Scofield Report

[Backyard Boy T.V.]

Headed to Scofield on Christmas Eve. Roads to get there were very dry and the ice was 10-12 inches thick. Got to the lake about 20-30 minutes after sunrise and started marking fish quik in 16-20 feet of water. We would just wait for a mark to show up, drop down to it, and someone would have the prefered jig and get bit. Smaller was better and most fish were caught on a 4mm tungsten jig with small plastics on them tipped with a meal worm. And color didnt seem to matter. I was rocking a copper colored tungsten with a pink plastic. And my dad was throwing all chartruse. Fish were being caught very consistantly for about 20 minutes and then the bite died. A little bit of searching and hole drilling brought us to shaloower water (about 11 feet) and we would sight fish the occasional fish that swam by with a bigger plastic. Overrall great day on the ice with 20+ fish being caught between the whole group. I have a video link below if anyone is interested. It covers more spesifics on what we were using.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/QKhFfKW9PCo

So in conclusion, If you are planning on heading to scofield, earlier is better. The earlier you get there, fish pickyness is low. When the bite dies around 8:30/9:00 Fish will easily be pulled off the bottom, but will very rarely bit. So set up shallow and have a blast sight fishing some solid cutthroat. Most importantly, go have fun!

[Cowboypirate]

Did you see a big musky swim by while sight fishing? It would surely get the adrenaline pumping

[Backyard Boy T.V.]

Did you see a big musky swim by while sight fishing? It would surely get the adrenaline pumping

No, Although that would have been so cool!

[Fishonman3]

Headed to Scofield on Christmas Eve. Roads to get there were very dry and the ice was 10-12 inches thick. Got to the lake about 20-30 minutes after sunrise and started marking fish quik in 16-20 feet of water. We would just wait for a mark to show up, drop down to it, and someone would have the prefered jig and get bit. Smaller was better and most fish were caught on a 4mm tungsten jig with small plastics on them tipped with a meal worm. And color didnt seem to matter. I was rocking a copper colored tungsten with a pink plastic. And my dad was throwing all chartruse. Fish were being caught very consistantly for about 20 minutes and then the bite died. A little bit of searching and hole drilling brought us to shaloower water (about 11 feet) and we would sight fish the occasional fish that swam by with a bigger plastic. Overrall great day on the ice with 20+ fish being caught between the whole group. I have a video link below if anyone is interested. It covers more spesifics on what we were using.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/QKhFfKW9PCo

So in conclusion, If you are planning on heading to scofield, earlier is better. The earlier you get there, fish pickyness is low. When the bite dies around 8:30/9:00 Fish will easily be pulled off the bottom, but will very rarely bit. So set up shallow and have a blast sight fishing some solid cutthroat. Most importantly, go have fun!

Thanks for the update.

[War Beaver]

How early are you guys getting there?

I've been wanting to take my boy down and try it, but we live 90-120 minutes away

We may go Monday bc I hear there is a big storm tomorrow.

Anyone go in the late afternoon and past dark?

[GoBucks]

The bite, for me, has died off around 10:30. It has been hard to get anything to bite after that. I will mark them, but they are not biting. This has been experienced three times. The latest I've stayed is 3:30. Good luck.

[Backyard Boy T.V.]

The bite, for me, has died off around 10:30.  It has been hard to get anything to bite after that.  I will mark them, but they are not biting.  This has been experienced three times.  The latest I've stayed is 3:30.  Good luck.

Thats the exact same thing we exxperienced. Total lock jaw. Setting up shallow and sightfishing seemed to get them more aggresive.

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How early are you guys getting there?

I've been wanting to take my boy down and try it, but we live 90-120 minutes away

We may go Monday bc I hear there is a big storm tomorrow.

Anyone go in the late afternoon and past dark?

I've only gone early in the morning. I'm guessing there is probably an evening bite of some sort.