08-30-2021, 04:43 PM
30 August 2021 - 2 months remaining in Catfish Contest -
The current scores are not completely confirmed official, but MrsJ and r2u2 have posted Cats in the past week or so that have pushed them up toward the top of the score board.
MrsJ is tied with jig-fisher for 1st place at 92.0 points.
Ahi1953 and r2u2 are tied for 2nd place at 89.5 points.
The water levels at Utah Lake have been dropping, but with possibly cooler weather coming, this is getting into the same time of year that the big Cats come out to play, as proven by last years 34 incher caught by BLK.
The water level up on the Bear River Bird Refuge (as of a trip I took 25 Aug - photo included) was higher than I expected, sort of. All of the irrigation gates from the Reeder bridge to the O-Line gate were closed and the water on the outlet side of gates was just about none. But from Whistlers Bend area to the bottom bridges the water level was at just about the full mark. At the 3 bridge gates the north-west, west, and south gates were partially open allowing flow out into the duck hunt areas.
![[Image: 023-25-Aug-21-skunked.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/XZX9rRy/023-25-Aug-21-skunked.jpg)
For possible large Cats in the north team area, this may just be the last area that is available to the north to compete with UL in the south.
The current scores are not completely confirmed official, but MrsJ and r2u2 have posted Cats in the past week or so that have pushed them up toward the top of the score board.
MrsJ is tied with jig-fisher for 1st place at 92.0 points.
Ahi1953 and r2u2 are tied for 2nd place at 89.5 points.
The water levels at Utah Lake have been dropping, but with possibly cooler weather coming, this is getting into the same time of year that the big Cats come out to play, as proven by last years 34 incher caught by BLK.
The water level up on the Bear River Bird Refuge (as of a trip I took 25 Aug - photo included) was higher than I expected, sort of. All of the irrigation gates from the Reeder bridge to the O-Line gate were closed and the water on the outlet side of gates was just about none. But from Whistlers Bend area to the bottom bridges the water level was at just about the full mark. At the 3 bridge gates the north-west, west, and south gates were partially open allowing flow out into the duck hunt areas.
For possible large Cats in the north team area, this may just be the last area that is available to the north to compete with UL in the south.
"OCD = Obsessive Catfish Disorder "
Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder