Utah State Tiger Trout Record Smashed
OutdoorHub 02.22.12
It looks like a new state record tiger trout has been caught inUtah.
Last week—after a day of fishing at Scofield Reservoir in central Utah—an excited Trent Peery dropped by the Division of Wildlife Resources’ office in Springville.
A resident of Santaquin, Peery stopped by the office to ask fisheries biologists to measure a gigantic tiger trout he caught earlier that day.
Peery was hoping the trout would break the existingUtahstate record. That record was held by Michael David Moon. In 2007, Moon caught a tiger trout that measured 29 1/2 inches and weighed 10 pounds, 12 ounces. Moon’s fish had a girth measurement of 17 1/8 inches.
Moon caught the tiger in Palisades Reservoir just south of Manti.
After Regional Aquatic Manager Mike Slater measured Peery’s fish, Peery’s hope came true—his tiger trout not only beat the old state record, its weight smashed it!
Peery’s fish measured 32 1/4 inches long and weighed 15 pounds. The fish had a girth measurement of 20 inches.
The paperwork that will make Peery’s catch official has been sent to the DWR’sSalt Lake Cityoffice to be finalized.
“It’s worth noting thatTrentalso caught another tiger trout the same day that measured approximately 25 inches,” says Brent Stettler, regional conservation outreach manager for the DWR. “There appears to be more large fish under the ice right now.
“The ice fishing season isn’t over at Scofield,” Stettler says. “There may yet be another state record out there.”
