Fish Lake Perch Tournament - Results

[MikeHadley_UDWR]

The second annual Fish Lake Perch Tournament was another big success on Saturday. The weather forecast kept a few folks away, but we still had over 1,800 brave souls show up and catch an estimated 35,000 perch.

Amazingly, only 10 of those fish were tagged. Also, we couldn't raffle off all of the prizes before the storm rolled in. That means there are still 34 prizes - including an ice sled, auger, fishing poles, and knives - waiting for lucky anglers to catch more tagged perch. All you have to do is check in at the Lakeside General Store before you go fishing. Then, when you catch a tagged perch, go back to the store to claim your prize. This contest will go as long as the prizes last. A big thanks to Fish Lake Resorts for helping give away the rest of these great prizes.

We appreciate all those who participated and made this a fun and educational event. We are especially grateful for your patience as we figure out through trial and error how to make this the best fishing contest in Utah.

One of the benefits of using tagged fish was that we were able to generate our first ever estimate of the number of perch in Fish Lake: about 4.5 million! (Keep in mind this is a very rough estimate - we could be off by a million or two.)

Remember to come back to Fish Lake often and take home as many tasty perch as you can. We are hopeful that intense harvest, coupled with efforts to reduce milfoil, will eventually reduce the perch density and lessen their impact on other fish species.

We hope to see you again at next year's Fish Lake Perch Tournament.
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[Jackin_Jaws]

Hey Mike, just maybe some ideas for next year to eliminate the radio abusers.. Hourly updates, scheduled time events listed to tune into the radio (not mentioning the kind of contest on paper/flyer) and just posting the winners at the check-in and not reading them over the radio.. Other than the radio abusers, it was a great contest.. Thanks for ur hard work and everybody else who put it in and the sponsors!!
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[barberjd78]

Mr. Hadley,
Is the video from the helicopter in the morning on line to view. really would like to see that fly over.

Thanks
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[MikeHadley_UDWR]

[quote Jackin_Jaws]Hey Mike, just maybe some ideas for next year to eliminate the radio abusers.. Hourly updates, scheduled time events listed to tune into the radio (not mentioning the kind of contest on paper/flyer) and just posting the winners at the check-in and not reading them over the radio.. Other than the radio abusers, it was a great contest.. Thanks for ur hard work and everybody else who put it in and the sponsors!![/quote]

These are great suggestions. We had actually planned to post raffle winners, but ran out of time due to not knowing how long it would take to compile check-in lists and add the new registrants. Then the wind started blowing and people started leaving, so we decided to do what we could at that point.
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[MikeHadley_UDWR]

[quote barberjd78]Mr. Hadley,
Is the video from the helicopter in the morning on line to view. really would like to see that fly over.

Thanks[/quote]

They actually took a few clips and we're working on editing them into one nice video to share.
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