Thanks to Keith and Robert Mortensen for their memories and Howardism's. It's gonna take some time, but I'm going to put them together with photos and illustrations from Ryan and Ray (he doesn't know it, yet). I must admit to becoming emotional after reading some of their memories. I've got some fishing stories to tell in the compilation. I remember traveling to Blythe from Mesa on weekends to do my laundry (when I was still single) and we'd wake up and go fishing...me, mother and Howard. Howard loved to fish, but Ethel was obsessed with it. We fished for anything that would bite. Anyway, here's quick story about Howard's fishing prowess. After Mom died and he was living with us at the Islands in Gilbert, he told me to go to the Famer's co-op and buy a big bag of chicken scratch. I told him we didn't own chickens and that the Homeowners Association wasn't going to allow any. He said, don't worry, buy it anyway. He also said to find an old coffee can somewhere. After I bought the scratch and got the can, he told me to thow a can of the scratch into the lake by our house every morning before I went to work and then throw another can in as I came home. He wanted the scratch thrown in the same spot everytime. After about a week, he was ready to fish. He was training the fish he said.
Sure enough, he would take a bucket to the lake with his pole and a chair. It was about 300 yards from our house. Pam would carry Chadrey down to him and he would fish and babysit Chad...mostly making sure he didn't fall in. Howard would sit in the shade in his lounge chair and watch Chad crawl everywhere and reel 'em in. Pam would come back in a couple of hours to get Chad. Everday day we had fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner for months. I should say Howard had fish. We got tired of eating them.
Also, I am posting aerial photos of "the land of our father". These show the ranch and the canal that Howard dug down to the river and the amount of acreage he cleared from brush. It's amazing if you think about it how much he put into that place. Also, if you look in the first photo, some of you can recognize where Uncle Marvin and Fred were killed in the plane crash. Alot has changed over the years but it's still recognizable.
I was talking with Chet and Spencer Arnett the other day and they want me to take them over to actually see the place where their father died. They've never been there. I told them I would, but in true Howard fashion, only if I could spend some time fishing there.
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Lake Powell
Chumming is only allowed for taking striped bass. Only commercially prepared anchovies and sardines may be used for chumming. Gaffs may be used to land striped bass only. Carp and striped bass may be taken by means of underwater spearfishing year round. Carp may be taken by archery equipment year round. Archery and spearfishing is prohibited within: (a) 1/4 mile of all existing developed areas, including shoreline campgrounds, docks, launch ramps, breakwaters and trail heads; (b) 1/4 mile of any structure, structures include any building, shed, pump-out, boat dock, breakwater, permanent harbor fixture, camper, motor home, trailer, tent, or vehicle; (c) Rainbow Bridge National Monument; (d) 1/4 mile of Dangling Rope Marina, including any land or harbor based structures; (e) 100 yards (300 feet) of any boats, unless: The person owns, rents, leases, or lawfully occupies the boat, or; Another boat moves into the 100 yard perimeter after the bow or spear fishing activity has commenced.
No line may have more than 3 baited hooks or more than 3 lures. Smallmouth bass limit 20. Largemouth bass limit 5. Crappie limit 10. Channel catfish limit 25. Striped bass no limit.
Underwater spearfishing permitted June 1 through September 30, limit 2 game fish with only 1 longer than 20 inches. Carp and striped bass can be taken year round.
A valid Utah or Arizona fishing license with reciprocal stamp is required for fishing across state line.
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