03-30-2003, 11:55 AM
[cool]Thinking of retiring in St. George? Could be worse places for a fisherman. Those two small lakes you refer to are probably Gunlock and Quail Creek. Both offer some BIG bass...but can get overrun with boaters and other anglers. Also, both have suffered mightily from the ongoing drought problems.
I also used to fish Temple Bar, on Mead. It seemed to attract primarily serious fishermen, and the bassin' was almost always good. If you make a trip to St. George...or Las Vegas...take the time to drive to Overton and check it out. You might even be able to scare up a couple of websites in advance.
If you launched near Page, on Lake Powell, that would have been Wahweap. If you like striper action, be there in October. The fish chase shad right up into the marina and the locals are down there casting from the docks every morning before they go to work. Of course, you can find a bit more solitude and unmolested fish in your boat.
This area of Lake Powell offers some of the best early season fishing. The waters in some of the side canyons warms more quickly than the main lake, especially if there has been some runoff from spring rains to color the water and increase receptivity to sun heating. I have had some fantactic jig and pig fishing in the backs of colored up canyons.
On the retirement thing, my wife and I joke about living in Arizona. We ask ourselves where we are going to retire, since we already live here.
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I also used to fish Temple Bar, on Mead. It seemed to attract primarily serious fishermen, and the bassin' was almost always good. If you make a trip to St. George...or Las Vegas...take the time to drive to Overton and check it out. You might even be able to scare up a couple of websites in advance.
If you launched near Page, on Lake Powell, that would have been Wahweap. If you like striper action, be there in October. The fish chase shad right up into the marina and the locals are down there casting from the docks every morning before they go to work. Of course, you can find a bit more solitude and unmolested fish in your boat.
This area of Lake Powell offers some of the best early season fishing. The waters in some of the side canyons warms more quickly than the main lake, especially if there has been some runoff from spring rains to color the water and increase receptivity to sun heating. I have had some fantactic jig and pig fishing in the backs of colored up canyons.
On the retirement thing, my wife and I joke about living in Arizona. We ask ourselves where we are going to retire, since we already live here.
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