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Utah angler catches record tiger trout
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 existing Utah state record held by Michael Moon.
In 2007, Moon caught a tiger trout that measured 29-1/2 inches and weighed 10 pounds, 12 ounces. The fish had a girth measurement of 17-1/8 inches. He caught the tiger in Palisade Reservoir just south of Manti.
After Regional Aquatic Manager Mike Slater measured Peery's fish, Peery's hope was realized—his tiger trout not only beat the 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's Salt Lake City office to be finalized.
"It's worth noting that Trent also caught another tiger trout the same day that measured approximately 25 inches," says Brent Stettler, regional conservation outreach manager for the Division. "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."
A tiger trout is a cross between a brown trout and a brook trout.
Photo:
Trent Peery of Santaquin, Utah shows the tiger trout he caught at Scofield Reservoir in Utah in mid February.
The huge fish was more than 32 inches long.
It weighed a whopping 15 pounds.
It is the new state record and broke the old state record for a tiger trout by almost five pounds.
Photo by Mike Slater
Photo courtesy of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources