Su Jones with a 5-lb. rainbow taken from the dock at Scofield Reservoir's Mountain View unit.

Pam Stephens of Fountain Green fished March 31, 2007 from the shoreline on the west side of Scofield, and took a couple of 2- and 3-pound trout with egg sacks.

Hunter Maldonado, a winner in the 2006 Utah Conservation Officer's Association essay contest, seems to be having a good time as he reels in a hefty trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

Paul Birdsey holds a 12 lb splake from Joes Valley Reservoir.

Richard Oman and Kalli Kay Oman 1.5 years old of Payson at Petes Hole holding a stringer of small trout

One-year-old Zaycie Taylor holds an albino trout she caught with Mom's help. They fished at Potter's Ponds on the Manti-LaSal National Forest over the Pioneer holiday weekend. Zaycie's sister had to get in the picture and stands beside her.

Kaitlyn Noyes, 5-years-old, of Price shows a stringer of trout caught at Boulger Reservoir with rainbow PowerBait.

This nice rainbow trout was caught at Scofield Reservoir. Photo by Randall Stilson, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Zac Stansberry, Montrose CO, caught the new Lake Powell record gizzard shad. His fish was caught near Bullfrog and weighed 2 pounds 8 ounces. Qualification as a new state record is pending.

Brandon Turner. of Alpine, Utah, shows off the trout he caught at Petes Hole this past week.

Scofield Reservoir from the north side.

Evan Thieme, 9-year-old, Middleton, ID, with channel catfish caught on a family vacation at Lake Powell.

The Peterson family of Saratoga, Utah pose with a stringer of fish caught at Petes Hole, a small lake on the Wasatch Plateau in central Utah.

Ray Varner, Page, Arizona, caught a brightly colored green sunfish while fishing for bass at Lake Powell.

Keith Kimball from Richfield, Utah, caught this 4-pound largemouth bass in Warm Creek on a "sammy" top water lure. Fishing surface lures is a most exciting way to fish and top water fishing is peaking right now. Photo courtesy of Mike McNabb.

Fisherman fishing from a float tube

Troy Crider of Price, Utah with a large tiger trout he caught at Scofield Reservoir on October 30, 2008. He and his dad and friends fished after sundown from a boat. They threw dead minnows with marshmallows. The bait was retrieved slowly. Photo by Daniel Keller, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Biologist Scott Tolentino displays a nice bonneville whitefish from Bear Lake. These whitefish are found nowhere else in the world. Photo taken 12-4-06 by Phil Douglass, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Bonneville cisco are found only in Northern Utah's Bear Lake. Each winter millions swim within feet of the shore, providing unique fishing opportunities. Photo taken 1-20-07 by Phil Douglass, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Jamie, Molly and Mikey Packer of Page Arizona with stripers caught from the back of a houseboat in a nearby striper boil. Photo by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

(L-R) Jordan, Tracey, Chad and Dustin McVicker of Denver shown with their catch of stripers at Lake Powell on 7-8-07. By Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Steffen (L) and Skyler (R) Koury of Show Low AZ hold up their catch of stripers from Lake Powell on 4-15-06. By Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Jackson Thieme (10) of Middleton, Idaho displays his crappie from Lake Powell on 9-04-08. By Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

10-year-old Jim Maurice, with 4-pound striper taken in Twilight Canyon on Lake Powell. Photo taken on 7-20-05 by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.