Golden Trout - New State Record

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Very nice golden trout. I’ve caught a few Goldens in the 10-11 inch range and have seen bigger ones that I couldn’t entice. This was prior to the restocking in 2012 and 2014 at Echo at one of its inlets and at its outlet stream.The key is a low snow year as it’s otherwise next to impossible to get in around the spawn when the bigger ones can be sight fished. So the late May date and low snow year almost certainly played a role in catching that beautiful golden. My experience is even low snow years it’s still a lot of work fighting snow and downed trees to get in. Now I assume this in Marsh Lake in the Henry Fork and not Smith Fork Drainage. If you want to target a similar fish just hope for as low as snow year as this one in the next decade and be ready for a fight getting in no later than June. Otherwise this is a 1 in a million lucky cast in Utah.
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