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Ice fishing at last !! (Scofield) - Jacksonman - 11-25-2007
Pulled up to Scofield at 7 am to find that most of the lake was still open water. Crossed my fingers and headed over to the dam and sure enough for 100 yards or so solid ice. Went down and checked it out and the ice was 2" - 2.5" and it was of the good, solid ice variety. Made some holes and immediately all of us had fish. The
thing was they were all 4-6" tigers. Either those tigers have found a way to reproduce or there was just a plant of tons of little tigers. Many had rubbed off fins so I am guessing that they are hatchery pets. I was amazed at how many tigers we caught in comparison to just a few bows. So I must ask, is Scofield turning into a larger version of Huntington (a tiger trout lake)? Anyways, we caught a few tigers between 14-16 inches which we kept and headed home early to view the Cougars destroy the Utes - I can get used to this new tradition of the past two years although I would die early from heart failure.[
] So ice fishing season is upon us - about time. Now all we need is some precip to fill these reservoir back up. I can't believe how low Scofield is (probably only 15 feet through the dam arm) and every other lake that I have fished lately. Time for the snow dance.
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Re: [Jacksonman] Ice fishing at last !! (Scofield) - Bigcat - 11-25-2007
Nice! I figured when I was there on Thursday that someone would be walking on it by today.
I guess the tiger trout are hanging out up in the arm by the dam cause we didn't catch any out in the main part of the lake on turkey day. Just rainbows and one cutt.
I would not exactly call what BYU did to the U today destroying them. All the important stats were favoring BYU but with 1 minute left and looking at 4th down and 18 yards... even most of us blue faithful at the stadium had almost given up hope. It was an amazing game to be at and I'm glad the "good guys" won! [
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Re: [Bigcat] Ice fishing at last !! (Scofield) - DeadI - 11-25-2007
nice report. but 2-2.5 inches of ice. man you are a die hard. that is just crazy. there is no way i would walk out far enought to fish on that thin of ice. JMO.
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Re: [Jacksonman] Ice fishing at last !! (Scofield) - hashbaz - 11-25-2007
I ice fished today by the boat docks on the North West end of the lake and we barely got so much as a nibble. Glad to hear you guys did better.
PS the ice was 3" there.
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Re: [Jacksonman] Ice fishing at last !! (Scofield) - brookieguy1 - 11-25-2007
[reply]Pulled up to Scofield at 7 am to find that most of the lake was still open water. Crossed my fingers and headed over to the dam and sure enough for 100 yards or so solid ice. Went down and checked it out and the ice was 2" - 2.5" and it was of the good, solid ice variety. Made some holes and immediately all of us had fish. The
thing was they were all 4-6" tigers. Either those tigers have found a way to reproduce or there was just a plant of tons of little tigers. Many had rubbed off fins so I am guessing that they are hatchery pets. I was amazed at how many tigers we caught in comparison to just a few bows. So I must ask, is Scofield turning into a larger version of Huntington (a tiger trout lake)? Anyways, we caught a few tigers between 14-16 inches which we kept and headed home early to view the Cougars destroy the Utes - I can get used to this new tradition of the past two years although I would die early from heart failure.[
] So ice fishing season is upon us - about time. Now all we need is some precip to fill these reservoir back up. I can't believe how low Scofield is (probably only 15 feet through the dam arm) and every other lake that I have fished lately. Time for the snow dance.[/reply]I don't think it will ever be a predominately tiger trout lake like Huntington but I'm sure glad they're in there! They munch the chubs & minnows and can be controlled because they are sterile. They are doing well in Scofield and make a fantastic sport fish. I really believe the next state record may come from there.[reply][/reply]
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Re: [Jacksonman] Ice fishing at last !! (Scofield) - Everet14 - 11-25-2007
Go Utes, eventually that luck will run out. It always does[
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Re: [hashbaz] Ice fishing at last !! (Scofield) - Fin-S-Fish - 11-26-2007
Hahaha, I was gonna go there but slept in too long.....lol. Sent you a pm.
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