Hiking

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Early Lake Powell bass are larger, more willing in March

Lake Elevation: 3,635 asl   Water Temperature 50-57 F PAGE, Ariz. – Imagine my surprise when checking the water level to find out that Lake Powell has risen since the last report.  Normally lake level does not climb until ...

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2012 forecast as Year of Big Fish at Lake Powell

Lake Elevation: 3,634 asl   Water Temperature 50-57 F PAGE, Ariz. – Spring weather has arrived with air temps in the 70s and water warming to 60 degrees in the shallow muddy floodplains. But as always happens in the spring, cold ...

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Take care of the trail on Pollock Bench

The trail heads at Devil’s Canyon and Pollock Bench in the front country of the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area were dry and in good condition for a Super Bowl Sunday hike. Apparently, everyone else in town knew that. The ...

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East Portal Road closed for winter

MONTROSE – The East Portal Road from the South Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison to the Gunnison River has been closed for the winter. The Curecanti Field Office of the Bureau of Reclamation announced the closure Thursday, citing ...

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Subtle changes in techniques make fishing trip a successs

Lake Elevation: 3,651 asl Water Temperature:  67-72 F PAGE, Ariz. – Oct. 20: The armor plating worn by most game fish this fall is finally starting to tarnish.  There are a few chinks now apparent that can be exploited by ...

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‘Angler’s moon’ delays start of fishing frenzy at Lake Powell

Lake Elevation: 3,652 asl Water Temperature 68-71 F PAGE, Ariz. – This is my final report about challenging fishing at Lake Powell.  All fish are poised and ready to explode in a feeding frenzy.  Really the only thing holding ...

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State offers $4 million for off-road trails projects

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering $4 million in grants to qualified applicants through the state’s 2012-2013 Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) State Trails Grants program. The grants are available for projects related to the use of OHVs on ...

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Don’t get spoiled; trophy stripers worthy of respect

Lake Elevation: 3,652 asl Water Temperature 74-75 F PAGE, Ariz. – Water temperature is poised to fall now that cool weather is here.  But as this report was written it remains at 75 degrees where it has been for the past few ...

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BLM releases draft resource management plan

The Colorado River Valley Field Office for the Bureau of Land Management recently released its draft Resource Management Plan for some 505,000 acres in Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Pitkin, Routt and Rio Blanco counties. The area involved does not ...

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Stripers, bass ‘on vacation’ at Lake Powell

Lake Elevation: 3,653 asl Water Temperature 74-78 F PAGE, ARIZ. – Sept. 21. The good news is that Lake Powell surface temperature dropped 3 degrees in a week and is now holding near 74 F in the mornings. The bad news: that wasn’t ...

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