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So I have been fishing the gorge for nearly 20 years now. I have spent thousands of dollars just trying to catch that monster Laker. I have caught a few in the 20 pound range in that time but never anything bigger. As of today I have fished Fish lake 1 day and spent about 150 bucks and finally broke the thirty pound mark. Well at least I think, This fish had a 23 inch girth and was 37 inches long. He took about 30 minutes to reel in with the 3 foot ice rod and 6 pound test line. In my estimation this thing had to be at least 30 years old with how slow fish lake grows them. And the coolest part is he is going to see 31. Since I didn't have a scale Im not exactly sure how much he weighed. I was hoping somebody with more expertise could gestimate how much he weighs and post a reply. so with all that said I think I might have to change my name to fishlake fanatic......
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Nice fish Jeff, I bet it made your day. I have a web site that figures out the weight for you on that fish. I'm not sure how close these things are but here it is, [url "http://www.mohroutdoors.com/#Fishing/fishweights.htm"]http://www.mohroutdoors.com/#Fishing/fishweights.htm[/url]
Thanks for posting your report, it was good to meet you a while back at Lost dog.
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Congrats on the nice fish.
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great report and picture. very nice fish. we were down there about a month ago and didn't get anything close to that big. thanks for sharing.
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Nice catch Jeff, that's a big fish.
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Curt, I can't get your link to work.
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Wow that is one fine fish for anywhere in Utah and particularly for Fish Lake.
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[font "Tempus Sans ITC"][#808000][size 3]Very nice fish especially from Fish Lake. According to the measurements that you have given it would put that fish around the low to mid 20lb range probably around 23-25lb's from what I see in your picture.[/size][/#808000][/font]
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[cool][#0000ff]Beautiful fish. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here is a [url "http://fishdreams.com/calculator.all_species.html"]LINK TO CALCULATOR[/url] that I have found to be reasonably accurate. Using the length and girth you provided it calculates your fish at just a hair over 30 pounds.[/#0000ff]
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[font "Tempus Sans ITC"][#808000][size 3]Since you are definatly into Mack fishing here is a site that calculates weights for only Lake Trout for future references. I've used this calculator for the last couple of years and it is dead on for Lake Trout. [/size][/#808000][/font][url "http://www.laketrout.org/lake-trout-weight-calculator.htm"]Click Here[/url]
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this fish was exactley 30 pounds on capt jim,s scale.
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good job gorgefanatic thats one of the biggest lakers ive seen come out of fishlake. the fish in my avatar is 30lbs so it should give you an estimate. and ill bet your close to the age of that fish they definatly grow slower in fish lake and im glad he can enjoy growing some more good job!
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I think wyobraz came pretty close. I have a similar specimen to yours. It also came from fishlake. It measured 36 inches and has a similar build. It weighed 22. I hope this helps. gshorthair
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wow that fish is beautiful. I enjoyed fish lake all day on the 1st. No MONSTERS like that one. just one nice over 20 in splake. I will catch one like yours someday.
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Livinthedream,
How was the ice on Fish Lake. Will it hold up for another week or two. Looking for a trip next week.
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