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[BearLakeFishGuy]

Always great to read the record fish in Utah, one that I don't remember is that record Bonneville cutthroat that was caught in Lost creek in 2022 and was 10 lbs, 2.24 oz. It was 28" long and had a 17.5" girth.
I see Bearlakefishguy has the record for the largest catch and release Bonneville whitefish. A record tiger trout was caught and released last year out of Scofield, it was 32".
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Wiperhunter2, 
My C&R Bonneville WF was absolutely huge.  I worked at Bear Lake for 31 years and netted thousands of whitefish and have never seen one the size of the one I caught that day.   The week before my friend had caught a really nice Bonneville WF and we measured it and realized it was the state C&R record.   So, we took a picture of it and let it go.  We turned in the paperwork to UDWR and my friend asked me how long  I thought his new record will stand?  I joked and told him "until I break it".  LOL   Anyway, the following week my friend was fishing with his father right next to me and that is when the I caught the fish.  I put it in a cooler with water and used my electric motor to move over to his boat so he could verify the length and to take a picture.  He could not believe it and neither could I.  His record existed for only about a week.  My C&R record is only about 1.5" longer than the catch & keep record, but the weight of the fish I caught would estimate at well over 5 lbs.  I wish anyone good luck at beating the either Bonneville  WF state record.  As I said, the new biologist at Bear Lake said they caught and released 2 Bonneville WF that were larger than the current catch & keep record, so there are big fish out there.