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<br />AVAILABLE, MAKING THE MC CONAUGHY EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE TO <br />SPORT FISHERMEN. RAINBOWS UP TO 16 INCHES SHOULD BE COMMON <br />IN 1987. <br /> <br />LARGEMOUTH BASS IN MC PHEE WILL USUALLY BE FOUND IN WATER <br />LESS THAN TWENTY FEET DEEP, IN AREAS WITH ABUNDANT AQUATIC <br />PLANTS AND SUNKEN DEBRIS TO FURNISH COVER. FAVORITE BAITS <br />FOR BASS ARE CRAYFISH, SURFACE AND UNDERWATER LURES, <br />POPPERS, AND FLIES FISHED AROUND BRUSH, WEEDS, AND <br />UNDERWATER STRUCTURES IN EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. ALL BASS <br />UNDER 15 INCHES MUST BE RETURNED TO THE WATER IMMEDIATELY. <br />THE SIZE RESTRICTION SHOULD ALLOW BASS TO GROW LARGE ENOUGH <br />TO SPAWN BEFORE THEY ARE CAUGHT BY ANGLERS. <br /> <br />SMALLMOUTH BASS ARE USUALLY FOUND IN ROCKY LOCATIONS WITH <br />DEEP WATER NEARBY. IN CONTRAST TO THE LARGEMOUTH BASS, THE <br />UPPER JAW DOES NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE EYE, AND THE DORSAL FIN <br />HAS A VERY SHALLOW NOTCH. FISHING METHODS ARE SIMILAR TO <br />THOSE USED FOR LARGEMOUTH. AGAIN, ALL BASS UNDER 15 INCHES <br />MUST BE RETURNED TO THE WATER IMMEDIATELY. <br /> <br />BLACK CRAPPIE PREFER CLEAR, WEEDY AREAS. WHEN THESE <br />GREGARIOUS FISH GATHER IN LARGE SCHOOLS DURING THE SPRING, <br />SMALL JIGS FISHED AROUND SUBMERGED BRUSH PILES ARE AN <br />EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR CATCHING THEM. THE DIVISION OF <br />WILDLIFE IN COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE <br />ANCHORED LARGE PILES OF BRUSH ALONG THE SHORELINE EAST OF <br />THE SAGEHEN FISHERMEN ACCESS TO ATTRACT CRAPPIES AND OTHER <br />WARMWATER FISH. WAKELESS BOATING IS ENFORCED IN THIS AREA. <br /> <br />BLUEGILL ARE THE MOST POPULAR OF THE PANFISH. THEY ARE <br />EASILY CAUGHT ON ALMOST ANY SMALL BAIT, EITHER NATURAL OR <br />ARTIFICIAL. THEY ARE FOUND IN SCHOOLS, USUALLY IN SHALLOW <br />WATER. BEST FISHING IS IN EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. <br /> <br />CHANNEL CATFISH WILL BE FOUND IN THE UPPER END OF MC PHEE, <br />NEAR THE DOLORES RIVER INELT. THEY FEED ON A WIDE VARIETY <br />OF AQUATIC LIFE. NIGHT FISHING PROVIDES THE BEST SPORT, AND <br />A VARIETY OF BOTTOM BAIT - NIGHT CRAWLERS, CRAYFISH, CHICKEN <br />INNARDS, AND DOUGH BALLS - ALL WORK WELL. IN CONTRAST TO <br />THE SMALLER BULLHEAD CATFISH, THE CHANNEL CAT HAS A FORKED <br />TAIL AND DARK SPOTS ON THE BODY. <br /> <br />OTHER SPECIES PRESENT IN THE DOLORES RIVER BEFORE MC PHEE <br />RESERVOIR WAS FILLED INCLUDE FATHEAD MINNOWS, CRAYFISH, <br />GREEN SUNFISH, AND BULLHEAD CATFISH, ALL OF WHICH ARE <br />IMPORTANT FORAGE FOR THE OTHER SPORTFISH. USE OF LIVE FISH <br />AS BAIT IS PROHIBITED IN MC PHEE RESERVOIR. <br /> <br />2. Boating <br /> <br />All types of basting occur on the reservoir including low and <br />high speed boating, sailing, canoeing, rafting snd kayaking. <br />With the narrow configuration of the reservoir, conflicts between <br />