It seems there have been some tagged trout dropped into a hole in the ice at a lake here in Northern Utah and each of the tags has a number.  Each number corresponds to a prize at a local establishment and fishermen who care to try and catch one or more of these little fish will be rewarded according to the pre-set prize related to the number.  29 seems to be the total number of tags!

Today, my son Mitch, nephew Edjukateer and I are going to meet up with some good friends and go to this lake and try our luck at pulling out a trout with a tag.

They are calling this a “challenge” as opposed to a “contest”, because it does not cost anything to try and catch a fish.  Contests usually cost you an entry fee.  The challenge began yesterday, Jan 1, 2012 and continues until Mar. 1, 2012.  Two full months to catch 29 fish.  And what if there are no tagged fish caught?  Well, there will be 29 fish in the lake with tags and people will catch them and put their hand on their chin and wonder just what it all means.

I’ll try to remember to take pictures of todays event and post them up on this as a continuation.  Wish us luck!  By the way, todays weather in the local area is calling for a high of 41 degrees and at the lake it is calling for a high of 49!  What gives with that?

Later!

Bears Butt

Jan. 2012

Back home by 4:30 p.m.  We caught a bunch of trout today, I’d guess in the neighborhood of 25 between the four of us, maybe even closer to 30.  A couple went upwards of a pound and a half, but most were about 14 inches long without much weight.  Here is one of mine.

It seemed like everyone was catching fish.  You would look up the shore and see people pulling in fish.  Then look down the shoreline and see people pulling in fish.  Look out toward the middle of the lake and see people pulling in fish or fish flopping on the ice.  It was a wonderful day to be out fishing!  Tons of people all with the same idea….get out in the sunshine!  It was at least 35 degrees out there, sunny and a slight breeze to remind you not to go to sleep.

But, none of our fish had a tag…:-(

We heard there was a tagged fish turned in at the store, but when we asked the lady there on our way down the mountain, she said there was some guys who brought in a fish that had a hole in the dorsal fin and they said the tag fell out when they pulled the fish out of the water….sorry guys….no banana!

A fun filled day!

Bears Butt

Jan. 2, 2012