Lost Creek Kokanee Rule Change

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I called the DWR today and asked about the Kokanee regs at Lost Creek.

Their answer was that Kokanee in Utah are part of the Trout limits.
Therefore the slot at Lost Creek is also in effect for Kokanee.
This means that any Kokanee that is between 15" and 22" must be immediately released at Lost Creek!

I also asked how it worked at Strawberry.
The answer was that only Cutthroat Trout are affected by the slot limit there.
You can keep a 4 Trout/Kokanee limit with no slot size restrictions with the exception of Cutthroat.

Hope this helps clear it up for some of us that didn't know for sure.

I'm not doubting what one DWR expert is informing here but something is not jiving with the rules. Fishing Guidebook daily limits pg 7 is clear for the state: trout, kokanee, & Artic grayling combined total. At the top of pg 7 is a note to see Rules for specific waters. Pg 34 Lost Creek Limit 4 trout combined is clear according to pg 7. Now for the muddy waters-no more than 3 trout maybe under 15", to be able to get the 4th trout for a limit it must be over 22".   Ok, I'll go with that. All trout between 15-22" must be immediately released. This is being very specific with trout not kokanee. The gov't bureaucrats need to go back spend more of our tax dollars and fix what I think is poor wording. Since kokanee is part of a combined trout limit, they also need to specifically name kokanee and grayling. Are we to see kokanee & grayling specifically as trout especially since they only use the 2 in limited text? If I wanted to target kokanee only for my limit that means 3 under 15" & 1 over 22". This will help the controversial language a lot of folks are getting  by.