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This isn't a current report but it might be of some help if you haven't read it already. Good luck, hope it helps. WH2
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I was up there last Saturday(4/19) and there was some open water in the channel leading to the dam. Other than that there was two and a half feet of ice just about everywhere. The ice was starting to get mushy though. I broke through to the slush layer twice when I was coming off. There were two snowmachines out near the island and they didn't seem to be having too much trouble.
I'm thinking ice off will be a little different on Scofield this year. Most years the water level goes up which creates a nice little ribbon of water around the edges. This year they have dropped the water level between 2 and 3 feet so in alot of places you will have to walk/wade across some ice to get ot the edge/water. I usually use hip waders to get on the ice at the end of the season. This year there is a ribbon of ice on the bank not a ribbon of water.
Good luck if you go up, it's branding calves in Wyo this weekend for me. Maybe I can get away and get some fly fishing in. I'm excited to see what the new creel regs do for the green river drainage up there.
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Fished it today for a few hours. There is only a little bit up open water just past the narrow section by the damn. Very little access to the ice edge were the fishing is the best. We fished it for 3 hours and did not get anything but we also did not have a prime spot by the ice edge. So very few fish caught by those fishing the edge. I think of anyone goes up this weekend it will be elbows to a--holes. I would give it one maybe two weeks to open up more fishable edges. The fish caught were on roe.
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][cool] hey guys wondering if anyone can give me a heads up on scofield res. im looking for open water around the edges b4 i make a trip. anyone been up there or heard of any open water to fish im hoping the ice along the west side is moving away from the shore anough to fish any info would be helpful. and i will post a complete report of my trip following the conditions on sunday when i get home. thanks for any input.
