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Jaxon Krall holds his state-record tiger trout with Game Warden Alex Poncelet. (WGFD photo)
Young angler sets
new tiger trout record
KEMMERER - Jaxon Krall
is a
soft-spoken 13-year-old from Kemmerer.
He's also a state-record holder.
Krall set the new tiger trout record in
late July when he landed a 12.77-pound
fish from Viva Naughton Reservoir outside
of Kemmerer. Krall shattered the previous
record of 11.93 pounds, which also was
caught at Viva Naughton by Owen Schaad
of Cheyenne in 2023. Krall's fish was 31.25
inches long and had a girth of 16.75 inches.
He caught the fish from shore on a Thomas
Buoyant lure.
" Geeze, " said Krall when he hooked and
landed the fish. " I was fishing for anything
that would bite, but I knew when I hooked
it that it was big. "
Krall added it was the first tiger trout he
has caught out of Viva Naughton. He and
his family took the fish into Kemmerer to be
properly weighed to see if it was a state record.
" I was excited and nervous, " said Krall
about waiting to see if his fish was a record,
" And I was really happy and excited when
it was. "
Krall said he's anxious to return to Viva
Naughton to try and catch more tiger trout,
but next time he wants to release them. When
asked if he thinks there's bigger tiger trout in
the reservoir than his new record, he confidently
said, " Yeah. "
Tiger trout are a sterile hybrid of a brook
trout and brown trout. The Wyoming Game
and Fish Department has stocked Viva
Naughton with tiger trout every year since
2014. Game and Fish hoped stocking tiger
trout would help curb the numbers of Utah
chub in the reservoir and provide diversity to
the fishery. Rainbow trout are the primary
species in the reservoir. Robb Keith, Game
and Fish fisheries supervisor in the Green
River Region, said sampling data indicates
tiger trout in Viva Naughton are primarily
feeding on Utah chub.
" We stock small numbers of tiger trout to
provide an opportunity for anglers to catch
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an exceptional fish from time to time, " Keith
said. Keith added he's not surprised with the
performance of tiger trout in Viva Naughton.
The fish is an aggressive predator and it has
ample food. Between the food supply and
stocking efforts, Keith expects Viva Naughton
to continue to grow " exceptional fish. "
Keith offers some tips for anglers who want
to pursue tiger trout at Viva Naughton, and
possibly the next state record. " We see them
predominantly close to shore down to 25 feet
of water. They are found close to structures.
They are eating shiners and Utah chubs, so
anglers should choose lures, flies and baits
that resemble these forage fish. "
- Robert Gagliardi, WGFD
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