Well, I got the latest DWR fish stocking info this morning, and it is now posted at [url "http://www.utahfishinginfo.com/dwr/fishstockingreport.php"]Utah Fishing Info[/url] (link), and guess what?
It looks like this week the DWR went NUTS stocking little 1 to 2 inch Arctic Grayling ALL OVER THE STATE!! I counted about 2 dozen lakes that they stocked thousands of grayling into, and not just into the Uintas either. There are lakes in Central and Southern Utah as well as the uintas where they were stocked. Next summer and the one after that you'll be able to catch grayling in MANY places!
There's even one VERY close to home to many BFTers, right here in Utah County! Silver Lake (above Silver Lake Flat Reservoir in AF Canyon) received 1197 (1.66 inch) Arctic Grayling on Aug. 2nd! Those will be catchable next summer and decent sized the summer after that! Still requires a hike, but no drive up to the Uintas first!
Thought y'all would be interested.
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great job dude!! thank's for keeping us informed!
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[cool]Am I the only person that finds those fish ugly to look at? To me, they look like a chub with a big sail fin on top. I really don't know why people get so excited to go hike 3 miles in the Uintas just to go catch them...[crazy]
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maybe it because they are a novelty fish! just like the pike in redmond the tigers trout in huntington the wipers in willard, musky in pineview as wore the splake, brake, and some of the other off the wall fish the DWR have planted around the state!
it's something new to try your luck at! and who knows they might be fun to catch!
if nothing more you will see some very beautiful country around most the lakes they are in.. even if the fish is kind-a-fugly [sly]..
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Actually, I think they are one of the most beautiful fish! Have you ever seen one up close? They are often irridescent purple/blue and with that sail fin, they are like an exotic tropical fish (that lives in subarctic climate, lol)!
To each his own, I guess, lol. [cool]
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Geoff, you are the only one.[
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Either you have caught some purty chubs or caught or seen pictures of some ugly graylings.
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That is some of the best news I have seen. I love those little fish. They are pretty. Easy to catch and not too predatory. I wish they would continue to place them in a few more easy access reservoirs like Smith Morehouse so a few more kids could catch one here and there. Kudos to the Fish and Game on this one.
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Out -- a couple things about Grayling:
1. Colors. You obviously haven't looked close enough at one. They are extremely colorful. They are full of purples, blues, greens. Really irradescent. Beautiful fish.
2. Over wintering fish. Grayling are better at overwintering in lakes with low oxygen content than brook trout. If you looked at the lakes on the Boulder Mountain that have Grayling (some of those lakes have been stocked with Grayling for many years...) you will notice that they are all lakes that brook trout struggle to make it through the winter. Most of those lakes are on the Boulder Top at over 10,000 ft. elevation.
Novelty? No. Grayling are nothing like Tiger Trout, Brake Trout, Splake Trout, or any other hybrid program. They are a good sport fish for areas where fish struggle to make it through the winter. They also give anglers another opportunity in Utah.
Good fish.
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[cool]Now that makes a little more sense on why grayling are desirable...
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