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My buddy and I thought we'd check out the ice-off action at Scofield, rather than busting the gas tank this week. It had been awhile since either of us had fished it, but we knew what to expect: lots of tiny fish.

Well we wouldn't be disappointed in that respect. We arrived early and stayed until about 6:00pm, catching a large number of tiny fish, as expected.









We each probably caught over 40 fish, but they were all pretty small. They bit a wide variety of our offerings from spinners, spoons, jigs, worms, and minnows. Unfortunately, the minnows didn't yield any trophies, but I was able to catch my biggest fish of the day twice with them!



About an hour later, I caught the same one, again hooked in the mouth and released!



It wasn't until I got home and reviewed the day's photos that I realized I had caught the same fish twice. Kind of neat, I thought, since that doesn't happen very often.

Here's Holdsworth's catch of the day:



Once we'd had enough, we checked out the river below the dam and I caught one small rainbow. We didn't stay long. The river is nice and clear at the dam and the flow is modest.





Happy Fishing, Humans.
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Cute[]!!

That's pretty cool to have caught the same fish twice. Poor fish is probably thinking "damn! I fell for it again! "
I have never caught the same fish twice in the same day, but I have caught the same fish on different days. In big cottonwood I caught a down low bow missing a pectoral fin just after runoff. Caught him again later that fall in the same stretch, and again in the winter. Made me feel good to know he was holding over, and that I was giving a passable presentation to trick him thrice.
great post yet again....thank you!
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Great pics, LOAH.

I wonder how often that happens - catching the same fish twice in a day, and the fisherman is not aware of it.

I've heard that once they are hooked and let go, it takes them a while before they will 'bite' again.

Guess that's not entirely true. Prob depends how hungry they are, circumstances, etc.
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