08-28-2015, 03:02 AM
OK. So this is the first year since I was 6 (I'm now 32) that we actually spent a significant amount of time at Utah Lake fishing. We have caught almost everything that place has to offer, except walleye and pike. Most of our catch has been catfish. I didn't really think about it much until lately, but I think we may have actually caught some really good ones.... or maybe I just don't know what size a "really good one" is at Utah Lake. Admittedly it's been mostly my wife that has caught the bigger ones [angelic] She's caught a couple that were 27-28" and up to 8lbs. I didn't think to start measuring them until our last couple trips.
I've caught my fair share as well, but they've been smaller - mostly around 20-24"
So my question to you guys more experienced than myself at Utah Lake: Are these fish what would be considered big? Is everyone else catching stuff like this all the time too? It seems like every trip out one of us reels in another 2+ footer. Have we just been lucky?
Either way it is fun and my wife likes doing it, so I have no complaints, but I am curious.
I've attached a couple of pics as well. The pic taken during the day is the fish that weighed a little over 8 lbs on our old scale.
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I've caught my fair share as well, but they've been smaller - mostly around 20-24"
So my question to you guys more experienced than myself at Utah Lake: Are these fish what would be considered big? Is everyone else catching stuff like this all the time too? It seems like every trip out one of us reels in another 2+ footer. Have we just been lucky?
Either way it is fun and my wife likes doing it, so I have no complaints, but I am curious.
I've attached a couple of pics as well. The pic taken during the day is the fish that weighed a little over 8 lbs on our old scale.
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