Fishy Contest - WINNERS

Utah Fishing Reports & Discussion Utah Fishing General
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:sunglasses:We all like to learn about new species. As a little exercise to help keep our minds on fishing and not on the weather this week, I am hosting this little fish identity contest. Actually, it would be fun without any “cheesy” prizes, but I will put up some stuff from my own stash. The winners can have a choice between a BFT flag, a hat, or a 2XL BFT long sleeve shirt. Or, I could also put up a dozen assorted ice jigs from the new batch I am just finishing up. Grand prize winner chooses first, and the next three in order take what is left.

GRAND PRIZE: First to guess all ten correctly.
SECOND: Second to guess all ten correctly…or to guess the most without being 100% correct.
THREE: Most creative guesses.
FOUR: Best answers to the last two questions.

**RULES: Keep answers brief. Name the species, by number, and give a brief comment to verify that you know something about the fish. Example: #1 sabretooth wiper from the toxic waste pond off I-80. **

Make your first answers count, since no “edited” responses will be eligible to win. You may be elibible for winning, even without answering the final two questions at the bottom, but that is what will make this fun.

Correct answers will not be identified until the contest is over, after midnight on Friday Dec. 7’th (Pearl Harbor Day). Winners will be announced on the following Monday.

Fire up your search engines and dig out your Bill Dunce books.


1. HINT: Not a sabre-toothed wiper.


2. HINT: Gold but nasty.


3. HINT: Only entry from the USA.


4. HINT: Not a largemouth on steroids****


5. HINT: Not a mutant crappie****


6. HINT: Colorful name…not from Lake X


7. HINT: Not float tuber friendly****


8. HINT: Colors not caused by PCBs****


9. HINT: Not a burbot, not Fishley, not Da Gorge


10. HINT: NOT a walleye and not the Provo River

QUESTION #1. Which of these fish would you most like to see in your favorite Utah water(s)…and why?

QUESTIONS #2. Which of these fish would you LEAST like to see in ANY Utah waters…and why?

(NOTE: These questions are not intended to foster “bucket biology”)

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1 African Tiger Fish-world record 16.10 KG

2 Stumped me here

3 Alligator Gar-World rod and reel record 279lbs Rio Grande River

4 Nile Perch-6 feet long 440 lbs

5 Payara-Best place to catch them is Uraima Falls in Venezuela

6 Butterfly Peacock Bass-Amazon River introduced in Florida and Hawaii

7 Red Belly Piranha-12inch adult size

8 Red Tailed Catfish-Amazon River 4 feet long 100+lbs

9 Wels Catfish-Siluris Glanis 10 feet 330lbs

10 Zander-Stizostedion Lucioperca 19lb 5oz is current British Record

What fish would I most want to see in Utah? I would say the Wels or red tailed catfish. Because I have always dreamed of catching both of them.

What fish would I least like to see in Utah? I would say the Payara you think pike teeth are bad LOL.

SECOND PRIZE…9/10 CORRECT

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1.African Tiger Fish - lives in the open rivers and streams of central and northern Africa.
2. Freshwater Dorado - known in Argentina as the “tiger of the river.”
3. Alligator Gar - largest species of gar and is the largest exclusively freshwater fish in North America
4. Nile Perch - found in the Nile and other rivers and lakes of Africa.
5. Payara - Dog Tooth Characin that lives in the Orinoco River in Venezuela
6. Butterfly Peacock Bass - native to the Amazon River basin of South America.
7. Red Belly Pirahana - found only in the Amazon basin and the Jordan River in Utah
8. Red Tailed catfish - the Red Tailed Catfish is the largest of the catfish
9. Wels** catfish** - The wels catfish is found in wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, and near the Baltic and Caspian Seas.
10. Zander - The zander is a common and popular game fish in Europe:****

GRAND PRIZE WINNER. 100% CORRECT

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  1. Tiger fish
  2. Golden Dorado
  3. Alligator gar
  4. Nile perch
  5. Payara
  6. Peacock Bass
  7. Piranha
  8. Red tailed Catfish
  9. Wels catfish
  10. Zander

?1. Peacock Bass- Largemouth on steroids.
?2. Wels Catfish- A fish that big could eat your dog when you send him out for a duck.

DISQUALIFIED FOR MAIN CONTEST. ALL CORRECT, BUT NO ADDITIONAL IDENTIFYING INFO.

#4 WINNER FOR LAST TWO QUESTIONS.

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  1. vampiric white bass
  2. Hyrum Carp (only 3 are known to exist- errr, now make that 2)
  3. proof that the Bear Lake monster exists.
  4. another Coelacanth that was supposedly extinct
  5. pirahana posing as dracula
  6. brookerch (half brookie, half perch)
  7. the ever-flossing ultra rare baracuda
  8. a plecostomus doing his best catfish immitation
  9. newborn narwhal
  10. wallbass (half wallie, half largie- would look good an any wall)

QUESTION #1. Which of these fish would you most like to see in your favorite Utah water(s)…and why?
The more the merrier! Some other species might become extinct though.

QUESTIONS #2. Which of these fish would you LEAST like to see in ANY Utah waters…and why?
Those Hyrum Carp we can do without- endangered or not! : )

Okay, so I gave it my best shot. A wise man once told me: never pet the sweaty stuff, I mean- never sweat the petty stuff. [;)]

#3 WINNER…MOST CREATIVE

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QUESTION #1. Which of these fish would you most like to see in your favorite Utah water(s)…and why?

QUESTIONS #2. Which of these fish would you LEAST like to see in ANY Utah waters…and why?

I suppose I don’t have much of an imagination because all I could think was that none of them would survive in Utah to answer both questions. Either the winter would kill them or they would eat everything in the lake and die off. The Zander probably has the best chance of survival.

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I want the largemouth on steroids in utah waters immediately!! LoL.. hahaha. That nile perch is waaay cool. Put them in Jordanelle to eat up the smallies. [;)]

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:sunglasses:Uh oh! Now you’re gonna get some smack goin’ with the bassaholics. Of course I realize your comments are all in fun (maybe) but those folks can take things serious.

Anyways, I’m not sure that Nile perchies would want to bother with the stickery spiny critters in that lake as long as they have so many soft, slimy, gullible and nutritious troutskis to slurp.

Thanks for playing.

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:sunglasses:Okay, winners have been noted within their posts. That was easy because everybody wimped out and there was not much action. I don’t wanna hear anymore about “Let’s have a contest.”

Icing Perch has already chosen the dozen jigs option. Other winners (proline first) can choose from the BFT flag, long sleeve shirt (black or white) or BFT hat. I only have one flag but I have extras in the other goodies.

Just in case someone else wants to trade their prize for a dozen new ice jigs, I can make that work too. Got a grundle of new stuff.

Send me a PM with your choice and your mailing address. If you live in the Salt Lake area and want to come pick it up at the tackletorium, that’s cool too. Saves me postage. I’m kinda cheap.

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If the perch get that big, Why not…[unsure]

Will they take a drop shot???[crazy]

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It was over before I heard about it…

Next time let us know ahead of time…

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:sunglasses:Hey Cliff, you should be penalized for being in Mexico anyway. And you are whining about missing the silly contest. Sheesh.

Okay, just for you. Here is a single fish. Name it and tell something about it…and why it should or should not be in Utah waters. HINT: It is already in several places in the US and is scaring fisheries people to death.

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Give me a moment, It’s not a trout???

Waite I know ahhhh, just A moment…

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I’m thinking…[crazy][crazy][crazy][crazy]

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:sunglasses:Don’t hurt yourself.

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I know you give me the tuff ones, I knew the others and I have seen this one but the name slips buy me for now…

You could have been with us in Mexico, or even better come with us next year we’re taking names now for next year just speak up you have all year to save your money…

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:sunglasses:I would dearly love to be a part of the shindig for next year, but we have too many other plans and not enough time or money to do everything we would like to do.

I have fished several lakes in Mexico. Some are fantastic and almost unspoiled. Others have become over commercialized and/or overfished by the local commercial interests who do not realize (or care) what the tourist dollars can do for them.

Even worse is the crime problem for some of the little lakes close enough to the border for anglers to drive to. Lake Angostura, south of Douglas AZ was such a lake. No huge fish, like El Salto, but hundred fish days of 3-5 pound fish are common. For many years it was a quiet lake, reached only by driving on some “rustic” roads. Popular with small groups who would travel in caravans and set up their own little fishing villages on the water. Then things changed. Bands of robbers would swoop into the camps at night, armed with automatic weapons, and would steal everything they could carry off. They also brutalized the people…men and women. After one AZ bass club had been hit twice in a row, they quit going and spread the word for everybody else to stay away. Gringos can’t bring guns into Mexico but the criminal element down there has plenty of them.

Give up on the fish yet?

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Have no idea…looks like a burbot, but since I’ve never seen one up front and personal…I’m probably wrong… OK I give up…

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:sunglasses:**There are some burbot-like features…the wierd tail and all. But, that is where the resemblance ends. The fish in the picture is the giant snakehead, and has been found in California and several other states…along with the smaller northern snakehead. **

They are originally from China but are found in much of Asia, and are a prized food fish among many Asians. That is how they got to the US…illegally…by suppliers to the Asian seafood markets. They fly them over alive, since they can live out of water for up to 3 days…by breathing air if they have to. They can also walk across the ground, like the walking catfish. They have been “bucketed” into several watersheds either by aquarium owners whose fish outgrew their tanks, or by folks who wanted to set up a source of future supply.

They are not a fish you want in any water with your favorite species already there…because they won’t be there much longer. Snakeheads have a mouth full of razor sharp teeth and they can take a bite right out of a large fish…or human…just like a shark (see attached pics). They do not allow other fish to live in their territory…killing them even if they don’t eat them.

I already had these pics set aside for the contest but chose ten of the other species instead. Then, I recorded an hourlong program off the National Geographic channel on “Fishzilla”…the snakehead…and thought it would be a good add-on.

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**I was hot on your tail, TD. A few more minutes and I would have posted. Pretty interesting fish. This is what I was reading when I saw you gave away the name so soon. http://www.doi.gov/news/020723.htm I hope to never see these in Utah but whoever thought burbot could pose a threat in the in the Gorge?