Fishing Forum

Headed up to scofield this morning with a buddy from work, got on the lake around 7:20 and headed to the east side of the island. The water was 9.8' deep and I started the day with the usual arsenal of ice flies tipped with a wax worm. Several holes later I managed to locate one hungry 22" tiger, he took a 2" Berkely gulp minnow grub in Chartruese on a drop shot rig. My buddy missed 3 on a Pink minnow grub. Packed up and headed to the dam area around noon. Fished 75 yards due east of the three bouys in 18.7' of water, marked fish from 12' to the bottom. My buddy landed a 16" rainbow deadsticking two wax worms on a drop shot rig at 13'.

I switched tactics and grabbed my Buzz stick fishing rod and put on a gizzy bug (special blend) and it was all over but the crying. Landed the following fish from 1:15 -2:30pm when we headed home:

1 Fat 17" Rainbow
1 15" Rainbow
1 13" Rainbow
1 10" Rainbow
1 20" Tiger
and 1 very, very hungry 7" Rainbow.

I would watch the finder and when it would erupt with fish I simply hit the buzz button for one second then off for one and so on. They loved em.
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Great report - what is a buzz stick rod?
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It's an ice rod that has a little vibrating motor attached to the blank, there is a button in the handle that when pressed, it makes the rod vibrate and thus your lure. I got it as a gift several years ago and held on to it for my kids. It's great for kids since it gives them something to play with while daddy catches fish. The actual spelling is Buzz Stix.
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Is the gizzy bug that new one that maniac makes? If so my buddy had really good luck with it in glow color at Scofield on sat.
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"[size 1]It's an ice rod that has a little vibrating motor attached to the blank, there is a button in the handle that when pressed, it makes the rod vibrate and thus your lure."[/size]

LOL what are they gonna think up next []
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Perfect set-up:

Put one of those buzz sticks on one of those automatic jiggers and then watch the fish with an aqua vu and a fish finder!! Can we say we are still recereational fishermen or are we commercial now?

But I have to admit that I am not complaining about all the extra gadgets we have these days (and I won't complain about the new hybrids in utah either).
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