WILDLIFE

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Turn in a poacher: Phone 1-800-662-3337. Email: turninapoacher@utah.gov

Online: wildlife.utah.gov/utip

This information is taken from the 2019 Utah Fishing Guidebook. To be safe always check the proclamation to make sure items haven’t changed.

For the most part, fishing in Utah is year around but there are areas that close, check the proclamation.

Fish in our area: Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Brook Trout, Albino Rainbow Trout, Arctic Grayling, Brown Trout and the new Tiger Trout. The Tiger Trout a cross between a Brown Trout and a Brook Trout. I have caught some and they are more aggressive than other Trout.

Utah does have a free fishing day, no license required. The 2019 date is Saturday 8 June.

Fishing License for under 12 years of age.

If you’re under 12 years of age, you do not need a fishing license to fish in Utah. You can fish without a license, use two poles, use a setline and take a full daily limit.

Fishing with more than one pole

You can now fish with two poles at any water in the state during its open fishing season. You may keep only one daily limit of fish. Using a second pole does not allow you to keep two daily limits of fish. You must stay within sight of your equipment, poles no more than 100 feet apart.

Fishing from a boat with a motor of any kind is prohibited on the following waters:

Butterfly Lake, Lily Lake (south slope), Moosehorn Lake, Pass Lake and Teapot Lake.

Fishing from a boat with a gas engine is prohibited (an electric motor may be used) on the following waters:

Mirror Lake, Trial Lake, and Washington

Fishing regulations in our area:

Uinta Mountains Lakes and Streams.

"Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah and Wasatch counties includes streams and lakes in Utah within the boundary beginning on I-80 at the Utah-Wyoming state line southwest of Evanston, Wyoming and continuing southwest along I-80 to Highway 40 (near Park City); then east along Highway 40 to Vernal, Utah, then north along Highway 44 to Manila, Utah; then west on Highway 43 to the Wyoming state line; and then west and north along the Wyoming state line back to the beginning point at I 80.

Limit 4 trout.

Bonus limit of 4 Brook trout (total limit of no more than 8 trout if at least 4 are brook trout)".

Remember, always look when coming out of your cabin or vehicle, It's not fun to scare a moose.

Some of the Wildlife in our area.

The first photos of a live wolverine were captured on trail camera in July of 2014 on the North Slope of the Uinta’s.  Wolverines had not been seen since 1979. If you happen to see one or better, photograph one; please contact the Division of Wildlife Resources..

Wolves have also been seen in Utah and not far from Pine Plateau. Again, if you see one, call DWR.

List of Mammal's that could be seen in our area.  Check off the one's that you have seen.

Any good photos are appreciated and will be posted.

Badger ___                                                  Mule Deer___                                            Bigfoot_____
Beaver ___                                                  Muskrat___
Big Brown Bat___                                        Northern Flying Squirrel___
Black Bear___                                             Northern Pocket Gopher___
Bobcat ___                                                  Pica___
Coyote ___                                                  Pine Martin___
Elk___                                                         Porcupine___
Gray Fox___                                               Raccoon___
Least Chipmunk___                                    Red Fox___
Little Brown Bat___                                     Red Squirrel___
Long-Tailed Weasel___                              Silver Haired Bat___
Lynx___                                                      Snowshoe Hare___
Mink___                                                      Striped Skunk___
Montane Vole ___                                       Uinta Chipmunk___
Moose___                                                   Uinta Ground Squirrel
Mountain Cottontail___                               Western Spotted Skunk___
Mountain Goat___                                      White Tailed Jackrabbit___
Mountain Lyon___                                      Wolverine___
                                                                   Yellow Bellied Marmot___

Birds in our area. There are over 125 different birds that could be seen in our area.  Listed are some of the most common.


Mallard___                                   Great Horned Owl___                             Mountain Bluebird___
Goshawk___                                Barn Owl___                                               Cedar Waxwing___
Cooper's Hawk                             Broad Tailed Hummingbird___            Starling___
Sharp Shinned Hawk___             Black Chinned Hummingbird___         House Sparrow___
Rough Legged Hawk___             Rufous Hummingbird___                     Western Meadowlark___
Red Tailed Hawk___                   Hairy Woodpecker___                          Red Winged Blackbird___
Golden Eagle___                        Downy Woodpecker___                        Brewer's Blackbird___
Osprey___                                  Western Kingbird___                             Northern Oriole___
Peregrine Falcon___                  Barn Swallow___                                    Western Tanager___
American Kestrel___                  Cliff Swallow___                                      Pine Grosbeak___
Sage Grouse___                         Stellar's Jay___                                       House Finch___
Great Blue Heron___                 Scrub Jay___                                            American Goldfinch___
Sandhill Crane___                      Gray Jay___                                             Chipping Sparrow___
Killdeer___                                  Black Billed Magpie___                           White Crowned Sparrow___
Snipe___                                      Common Raven___                                Fox Sparrow___
Rock Dove___                             Common Crow___                                   Lincoln's Sparrow___
Mourning Dove___                      Black Capped Chickadee___                  Song Sparrow___
Screech Owl___                          Robin___

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