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Angling for change
When are anglers more likely to catch trout, and with what success? According to the commissions study, anglers caught slightly more stocked fish after opening weekend than during the first-day crush. The catch rate was 1.0 trout per hour opening weekend and 1.13 fish per hour afterward. On wild trout streams, fishermen caught 1.76 brook trout per hour on small streams, 0.51 brookies per hour on large streams, and 0.56 brown trout per hour on large streams. Ken Undercoffer looks at the state's wild trout and sees enormous potential. "Devoted trout fishermen pursue them from early spring well into the fall, and sometimes even into winter," said Undercoffer, a former Greensburg resident who lives in Clearfield and serves as president of the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited.
Utah's Game Fish: Lake Trout
The lake trout, or mackinaw trout, comes in a wide range of colors, from gray to brown to dark green. The distinguishing feature is the light yellowish or white spots that cover the body, from head to tail, and dorsal and tail fins. The other fins are unmarked and lined with white. The tail is sharply forked. Characteristics The lake trout grows and matures more slowly than other fish. After one year they are about six inches in length and when mature range between 19 and 23 inches, usually at the age of four to five. Typically, lake trout run between 5 and 30 pounds. The world record is 72 pounds. The Utah record is 51 pounds, 8 ounces, and was caught in 1988 in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Smaller lake trout make excellent meals. Larger fish tend to take on an oily taste.
FISH FORECAST: Weather playing role in local derby
It's the final weekend for the Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby and some of the top anglers are waiting with baited breath (pun intended) to see what's going to happen with the weather. The key seems to be how intense it will be based on the intensity of Ernesto and what track the storm will take. Most anglers are hoping that it steers clear of the Great Lakes and the derby can finish up as planned — with some impressive catches being taken to the scales. However, you're better off checking things out for yourself to see if it's fishable or not this weekend. Hard northeast blows last weekend and at mid-week has moved water around and created strong currents in the lake. Cold water at the pier heads last weekend produced the first salmon of the year off the pier heads in Olcott according to Wes Walker at The Slippery Sinker.
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