SCOFIELD RESERVOIR, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A new state record for catching a tiger trout may have been broken in Utah.
The Utah Department of Natural Resources says Trent Peery of Santaquin dropped by a Springville DNR office after a day of fishing at Scofield Reservoir last week to ask officials to measure a fish he'd caught.
DNR officials say Peery's catch may have shattered the existing Utah state record for tiger trout, as his fish measured in at 32 1/4 inches long, weighing 15 pounds, 16 ounces. The current record is for a fish caught in 2007, which measured 29 1/2 inches and weighed 10 pounds, 12 ounces.
DNR officials say the paperwork that will make Peery’s catch official has been sent to the DWR’s Salt Lake City office to be finalized.
“It’s worth noting that Trent also caught another tiger trout the same day that measured approximately 25 inches,” says Brent Stettler, regional conservation outreach manager for the DWR. “There appears to be more large fish under the ice right now.
“The ice fishing season isn't over at Scofield,” Stettler says. “There may yet be another state record out there.”
----Information from: Utah DNR.
