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Big lakers and plump smallmouth at Flaming Gorge's Sheep Creek Bay

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:11:27 MDT

Big lakers and plump smallmouth at Flaming Gorge's Sheep Creek Bay

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 09:11AM MDT

Ryan Mosley, Flaming Gorge Project Leader for the UDWR, sent in this report of recently completed spring survey gillnetting on the reservoir straddling the Utah/Wyoming border. The video is from a past gillnetting survey. We just completed two mornings of gillnetting at Sheep Creek Bay. The weather was phenomenal and it's the first time I remember netting in a t-shirt on Flaming Gorge Reservoir in May! With the warmer water temperatures (55F) bass were more active and well represented in the cat...

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Flaming Gorge Fishing Report - Gillnetting nabs trophy lake trout

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:11:02 MDT

Flaming Gorge Fishing Report - Gillnetting nabs trophy lake trout

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Updated May 10, 2013 03:11PM MDT

Ryan Mosley, Flaming Gorge project leader for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, sent in this report Friday: We just finished two days of gillnetting at Jarvies Bay. We set three nets for trophy lake trout, and three shore sets for other species like rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, and small lake trout. With water temps around 50F, smallmouth bass are starting to get more active. We sampled several smallmouth bass, with a couple up to 1.5 lbs. Rainbow trout were also well represented in th...

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52-pound lake trout at Flaming Gorge

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:43:02 MDT

52-pound lake trout at Flaming Gorge

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Updated May 10, 2013 02:43PM MDT

This was submitted Friday, May 10, 2013, by Ryan Mosley, Flaming Gorge project leader, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources: Reservoir netting has begun and Wyoming Game and Fish Department has set the standard pretty high this year. Craig Amadio (WGFD biologist) sent me these pics of a 52-lb, 45-inch lake trout the crew netted near the stateline earlier this week. This fish would beat the current Utah record by 1.5 lbs and the current Wyoming record by 2 lbs. The fish was measured, weighed, pu...