Seen a few comments here and there circulating on FB and one not the best picture, Anyone have more info on this?
Said to be 53.8 Lbs caught on the Utah side.
Was taken to Lucerne but had to run to buckboard for an Official/Certified scale is what I see.
No such thing as a “good” picture of a dead 50 year old lake trout. I did see a close up of the ______ holding it though. Record? There have been several larger than that released in recent years, including a 63 two years ago. The one he killed has likely been released a bunch of times over the decades just so this peice of . . . I better stop.
I agree that it would have been better to release this fish. However. Keeping this fish was absolutely legal and he should not be shamed for it.
If you are indeed this disturbed. Maybe your energy would be better spent petitioning the RAC and Wildlife Board to change the laws regarding these huge old fish?
Tarponjim wrote:
No such thing as a “good” picture of a dead 50 year old lake trout. I did see a close up of the ______ holding it though. Record? There have been several larger than that released in recent years, including a 63 two years ago. The one he killed has likely been released a bunch of times over the decades just so this peice of . . . I better stop.
I will say I 100% agree that it should have been C&R’d as a fish that old isn’t going to be worth eating and you can get a replica mount that will look just as good, if not better then a skin mount.
Just was curious of what it looked it as the picture I have, don’t look like the monster I would have imagined.
I also have seen pictures from guides that have caught and released “record breaker” fish over the years.
I will say that IMO although it is completely legal, I don’t think it is morally right to kill a big fish this old just for the record.
In the book now
Lots of crying about a fish being taken that took a long time to grow and get that big. Instead of crying about what one guy did, that was legal and his right. Lets all do our part to make more fish that big! Keep pups so that it doesn’t take 50 years to grow that big. I live in WYO and grew up fishing FG for 40+ years. I’ve seen many different regs come and go slot limits and increased limits. DNR in both states are doing there part to regulate and have created a world class fishery. Lets do our part as anglers and keep pups increase size and congratulate a fellow angler on a great catch! Evan though he is from out of state! 
A fiberglass mount is not an option in this case. To my knowledge no one has previously caught, kept, and had a mold made from a lake trout of this size. If there are no molds available then a fiberglass replica mount cannot be produced. There are some fish taxidermists who try to modify fiberglass casts of other species (e.g., salmon) as substitutes for large fish but the results are usually pretty bad.
WOW ! where to start
first of all congrats to the new record holder on a huge fish very exciting. There is so much negativity and bad press involved with this post and on the media about this young man harvesting a trophy fish and a new record and yes it is the new record there are apparently many record fish that have been caught but for 33 years not one has been turned in so this fish is indeed the new record.
Question ? Do anyone of the “sportsmen” posting here even know this young man well enough that you can use words like uneducated or ignorant or as Mr Williams so eloquently stated that he seen a pic of the _____ holding it.
another member posted that they see him over there and he usually is catch and release so i have another question how does anyone on here know anything about him or how many fish he catches and releases or how educated he is about the lake or the lake trout or how often he is there fishing good heck maybe everyone should pile on because of his clothes USA Today and Fox News did.
Bottom line is he was perfectly legal in keeping it and good on him for catching a beautiful fish
it is interesting to me that a fisherman can get ripped like this for keeping a big fish but if you offer 3000 $ first place in a tournament 350 teams sign up right quick to kill lots of big fish or how about everyone go out on the spawn beds and snag a few.
i have been fishing the gorge for 40 years and every year there are plenty of big fish to be caught by everyone the gorge is managed by real biologists on both sides of the lake so if they didn’t want any big fish killed they would stop it.
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Mr Trubbs yes there are lots of really good pics of this fish several were taken at both lucerne and at buck board marinas and on the water but i haven’t had time to get them off my phone yet we have been busy getting all the info to the UDWR and getting the fish to the Taxidermist The young man holding that fish is my son and i was holding the net and running the camera. Those people who know me or see us over there know how many big fish we turn loose in fact that very day we turned loose three other fish over 30 lbs. we will be over fishing again soon if ya see us stop by and we can discuss it 
The ONLY thing you’ll get from me is this:
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE!
Congratulations to your son and good for him, i would have done the same thing!!
I do not know what it is called. Guys are using skis or snowboards, they are attached to a paraglide like apparatus, the wind pulls them along, even up in the air at times. Looks pretty fun. The guy was a wind surfer. I was regretting leaving my snow shoes in my sled, I sure could have used them when climbing “cardiac hill”! One of the things I like about ice fishing, I don’t need a boat, and I can go as far as I am willing to walk!
Here’s a pic of a wind skier I took at Pineview one year. With a good breeze those guys can rocket down the lake. And some of them are pretty good at lifting off into the air and landing without killing themselves.
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So it’s the same technique they use on the water, they just use different skies. Got ya. On the water, if things go bad they land in the water but on the ice, it would be a different outcome.
Finally made my first trip to Strawberry for the season. 19 Degrees when I arrived, 33 degrees when I left. Walking on was easy, coming off at 1:15 was more of a challenge, especially going up cardiac hill. Sinking to mid thigh, had to crawl up on hands and knees. Big Thanks to a guy with the wind skiing apparatus for taking my sled up for me! My fishing hole is 1 mile from the parking lot, so the gentleman saved me a lot of work! Caught my first fish in 54 seconds! Only one rainbow for the day, healthy 17.5". Rest were mainly small cuts. 25 for the day. Things were great early, then slowed down about 9:30. Picked up again at 12:15, caught about 10 in 30 min. A bit windy, but a great day! I have never ice fished this late in the season before. Buried my hand auger drilling holes. Have no clue how much clear ice there was, if any. Next to impossible trying to clear the slush out of my hole.