13-year-old boy breaks Wyoming fishing record with 5.8kg tiger trout
2024-08-25
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According to Fox News on August 22, Jaxon Krall, a 13-year-old boy from Kemmerer, Wyoming, caught a tiger trout from the Vivanorton Reservoir, breaking the state's fishing record.
A press release from the Wyoming Fish and Game Department stated that Jaxon caught a tiger trout weighing 12.77 pounds (about 5.8 kilograms), 31.25 inches (about 79 centimeters) long, and 16.75 inches (about 43 centimeters) in girth. It is reported that Jaxon used a Thomas buoyant bait to catch the fish. Tiger trout is an infertile hybrid of brook trout and brown trout. The largest tiger trout caught in the state before was 11.93 pounds (about 5.4 kilograms), which was also caught in the same reservoir. Jaxon said: "When I caught it, I knew it must be big."
Jaxon's father, Robert Krall, told the media that his son was very excited when he caught the fish, and he was even more excited when he found out that he had broken the Wyoming tiger trout fishing record. Jaxon said he would like to go back to the reservoir again to see if he can catch another tiger trout, but he plans to release the next one.
"We hope to control the number of Utah bonetails in the reservoir and increase the diversity of fish in the reservoir by stocking some tiger trout," said a Wyoming Fish and Game Department staff member.
Robb Keith, director of the Green River Fish and Game Department, said he was not surprised to see tiger trout caught in the reservoir. He said at the press conference: "We deliberately put a small number of tiger trout in the reservoir so that anglers can catch a special fish from time to time." Keith also said that he hopes the reservoir will continue to cultivate some special species of fish. "These fish mainly live in waters 25 feet (about 7.6 meters) deep near the coast, not far from human activities. They eat bioluminescent creatures and Utah bonetails, so anglers should choose baits similar to these bait fish." (China Youth Network compiled and reported)
(Source: China Youth Network)
