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Hit Woodruff again last Friday.Excellant day with lots of wildlife sightings thrown in.Saw lots of cow elk and even some huge bulls right along the road outside of Evanston.Saw a big 4 point muley grazing along the creek coming out of Woodruff Res.One bald eagle hovering around and as soon as we crested the dam a pack of wolves or coyotes scattered from a carcass on the ice.They seemed rather large to be coyotes but couldn't really tell.As far as the fishin it was red hot.Actually caught alot of nice size cutts early in the day then the smaller 10-12 inchers took over.The bigger ones all went a solid 14-16 inches.We fished up till dark and between 4 of us we iced at least 50 fish.The ride home proved a little hazardous to my buddies Jeep.We spotted a large doe about 100 yards ahead next to the road,which was snowpacked,and we slowed down to about 40 mph and out she came.He hit the brakes but nailed her broadside.We pulled over fully expecting to pull a carcass out from under the Jeep but she was long gone.Our friends behind us said she got up and ran away so who knows.The Jeep did rather well but it will need a new grill and bugshield.Quite the day!
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Great report SS and what a bonus to see all the wildlife too. I know a friend that was hunting right behind Woodruff for a late season cow elk, did you see any elk around the lake? Thanks for posting your report. WH2
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Didn't see any Elk around the lake.Good ole Deseret Land and Livestock has 'em penned in pretty well I think.
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He is hunting private land right beside Deseret. To get to it, you take that split in the road below the lake about a mile or so that goes threw the river and up that side canyon. Was there a lot of snow at the lake?
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We were there Friday and on the ice itself there was only about 3 inches of snow and not much more on the ground.We cleared all the snow off the ice where we setup up my buddies Quickfish 3.We could see right through the ice underneath us with lots of fish cruisin pretty much all day.Kinda cool!
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Sounds like a fun day. Did you guys fish over by the dam?
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We fished about 50 yards off the dam against the steep bank opposite the side you drive in on.We're hoping things around here start freezing up so fishin will be a little closer to home.
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