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PROVO, Utah (AP) -- An Orem angler caught an 18-pound, two-ounce rainbow trout through the ice at Strawberry Reservoir last week. The state Division of Wildlife Resources officials says 66-year-old Sherm Holdaway's lunker is believed to be the largest taken out of Strawberry since the reservoir was emptied and restocked almost 15 years ago. Only a handful of fish over 12 pounds are taken out of the reservoir each year. Holdaway's fish is now at the taxidermist. He says he had a tug-of-war for quite a while. He would gain ten feet and then the fish would take it right back. The fish eventually tired. After wrestling it through an eight-inch hole in the ice, he took it to the Strawberry Marina store where it was officially weighed. Holdaway said he was fishing with a frozen shiner minnow on the Soldier Creek portion of the reservoir when he caught the 33-inch trout. He landed a nine-pound trout from almost the exact location last month.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-04-17-06 0024MDT
