Utah County man catches a record-breaking splake in a reservoir known for some big fish
(Courtesy of Buckley Jolley) Buckely Jolley shows the 30.5-inch splake he caught and released at Joes Valley Reservoir in November 2017. The DWR recently certified the fish as the largest splake ever caught and released in Utah.
Tom Wharton has written high school sports and the outdoors for more than four decades. Though he retired in 2016 from his full-time position after working more than 45 years at The Tribune, the University of Utah graduate continues to write about prep sports, Utah history and the outdoors part-time.