Not sure here, Cliff or Paul will have to answer that one, they were up there assisting.
No signs of crappies. They would be found in the rockcliff’s back bays which are ideal grounds for crappies, walleyes, LMB, and other species.
As for the age, I don’t recall anything said about the age, however for it being older than the reservior… it’s plausible but not likely, because there is an overabundance of baitfish for that brown to feed on. You should have been there to see it sideways. It’s nearly two feet in diameter (23 inches girth) It’s been eating very very well!
If you look closely at the gillnets on outdoorsgonewild.com you will see it is chockful of baitfish stuck on the nets…
I’m the guy in the yellow and black rain outfit.
Thats one big hog brown and most likely was up river before jordanelle was built. I used to fish that whole strech back in 1980 and I would catch loads of 25in. browns. I lost a monster that jumped about 6 feet into the air and shook the hook, that fish looked to be about 12 to 15 lbs. just about where the dam is now.
that whole river about 1 mile above jordanelle and 5 miles below was prime brown trout fishing. I had permission from Jhon Days owner of the Rocken D Ranch. this was the best brown trout river I had ever fished. a small brown was 18in. and good one was 25in. a big one was 28in. and up, and there was quit a few 28in. later chuck
Seeing the results of the netting yesterday I think I am going to load the toon and float it next week in the afternoon after work. Now I know those big rapalas I got for lake powell will come in handy somewhere close. 
Chuck- The Jordanelle Dam construction was started in 1987 and completed in 1993. If the brown was in there just before the stretch of Provo was dammed up, that would make it 19 years old since '87.
You mentioned fishing the rockin D stretch in 1980… that would put the brown at 25 years old 
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Do they actually live that long?
It is very very very very unlikely that the big brown was alive before the dam was put in…brown trout typically do not live longer than about 7 years. A 15-year old fish is the exception and anything any longer than that is not only an anomaly, but more unlikely than winning the lottery. My guess is that the fish is about 6-8 years old. You must remember that big fish are big because of the food supply…not necessarily their age. Fish Lake lake trout are a great example…the same age fish can be 23 inches or 43 inches depending on its diet. This brown has obviously been utilizing the chubs as food.
http://www4.d25.k12.id.us/phs/biology/BrownTrout.html
So its true, size DOES matter.
When I looked at your site last night, I did not see that fish. That is a hog for sure, thanks for posting it. WH2
Construction started in '87, but when did it actually begin to fill? It seems like fishing didn’t open until at least 1995 (maybe '96?).
Also, in regard to the age of lake trout in fish lake. Didn’t someone post up on here that they caught a tagged mac that was over 20 years old? If a laker can live that long, then why not a brown? Do lake trout really live that much longer than browns?
This is a link to information on brown trout that says that the most don’t live longer than six years, but they have been known to live as long as 18 years…
http://www.ncwildlife.org/pg07_WildlifeSpeciesCon/Profiles/troutbrown.pdf
Edit: Most of the authorities that I am finding say average life span is 6-8 years, but some speculate that they may live as long as 20 years under favorable conditions.
Lake trout do live longer than browns…usually much longer.
Where abouts did they put the gill nets: rock piles, brush, coves, open water? It seems to me the lack of smallies in the nets is simply because the water isnt quite warm enough yet and they are still holding in deeper water…?
Jack, your link doesn’t work.
CBR and myself fished Jordanelle to day and found the smallmouth bass in 2 to 6 feet of water. and in other lakes in the dead of winter, on a sunny day they can be found at the top of the water column.
What species of fish did you catch, and any big ones?
Thanks for the report! that is a very nice fish.
If there wasn’t enough people fishing lake x,before now. then there will definately be plenty of people up there now!
The fish were all smalles, the smallest was 11i n with the biggest at 3.14lb and 17" 3/4" they came on the rockhopper.
Thanks you guys first of all for the volunteer work that you have done. Just think if we all could follow their example…and I know a lot of you have. One thing that I want to reiterate from the outdoorsgonewild post is the importance of allowing these fish to get to this size. I, like everyone else, can’t wait to get up there and get after those fish, but lets all do our part in contributing to the success of this lake by returning the big fish so they can reach this size. Great job guys, Jake
wow. what a pig.
i might have to make a trip up there.
nice fish. what a whopper