Last Sunday, October 6th, 2008, the Salt Lake Tribune ran a feature article on Lake Powell fishing and quoted Wayne Gustaveson heavily. Wayne G. has been a local fixture at Lake Powell for 33 years and writes not only a weekly article for our local Lake Powell Chronicle but has the awesome fishing resource page Wayne's Words. Wayne is the go-to guy here at Powell for fishing, and is the head biologist of the Lake Powell Project for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. The Tribune article was informative and made several great points.

• It may be odd that a state employee runs a blog the size of Wayne's Words, but our visitors are the best fish management tool for a fishery the size of Powell.
• The forage fish are what drive the Lake Powell system but there are plenty of predators. It's not politically correct to introduce more forage fish but we can control the population of the predators. With 3 million visitors a year - lets send each one home with a fish!
• Spot fishing, especially for the "strippers" or striped bass, has been spotty recently, because they are full. A natural decline in forage fish should happen and by early next year the sport fishing should be on the rise as the "strippers" get hungry again.
• In 1991 a 48 lb 11 oz Stripper was caught and is the State of Utah and Lake Powell record. (side note: I REMEMBER THAT!)

It is easy to see why OUTDOOR MAGAZINE rated Page Lake Powell in the Top Ten Places to Live

To read more on this article visit The Lake Powell Real Estate blog article

For more information on Lake Powell Fishing an the weekly fishing forecast visit Wayne's Words The webpage includes a weekly report of action at the massive reservoir, photos from successful anglers and in-depth descriptions of useful techniques.

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Is it me or has Congress, The Fed, and the Treasury been running around for the past couple of months playing whac-a-mole with the banking and financial system?

Bailout this company, help this one merge, let this one fall, pass a worthless $150b stimulus plan with rebate checks (that everybody except Congress knew would be a waste of tax payer money), pass a $700b bailout plan, propose another $150b bailout for cities, and then some weird economic stimulus and recovery plan for $56b in September. How are all of those things working out for you and the economy?

The problem facing our economy is a housing supply problem. There is too much supply. Congress has not ONCE addressed how to stimulate demand for housing in an effort to absorb this excess supply.

This excess supply is causing downward pressure on home values resulting in a loss of equity, decreased consumer spending, foreclosures, job losses and ultimately is spilling over into Wall St. and the financial and banking system as we are seeing.

Housing is the engine of the US economy. And right now the housing market is stalled.

Until Congress can jump start the housing market, and stimulate aggressive demand for real estate to absorb the excess supply, the economy will continue to contract.

My proposal is to reform the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and provide a real tax incentive for people to invest in real estate.

Here is the link to this proposal: www.HousingStimulusPlan.org

Relaxing on my back porch last night as I am wont to do after a busy day (or any day, for that matter), the clouds lingering after a windy day hovered in my vista in the northeast foothills of Tucson.  Courtesy of Hurricane Norbert in the Sea of Cortez, these last wisps of the day were spectacular when lit by the moon and the glow from the city lights.

One of the best things about living in Tucson is the variety of its scenic beauty...day or night!  Enjoy.

Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Homes is pleased to introduce Justin McHood with Arizona Mortgage Team with our live interview October 9, 2008 (see Podcast below) talking a little about the Mortgage Landscape.

Justin & Tammy McHood with Arizona Mortgage Team will be contributing on a weekly basis on PhoenixHousingBlog.com with mortgage advice, answering mortgage questions and sharing market reports.

Justin & Tammy McHood both Arizona natives bring their expertise and friendly customer service to each and every client. Their priority is to help each buyer understand the process of getting a loan and offer a friendly local approach. After all who is better to work with you with regarding your single largest asset (your home) than someone you can trust. Someone with national experience, impeccable credentials and yet who lives locally.

They specialize in FHA Home loans and will be happy to answer any mortgage questions or concerns you may have. There is so much to cover with the Mortgage Landscape and we touched on just a few areas that seem to be the hot topic in our podcast today. We discussed the impact to buyers with the $700 billion dollar bailout and the passing of that bill. The general impact on buyers overall and the slowdown on the market. Justin also gave us some insight on the FHA Hope For Homeowners program, that can help buyers that are struggling with their mortgages and being upside down on their notes.

We also has some great advice on steps that a homeowner could take if they found themselves in a potential financial hardship and perhaps ways to avoid foreclosure.

Justin & Tammy McHood certainly are experts in the Arizona mortgage lending and can help help you with Arizona Mortgage financing options, buying a new home in Arizona also helping you understand Reverse Mortgages.

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