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It was a nice day on the lake, with close to twenty other boats, lots of shore fishermen too. The catching was red hot most of the day and when it slowed, we would just switch lures and the catching would start again. Water temp was 47* and we caught fish on the surface and down at 45 feet with the riggers. Over 40 fish caught, all bows and twice that many lost with long line releases. The UV squid was one of the hot lures as was a rainbow green cripplure. Great day to be on the water, thanks Wiperslayer.
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Thanks for the update.. Are the fish infested with parasites ??
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Yes they are, they are just under the skin though and the DWR say they are OK to eat. One thing I will say for them, they are great fighters on light tackle.
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Your right it was a "marvelous"day. Interesting pics. I thought i recognized you trolling back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth...LOL. I caught that many sitting in one place.....LOL on a hard rock though. You got me in the 2nd pic out on TH point... What a day...
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Yea, we stayed in that area all day, when we first got there we were marking a lot of trout right off the point you guys were fishing by. The point on the other side was holding a lot of trout also. They were down so deep we were hoping they were tiger trout but we never caught any. How about you, any tigers?
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As for the "so called" tiger trout the supposedly have been stocking over the years i have yet to see em' anyway we caught way to many sore infested trout. EC hold some of the best fight'n trout but not all that pretty to look at. I wish there was more success on the tigers and kokes. Years ago when i was a kid i don't remember the Anchor worms at all, too bad our tax dollars can't solve that problem, instead i've been checked 3 x's this year on liscense. oh i had better quit before my BP gets going...LOL
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I caught a similar brown trout in middle provo river two months ago. With white tumor-like skin, it did scrare me a lot. I finally decided to kill it and throw it far away the river.
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From everything I've read about the Anchor worms in trout, there is no way to get it out. The worms
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go into the ground this time of the year when they come out of the trout, so even if they killed all the trout and drained the lake it would take years of no water before it would kill the anchor worm. That is one of the reasons they are trying different fish in EC, like tiger trout and smallmouth. If you noticed all the lakes from Rockport down,that have had the problem with the anchor worm how have warm water fish in them, except Lost creek and I'm guessing that is because it never got into that lake, thank goodness. I'm sure it won't be long before there are perch in EC[:/].
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Another case of the East Canyon Coodies
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I wouldn't get into the habit of Killing and wasting any fish you see that looks odd.
Just because a fish has a discoloration or handicap, it doesn't mean you can kill it and throw it in the dumpster.
No disrespect, but you don't have the right to do that.
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Hey Fox, what you saw on that Brown that you caught in the Provo river was a fungus and the browns in there have that problem every year. If I remember correctly it is brought on by stress but I don't know if that is caused by warm water condition or something else. Does anyone else know?
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I was not wasting the fish, because I knew there was a red fox residing there.[
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I know the Ogden River has had those same problems too. Back when I was a kid I remember there was like a 80% total kill off in the entire canyon. Flycastin and I were devastated that year, there were literally thousands of trophy browns floating down the river. Flycastin hooked a half dead 10lb brown as it was going down the river and I'm sure it died later that week. I don't know what this disease is but, we have had discussions on it before.
From what I have seen, it looks like the skin almost peels off and reveals the white flesh underneath the skin.
I have not seen it in the Ogden since then.
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There are foxes, racoons, and skunks that live on every river in Utah. They can get food for themselves. If you catch a fish that you don't want to eat, please release it.
We as fisherman can't make the call to throw fish away if they are diseased (Or leave them for our furry freinds).
You want to kill the fish, you gotta choke it down buddy.
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Just worry about if the disease will spread the entire river. I will release it next time, if this desease is common.
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I understand your concern, I worry as well. I just don't want you to get into trouble. I'm sure that fishes days were numbered anyway, but a cranky DWR officer might think different.
Thanks for your concern,
Matt
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[quote fox]Just worry about if the disease will spread the entire river. I will release it next time, if this desease is common.[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]For the record, killing any game fish and then discarding it is considered "wasting resources"...regardless of the condition of the fish. That can earn you a ticket.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Browns in the Provo (and elsewhere) are subject to the white fungus covering following the stress of spawning in the fall...especially during low warm water conditions. Generally it only appears on a few fish and not all of them. I first observed it on the Lower Provo browns in the early 60's. It is nothing new and is not a transmittable disease...like whirling disease. Weakened fish pick up the spores from the water when their protective mucous membrane has been lost due to rough handling or to scraping it off during nest building or fighting...while spawning.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You may have saved that fish from a lingering death, since once they become infected the disease spreads over their entire body and into their gills. My understanding is that the fungus is almost always fatal to the fish. It is for sure that being tossed up onto the bank is 100 percent fatal.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I hate to see wild critters suffer too, but sometimes it is important to be aware of the laws and to not carry out your own conservation program.[/#0000ff]
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