing Tips
- Good ice fishing close to home
- Fishing is Starting to Heat Up Near the Shore
- Spring is the perfect time to fish the Green River
- Great fishing at Lake Powell this year
- Duchesne River Named "Water to Watch" for 2011
- Utah to release its first Tiger Muskies
- Springtime is a great time to catch walleye
- Work continues to keep quagga mussels out of Utah
- 31½-inch Cutthroat Caught at East Canyon
- Scofield Reservoir Approaches Ice Off
- Hot Fishing on the Green River
- Veterans get a break on Utah Fishing Licenses
- Fun, Cheap fishing close to home
- Hot Summer Fishing Spots for 2011
- Anglers Can Beat the Heat in the Uinta Mountains
- Deer Creek Reservoir has fat, healthy Rainbows
- Kokanee Salmon Day at Sheep Creek on Sept. 17
- Parasite That Causes Whirling Disease Found in the Green River
- Shot Fired in War Against Illegal Fish Stocking
- Action Taken to Fight Illegal Fish Stocking
- Fishing Licenses Make Good Christmas Presents
- Whirling Disease Parasite in Strawberry Reservoir
2010
- Quagga Mussel may have been found in Sand Hollow Reservoir
- Burbot found in Green River
- Sinkhole near Kamas Hatchery causes extended closure
2009
- Trout limit changes at Panguitch and Scofield Reservoirs
- Spring Fishing Tips
- Youth Fishing Clubs need help
- Osprey and discarded line: The fatal attraction
- Quagga Mussels found in Red Fleet Reservoir
- Fishing Change Protects Rare Greenback Cutthroat Population
- Share Your Fishing Ideas with the DWR
- New Trout Limit at Scofield Reservoir
- No Underwater Spearfishing at Fish Lake in the Fall
- Utahs Free Fishing Day - Fish for Free on June 6
- Boating changes at Lake Powell
- Utah Ready to Raise Its Own Tiger Muskies
- Tiger Muskies for Cottonwood Reservoir
- Mill Hollow opens for fishing
- Cottonwood Reservoir gets new life
- Steinaker 'Ghost fish' (White Rainbows)
- Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Stage a Comeback
2008
- 2/07/2008 - Starvation Reservoir - Search for Perch
- 2/07/2008 - Spring Fishing at Lake Powell
- 5/22/2008 - Tiger Musky Challenge - Finding Fish that are free of disease
- 5/22/2008 - Work to Save Endangered Fish Receives National Attention
- 5/22/2008 - Fish for Free on June 7
- 7/10/2008 - Emergency Tiger Muskie Rule for Pineview
- 7/14/2008 - Ospreys at Rockport Reservoir
- 8/04/2008 - Landmark Supreme Court Ruling in favor of fisherman access to private lands Wow!
- 8/14/2008 - Quagga Mussel update - Lake Powell
- 8/14/2008 - Think Cool for Hot Summer Fishing
- 8/21/2008 - Fighting illegally stocked fish
- 9/03/2008 - See Bright Red Kokanee Salmon
- 9/03/2008 - Recreational access in state waters on private land
- 9/24/2008 - Three Utah Waters Might Have Quagga or Zebra Mussels
2007
- 1/11/2007 - New Ice Fishing Opportunity - Burbot at Flaming Gorge
- 1/18/2007 - Now you can fish with 2 poles in any Utah water!!
- 1/25/2007 - Quagga Mussels threaten Lake Powell
- 2/23/2007 - Whirling Disease found in the Duchesne River
- 3/29/2007 - Quagga Mussels Threaten Utah
- 4/26/2007 - Cooperative conservation pays off for Bonneville cutthroat trout
- 4/06/2007 - Save Money -- Fish on a Weekday
- 4/12/2007 - Fast Rainbow Trout Fishing
- 4/18/2007 - Fish Doing Well at Recapture Reservoir
- 4/26/2007 - Ice-off "luring" anglers to Strawberry Reservoir
- 4/26/2007 - Catching coldwater fish: A Beginner's Guide
- 4/26/2007 - 2007 Fish Consumption Advisories
- 5/14/2007 - DWR to protect vital Green River parcel
- 5/24/2007 - A brand new community fishing pond, Cove Pond, now open in Herriman.
- 5/24/2007 - Three Bears in two weeks spotted in Utah
- 6/08/2007 - No fishing or camping at Mill Hollow Reservoir
- 6/07/2007 - Panguitch is back!
- 6/07/2007 - Huge Channel Catfish caught at Utah Lake
- 6/12/2007 - Upper & Lower Enterprise Reservoirs to be drained
- 7/13/2007 - Low water levels at Willard Bay
- 8/09/2007 - Invasive mussels detected in Lake Powell
- 8/16/2007 - Another monster catfish caught at Huntington North Reservoir
- 8/20/2007 - Stiff fines the result of knowingly breaking fishing and hunting laws
- 8/22/2007 - Search for quagga or zebra mussels continues
- 8/22/2007 - Colorado River cutthroats returned to the Book Cliffs
- 9/14/2007 - See Kokanee Salmon at Sheep Creek
- 9/25/2007 - Bullfrogs found in the Uinta Basin
- 10/05/2007 - 2008 Fishing Regulation Changes
- 10/15/2007 - Warm Water Fall 'Curtain Call' Fishing
- 10/18/2007 - Fall Fishing at Brough Reservoir
- 11/16/2007 - Whirling Disease discovered at Springville Hatchery
- 11/22/2007 - June Sucker Recovery Meeting Public Notice
- 12/04/2007 - New Zealand Mud Snails discovered at Loa Hatchery
- 12/10/2007 - Improved Fishing on American Fork Creek
2006
- 3/03/2006 - 40,000 extra Rainbows headed for Community Ponds
- 3/14/2006 - Fishing and Hunting License fees will not increase in 2007
- 3/23/2006 - Fishing on the edge (of the ice, that is!)
- 3/27/2006 - Scofield Reservoir Fishing Survey Results
- 3/27/2006 - Flaming Gorge Reservoir filled with Lake Trout
- 4/07/2006 - Early Spring means Big Fish
- 4/13/2006 - 18-pound rainbow trout caught in Strawberry Reservoir
- 4/24/2006 - Fishing at Panguitch Lake will close May 1
- 4/25/2006 - Scofield Reservoir fishing heats up after ice-off
- 5/04/2006 - 40,000 additional trout swimming in Deer Creek
- 5/05/2006 - Removal of chubs from Panguitch completed
- 5/15/2006 - 25,000 trout planted in Lost Creek Reservoir
- 5/16/2006 - PCBs found in Utah Lake carp
- 5/18/2006 - Southern Utah Bass fishing
- 6/01/2006 - Big trout are back at Minersville Reservoir
- 6/06/2006 - New state record Tiger Musky caught at Pineview Reservoir
- 6/22/2006 - DWR removes chubs from Joe's Valley Reservoir
- 6/22/2006 - Mirror Lake Highway - popular lakes
- 6/22/2006 - Angler Discounted Entrance Fee at Several State Parks
- 6/29/2006 - State Fish Hatchery Reopens
- 6/30/2006 - June Sucker now raised at a second hatchery
- 7/06/2006 - DWR seeks input about proposed fee changes
- 7/13/2006 - Crowds on the Green River
- 7/21/2006 - Two New State Records
- 7/27/2006 - Tiger Musky: Fun to Catch
- 8/10/2006 - Biologists find lots of fish during summer surveys
- 8/21/2006 - Beginnings of a new Bonneville cutthroat trout population in Diamond Fork river
- 8/22/2006 - Walleye and yellow perch are doing well at Starvation Reservoir
- 10/11/2006 - Keep more trout at Scofield Reservoir in 2007 (and other regulation changes)
- 10/12/2006 - Whirling disease resistant trout planted in two Utah waters
- 10/19/2006 - Curtain call for warm-water fish
- 10/27/2006 - An eight-fish limit at Scofield -- why?
- 11/17/2006 - Mountain whitefish provide great late fall fishing
- 11/30/2006 - Whiterocks Fish Hatchery Gets More Than a Face Lift
- 12/07/2006 - Native Bonneville Whitefish at Bear Lake Offer Hot Fishing, Great Eating!
- 12/07/2006 - Ice is on at Scofield Reservoir
- 12/14/2006 - DWR Stops Bringing Tiger Muskies into Utah
- 12/28/2006 - Great Fishing and New Regulations at Panguitch Lake