I decided to try Skyline Pond Tuesday morning since it is only a 10 minute drive from my house. I fished from the fishing pier from about 10am to 12:30pm. I tried Orange PowerBait and the fish were hitting pretty steady. I caught a lot of small trout and threw them back to grow bigger. Then as I was about to leave I hooked this 14 1/2 trout and kept him for dinner. I hope to hit Quail Lake soon to see if the fish are biting there.
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Glad you got one big enough for dinner! I caught some outta there that had that snub nose look, like the one you got. I also noticed that most of the ones I caught had pretty beat up tail fins. Don't know why or how.
Thanks for the report.
After spending last weekend in St. George, all my kids want to move there. I told them I wouldn't want the summers where it's 100 degrees at 7 AM in the morning!
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I also noticed that most of the ones I caught had pretty beat up tail fins. Don't know why or how.
That's what happens to them when they have to keep them in the hatchery until they are catchable size. The concrete raceways and the crowded conditions are rough on their tail and fins.
Urban ponds are one of the great things the DWR has come up with over the last few years. Places that kids and folks can go to catch fish without having to leave town.[fishin]
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Thanks for the report.[cool] Nice lookin meal ya got there.
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Trout that are raised for stocking in community ponds average 8" in length. Occasionally the DWR will stock the ponds with larger surplus trout. These fish will usually have short fins and tails from a life in the hatchery.
They are still fun to catch but they are funny to look at.
Once in a while, community ponds will get stocked with some very large old brood stock trout. Some of these fish are very ugly with sores on the stubs where the tails and fins have worn off.
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After spending last weekend in St. George, all my kids want to move there. I told them I wouldn't want the summers where it's 100 degrees at 7 AM in the morning![/quote]
After 33 years in SLC and one full year in Washington County, it'd take an act of Satan to get me back north. I am quite alright with everyone thinking it is too hot to live down here... Because it totally is. You'd hate it here. Enjoy bumping elbows with everyone on the Berry! :-)
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[quote TroutBumDave][quote akammerman]
After spending last weekend in St. George, all my kids want to move there. I told them I wouldn't want the summers where it's 100 degrees at 7 AM in the morning![/quote]
After 33 years in SLC and one full year in Washington County, it'd take an act of Satan to get me back north. I am quite alright with everyone thinking it is too hot to live down here... Because it totally is. You'd hate it here. Enjoy bumping elbows with everyone on the Berry! :-)[/quote]
I still have 20 years to go before retirement but when it does I may be moving there...
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When I was offered a job in STG, I initially laughed and told my then-future boss, "Not a snowball's chance in Hell am I ever moving to St. George". I went to STG once or twice a year with my and my wife's family every year and that was once or twice too many.
It's amazing how ones attitude can change when you live nine minutes and forty seven seconds away from arguably the best fishing in the state...
I wouldn't wait for retirement, 'Bino -- figure out a way to get here sooner; you'll thank me/yourself later.
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Wel my problem is Amtrak don't go to st. George. So yes it will need to be retirement.
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