fished the gorge today

bigbuck92 · Post by **bigbuck92** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:58 pm

today i went to flaming gorge with my grandpops caught quite a few good macks,kokenea, and rainbow

heres a mack i caught, 24 in 5 1/2 pounds. they get pretty long but not lots of wieght to em

more pics

another pic of my big mack. as you can see i got sun burned pretty bad.

. use sun block

270 · Post by **270** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:00 pm

Great pictures! nice fish and great shirt! looks like you had fun!

Deserthunter · Post by **Deserthunter** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:00 am

Aren't those nasty fat fish? I thought they were fun catching, as long as they were in your size range, any bigger and they were just a big log, especially if the bladder came out from being to deep. The only way I've found to cook them is smoking them, letting them drip the fat out of them and smoking them good.

Post by **killerbee** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:10 am

big buck, great pics! that fish is a hog! whats a mack?? utah has more fish that i've never heard of. and yes it looks as if you'll be a little sore the next couple days nursing that sun burn. looks like you had fun!!

Post by **MuleyMadness** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:26 am

Now that's what I'm talking about. The shirt, the hat, and BIG fish.

Very nice, thanks for sharing. Nice hat BTW.

Post by **waynedevore** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:47 am

Nice fish, sounds like a great time.

Deserthunter · Post by **Deserthunter** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:56 am

I didn't ask you, were you trolling in the "Bay" or "Jiggin' "? Looks like the area around the boat ramp at Dutch John? And yes that is a nice mess of Mackinaw "Mack Pups". Lake Trout, Mackinaw..... and the Utah record is well over 50lbs.

killerbee -----

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"The cool, clear depths of Lake Flaming Gorge are ideal for growing enormous trout. These famous angling waters have produced fish of state and world record size, including: lake trout(Mackinaw) over 50 pounds, German brown trout over 30 pounds, and rainbow trout over 25pounds. Flaming Gorge also supports numerous cutthroat trout, kokanee salmon, small mouthbass, and channel catfish."

This is from an article on the "Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area" by the National Park Service.

If I remember right the lake is about 80+-miles long, never very wide.

southwind · Post by **southwind** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:25 pm

Great fishing trip!

bigbuck92 · Post by **bigbuck92** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:41 pm

yep thats the best way ive tasted them is to smoke them. i think that the lake record for mack was 52lbs not sure though. nope we we did a bit of both but we caught the most trolling the bay. we were on wyoming side when we caught theses

AGCHAWK · Post by **AGCHAWK** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:18 pm

Bigbuck, great lookin' fishmy friend! Looks like you really had a blast too.