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State Record Tiger Trout?? New
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03-24-2007, 04:44 PM
Just got off the phone with a friend of mine who was holding a 30" Utah Tiger Trout. Yes, it may have been stretched, but not much. He said he has photos. No, he did not catch it. He's a fly guy and someone caught it on a silver Kastmaster. Stay tuned for updates.
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03-24-2007, 05:16 PM
That is a nice catch, I see that the old record was caught on the Boulder mountains and was 27 inches and weighed 7 lbs-9 ozs. Unless this 30 incher is very skinny, it should weigh at least 8 or 9 lbs. Of course if the guy that caught it, decided to release it, was going for a catch-and-release record that would smash that 23 inch record. Do you mind sharing where the fish was caught? WH2
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03-24-2007, 08:50 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I just got a report and pictures from the CO down there, who is filling out the certificates for the record. It was taken from Pali
 es Reservoir, as was the pending state record caught but never logged into DWR record books last November.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff] It was caught today, 3/24/2007, by Michael Moon of Ephraim, UT. It was 29.5 inches long and weighed in at 10.73 pounds (10 lbs 12 oz). It was weighed on the certified scales at Kent's Market in Ephraim. [signature]
03-24-2007, 10:00 PM
The Park rRanger at Pali
e told me that the new Park Ranger got it on a red and white daredevil and took it home and cleaned it and put the guts in the trash can. then the next day got them out and took them and got the wt. and it was 9.1 lbs. plus the local fish cop said it was 9 lbs.[signature]
03-24-2007, 10:06 PM
[cool][#0000ff]That was the fish caught last November.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]The one in the pictures was just taken today.[/#0000ff] [signature]
03-24-2007, 11:50 PM
What a great fish! Tell your friend congrats.
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03-25-2007, 03:49 AM
I was there this morning and I have even better pictures of the fish. The fish was HUGE. As stated before, it was 29.5 inches long with an 18 inch girth. I have over 40 pictures of the fish and several showing how thick the fish is. This was a catch of a life time and an amazing tiger to see first hand.
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03-25-2007, 11:24 AM
Welcome to the boards! Would you mind sharing someof your pics as well? [
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03-25-2007, 06:35 PM
[shocked] Nice fish! While fishing at Huntington yesterday, I was daydreaming of catching the state record Tiger Trout myself! Some dream and some do I guess! Btw, I noticed that most of the smaller Tigers were more brilliantly colored than the larger ones, and the pics of the record fish showed it to be even less colored. is this a temp. or location thing or do Tigers fade with age? Or mabie it's a combination. Just wondering.
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03-25-2007, 07:51 PM
I have loaded a couple different pictures on our web site. If you have time, take a minutes to check out the site and the other pictures in the photo Album section.
Here is a link to the site. [url "http://www.sweetflies.com/"]www.sweetflies.com[/url] The fish couldn't have been caught by a nicer guy! Hats off to him! Tight lines and screaming reels. Herb Patterson [signature]
03-25-2007, 07:57 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Coloration can change from water to water and season to season. The fish in Huntington color up a lot in the fall and winter, even though there are no true males or females and they do not spawn. In the summer most of the fish become more silvery and less golden. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]Water chemistry and diet often play a role in coloration too. As I understand it, the water in Pali es is quite alkaline. That not only gives the fishes' skin a washed out look but it imparts a difference in the flavor of the flesh too. I have not eaten fish from Palies but I have heard they are not very good sometimes.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]If you have seen brown trout from different lakes and streams you have probably noticed similar differences in their coloration. Stream dwelling browns seem to color up more than lake fish. Browns that live in deep lakes tend to turn quite silvery and may be mistaken for rainbows or cutts.[/#0000ff] [signature] |
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