05-06-2004, 11:37 AM
[cool][blue][size 1]Hey Steve, welcome to the BFT fambly. [/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]You got it right about Utah having good fishing. I have lived in Utah for quite a few years of my life, and I am planning to move back soon. There are not too many areas of the country I have not had the privilege to fish, but I personally feel there aren't many states that offer more diverse fishing, or better fishing overall, than Utah.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]California is one of about three or four states that DOES have a lot more diversity. They don't have muskies, but they got salmon and steelhead...and sturgeon...and big flathead and blue cats...and huge Florida strain largemouths...and a whole ocean full of big nasties too. [/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Unfortunately they also got a lot more people there. A lot harder to find solitude there than in Utah. Anybody in Utah who has a problem with being crowded on their favorite spot should experience the "full contact" fishing on some of California's more accessible waters. That's why I used to drive six hours and then hike another six or eight to get back into the Sierras for some golden trout fishing. Only dedicated fishermen and folks respectful of the resources made it that far in.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]You got it right about Utah having good fishing. I have lived in Utah for quite a few years of my life, and I am planning to move back soon. There are not too many areas of the country I have not had the privilege to fish, but I personally feel there aren't many states that offer more diverse fishing, or better fishing overall, than Utah.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]California is one of about three or four states that DOES have a lot more diversity. They don't have muskies, but they got salmon and steelhead...and sturgeon...and big flathead and blue cats...and huge Florida strain largemouths...and a whole ocean full of big nasties too. [/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Unfortunately they also got a lot more people there. A lot harder to find solitude there than in Utah. Anybody in Utah who has a problem with being crowded on their favorite spot should experience the "full contact" fishing on some of California's more accessible waters. That's why I used to drive six hours and then hike another six or eight to get back into the Sierras for some golden trout fishing. Only dedicated fishermen and folks respectful of the resources made it that far in.[/size][/#0000ff]
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