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[cool][#0000ff]Sounds like a fun trip. I had heard (from DWR) that the planted tigers were doing well. And, the larger bows put on some girth and get an attitude.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It will be interesting to see how the fishing pressure and the fishing at Scofield is affected by the new regulations (8 fish trout limit after Jan. 1...and the two pole permit on all waters).[/#0000ff]
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Sounds like it was well worth the chilly extremities. Thanks for the report. Too bad the water temp is still 36....no ice for Thanksgiving[crazy]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]We went over the dam (96)to the south-east almost all the way to the end. There was an island out closer to the other side. I went out to the island and fished in that area. It seemed the Tiger were however, closer to shore.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]I can't figure out the new regs. They say it is to harvest the many fish, but I didn't read hardly any on my sonar.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]About the two rod thing, Idaho has been doing it for years, so it makes sense that we would eventually.[/size][/black][/font]
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[cool][#0000ff]When the fish school up in the colder months the 90/10 rule kicks in...90 percent of the fish are in 10 percent of the water. That is a pretty big body of water and there can be large areas without any fish. But, when you find them you can really whack them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Part of the new plan is to stock Scofield more heavily. When the new/rebuilt hatcheries come back on line there will be a lot more catchable bows to plant and Scofield is going to get a lot of the increase. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]DWR's plan is to create a new "Strawberry"...where families can line up along the bank and load the coolers...to feel like they are getting their money's worth out of their newly purchased licenses. When they changed the regs on Da Berry license sales dropped off a lot.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I hope that Scofield can sustain the increased limits and will still put out some quality fish.[/#0000ff]
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that sure sounds like bad news for Scofield. It would seem like the DWR would pick a lake closer to SLC (ie, the valley) to promote more folks fishin...like the metro fisheries.
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[cool][#0000ff]Good thinking. The DWR urban fisheries program is growing by leaps and bounds. Daybreak, a big 100 acre lake on Kennecott land is coming online this year. So is a new one in Riverton and a small one in Draper. They are scrambling to come up with the money to keep them stocked and they will need some volunteers again this year for the kids programs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The urban fisheries has really been a big help in selling new licenses. Of the surveys they do on all the urban lakes they find that about 30% of the folks fishing them had not bought licenses the previous year. That's good.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]They also keep track of all the kids who go through the Youth Fishing Program and find that a very high percentage of them DO buy licenses and keep fishing when they reach the age of 14.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Scofield is just one of many experiments being tried by DWR to increase angler opportunities and to stimulate more angler hours and more license sales. Yes, it is a bit of a drive from Salt Lake, but there really aren't many super trout producing waters within Salt Lake or Utah Counties. Better than Fish Lake or Panguitch.[/#0000ff]
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This may be a topic for a different thread.....but didn't they put the tigers in Scofield to help control the growing chub population. I don't have any problem with it being a put and take place for rainbows but if everyone takes home several tiger trout and a few cutts as well how are they going to keep enough in there to control the chubs? Seems like they they should make the tiger trout limit and cutt limit much more restrictive.....Or are they just planning on poisening the lake every 8-10 years?
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[cool][#0000ff]The first stockings of tigers were an experiment, to see if they could make it. So far so good. Now they need to determine how many it will take to "contain" the chubs and shiners.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Be assured that the situation is being closely monitored. Tigers are extremely "piscivorous" (fish eating) and start chowing down on minnows at a smaller size than cutts or bows. However, if DWR determines that they need more tigers, they will plant them. If they determine that the tigers need to be allowed to get bigger before harvesting, then there will be a slot limit imposed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For the time being, the idea is to let Scofield just establish its own level. The planting and the regulations will be adjusted to keep a balance...whatever that is.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]One of the things we can do at BFT is to post reports and make our own observations. If we develop ideas or suggestions for changing the fishery...anywhere...we can work together to draft our proposals and then get them into the RAC meetings next May. That will be kinda early for Scofield...maybe. Let's see how the ice fishing goes and what happens at iceout.[/#0000ff]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]I found this. It seems the problem is everyone is catch and release these days.[/size][/black][/font]
[url "http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/06-10/scofield2.php"]http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/06-10/scofield2.php[/url]
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