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Show V . ,; BILL PETTY from Vernal holds a 30 pound Mackinaw Trout which he caught July 12 at Flaming Gorge. Doug Boone from Dutch John helped Petty locate the trout with the use of sonar equipment. Thirty pound Mackinaw trout hooked by Vernal fisherman Late in the afternoon on July 12 Bill Petty of Vernal hooked a 30 pound Mackinaw trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Petty was fishing with Doug Boone who is from Dutch John. Boone was helping Petty operate his new Sonic Soundwave sonar when they located several big fish about 80 feet under the water surface. The fishermen marked the spot on the lake where the fish were detected. After approximately approx-imately 30 minutes of jogging back and forth across the marked area, Petty nabbed his trophy fish. Using ten pound test line, it took Petty 40 minutes to get the fish into the boat. Petty and Boone fished the Gold Point area of Flaming Gorge and located several nice sized fish in the area with the use of the sonar detector. |
