Fishing Forum - 2023 Spring Challenge

Ice fishing in spring, sunburn to prove it - uggh

Strawberry Reservoir
4/1/23

Cutthroat trout - 21 inches

Rainbow trout - 15 inches

Okay good for 21" Cutthroat and 15" Rainbow... Great start from the ice...

Utah Lake
4/8/2023

Channel Catfish - 26"

Brett, it looks like 27 on the plastic, but I think you mentioned to go off the yard stick, so it looks to be 26.5 great starter cat... I know you'll catch much bigger.... Later J

Utah Lake
4/15/2023

Carp - 18.5"

Chunky carp good for 18.5 points, if I could see numbers better on other side might have made 19, but couldn't verify that..

Utah Lake
5/5/23

White bass - 10.5 inches

Black crappie - 7.5 inches

Carp - 24 inches

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Way to go Brett that bumps your score up a ways. 10.5 White bass, 7.5 crappie, 24 carp.

Utah Lake
5/16/23

Channel catfish - 27.5”

Mud cat - 12”

(Just including mud cat for species count)

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Brett, nice catches 27.5 channel and 12 bullhead... Way to go on a bullhead that big, up here an 8.5"er is a big one...

Utah Lake Flotilla Special
5/20/23

Channel Catfish - 29 inches

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Great fish Brett, I'm seeing 28.5 congrats moved up to a tie for forth place...

(05-21-2023, 12:44 PM)joatmon Wrote: [ -> ]Utah Lake Flotilla Special
5/20/23

Channel Catfish - 29 inches

Great fish Brett, I'm seeing 28.5 congrats moved up to a tie for forth place...

Jeff - I posted this from my phone and grabbed the wrong picture - I had a hard time getting this one to stay stretched out to 29"

Here are a couple of better shots

Okay that's good for 29..

Willard Bay
6/2/23

Walleye - 17.5 inches

Wiper - 17.5 inches

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Hey Brett sorry for delay scoring, but good for 17.5 on both walleye and wiper..

Jordan River Reservoir
6/13/23

Species count - and maybe smallest fish…

Bluegill - 5.5 inches

Largemouth bass - 4.5 inches

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Nice job Brett, 4.5 on LMB and I think it touches the line so 6 points on the bluegill....

Jordanelle

6/15/23

Smallmouth bass - 10.5 inches

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SMB good for 10.5

Willard Bay
6/17/23

Yellow perch - 12 inches

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Nice Perch good for 12

Utah Lake
6/21/2023

Channel catfish - 29.5 inches

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Nice fish Brett 29.5 points and it puts you in first place, congrats... J