11-18-2004, 10:39 PM
[cool]I was just wondering how the ice was, and if the lake has frozen over again. After the Cougars got spanked last Saturday[pirate][pirate], I needed something to consul myself, so I happend to still have my gear in the trunk from fishing Utah Lake a few weeks ago, so up the mountain I went to Scofield for a couple of hours of pre-dark fishing. When I got there, Madsen Bay had a thin layer of ice on it. Didn't get out and walk down to it, but I'd guess it was no thicker than an inch. Went on over to my favorite spot (in the east side area) and that area wasn't iced up, but there was 3 inches of snow on the ground, and it sure wasn't warm out!! Talked to an old man that was bait chuckin' and he said that the lake had an ice cap the previous week, but had thawed out again.
I didn't report on this trip, 'cause all I caught in two hours was a little dink while casting a Jakes.[pirate] The old man had been there for a while and had a couple of 14 inchers from using powerbait.
Anyway, with these cold evenings we've been having, I'm sure that the lake should probably have a thin cap on it now, but if not now, this weekend should do the trick since it's going to get down into the teens for our low in the valley (and probably below 0 up there), and hopefully there'll be 4-6 inches of safe stuff for next weekend. If the ice isn't safe yet next weekend, I'm going to Hunington, but would prefer Scofield because of proximity.
Has anybody been by there this week?[crazy]
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I didn't report on this trip, 'cause all I caught in two hours was a little dink while casting a Jakes.[pirate] The old man had been there for a while and had a couple of 14 inchers from using powerbait.
Anyway, with these cold evenings we've been having, I'm sure that the lake should probably have a thin cap on it now, but if not now, this weekend should do the trick since it's going to get down into the teens for our low in the valley (and probably below 0 up there), and hopefully there'll be 4-6 inches of safe stuff for next weekend. If the ice isn't safe yet next weekend, I'm going to Hunington, but would prefer Scofield because of proximity.
Has anybody been by there this week?[crazy]
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