What is Maximum Size a Fish could grow in Uintas

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High elevation lakes generally have a very short feeding season and limited biomass, hence the lack of large fish. By short, I'm talking about longer winters and colder temps, so not much feed, and not for very long - maybe 3-4 months of aquatic and terrestrial insects, max. Larger fish caught in lakes that can be reached by a stocker truck will sometimes kick out some of these 5lbs rainbows and frankenstein hatchery fish, but they're most likely brood stock or hybrid fast growers. Back country, you're generally not going to see this. Two to three lbs seems to be the upper limit for remote high country lakes that are airplane stocked or have naturally reproducing brookies.
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