r/UtahFishing

Been fishing my local man made lake for catfish like crazy last couple months. This lake isn't known for catfish but for trout/bass actually pretty unknown for cats. So keep the secret going 😄. But many anglers have transplanted these cats from the Colorado river which is 20min away from this lake. My uncle hit the local newspaper 15 years ago for this 21lb cat (last picture) And well his record wasn't officially recorded but it's since been officially overtaken by a State record for catch and release channel catfish in this little hometown lake measuring 36-3/4" around(28-32lbs)which I didn't know until recently actually. But my ex pulled out this monster a few months back, well I did after she hooked him for fear of the line snapping which has happened more times than I'd like to admit. But Man what a difference trying to finesse the power of a fish this size compared to the 5-10lb fish we catch pretty common. I'll be spending the rest of my life trying to memorialize this record back to my late uncle. Hopefully this drought is still allowing these fish to get that big. The bluegill population has erupted into every corner of this lake. It seems these catfish turn into nocturnal killer whale orcas at night chasing and devouring them. It's all you can hear kinda wild listening to them breaching the water and chasing them from the shallows where they hide out and nest.

just fishin

Have a hard time identifying these when they’re small

We had a ton of these at Lost Creek Reservoir this past weekend. I’ve seen schools of whitefish on the Weber River, but I didn’t realize lost Creek had so many in there. Initially, we thought they were a child, but after looking at the regulations and comparing, I believe it’s a whitefish. Most of these were probably 9 to 11 inches. I wish I would’ve kept one and fried it up to see if it was any good. We also caught a few cutthroat in the 10 inch range.

First two are Bonneville Cutthroat, third photo is a Bear River Cutthroat, and a beautiful brown to finish.

Y’all. At least four water donkeys (moose) at Silver Lake this morning. The overcast skies had them hanging out a little longer. 7-8am. Water donkey jackpot! 🎰

First fish has very clear cutthroat markings under the jaw, the second smaller one has very faint yet present cutthroat slashes. Caught in LCC.

I live in Sandy. I really want to catch a grayling but would like a drive under 40 minutes. I’m willing to like preferably around 2 miles one way or less. Any lake ideas (and tips for said lake?)

Thinking of fishing 6th water. As usual hike away from the road, Pic from last fall. As usual get your rod out.

Lower provo river, white trout magnet, first cast. Clean release.

Went to fish at Willard bay today with some friends and came up in this. Anybody know what happened?

beautiful fish caught in the middle provo, but i’m unable to identify if this beauty is a cutbow or not. after some research i’ve found that some rainbows can have a “leopard” mutation that gives it the spots, but i can’t see any orange slash under the jaw, which is usually a unique identifier. i only recently moved here so im leaving it up to the locals to figure this out haha

Had our family trip this year out to Lower Bowns for a few days. Fishing was fun and just great to have the kids outdoors with me.