Electric Lake & Scofield - It's always good to have a backup plan

[gofish435]

I fished Electric Lake today in my tube from 8:30 until 11:30 and managed only one 16" cutthroat with only three other hits. I was trying to catch a kokanee but that plan failed. I was using a fast sinking line with a size 8 bead head red/pink UV polar chenille body and a pink marabou tail. The water temp was 41 degrees and the visibility was about 6'.

There is no problem with boat launching, water levels are good and no snow to speak of.

I got out and headed back over the mountain and fished Scofield from 12:30 until 3:30 using a medium sinking line and size 6 bead head soft hackles in brown/green/pearl and midnight fire. I launched on the east side of the reservoir and fished in 12' - 18' FOW. I picked up a few small cutthroats between 11" and 14" long. The water temperature was 41 degrees and the visibility was about 4'.

There were no chubs harmed during my visit.[]

Finally after six years there is enough water in Scofield to fish there again.[]
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[wiperhunter2]

Sounds like a good trip, too bad the kokes did not want to play at EL. I bet it was cold when you arrived at EL.
Good to read a few members are starting to catch some cutts, at Scofield
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[elkantlers]

Dumb question here. Why would you target Kokanee when the season for them is closed until end of November? If you catch one it must be released and Kokes are fairly fragile on the release.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Not a dumb question...but uninformed. Tom is a hardcore fly flinger who has catching a koke on a fly on his (fish) bucket list. They are easier to target with a fly rod during cold water months...and he releases almost everything he catches anyway.

No need to fear for the kokes. Tom will treat them gently, quickly take their picture, kiss them and then make sure they swim off unharmed.
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[gofish435]

[quote elkantlers]Dumb question here. Why would you target Kokanee when the season for them is closed until end of November? If you catch one it must be released and Kokes are fairly fragile on the release.[/quote]

It looks like [#0000ff]TubeDude[/#0000ff] has already covered for me. One other thing, I've fished barbless for over twelve years for two reasons, one to easily remove the fly from the fish and also from me on any bad casts.

He's right, I just wanted to see if some of my fly creations could fool a Kokanee, so far they haven't.

It wasn't a dumb question, it shows your concern for the resource.

There are a lot of things that I do that don't make much sense.[]
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