12-12-2018, 02:52 AM
I have been keeping a fishing log since 1994 and have fished Scofield a lot since I live in Price. During those 22 years I have averaged about 110 hours/year fly fishing from a float tube on Scofield. The last five years I have averaged about 10 hours/year because you couldn't keep the chubs off your fly.
That being said, this last year I have seen a marked improvement in both lower catch rates on the chubs and increased catch rates on the trout. I did fish on May 10th this year on the west side where Upper Fish Creek enters the lake and caught fifteen chubs in an 1 1/2 hours and no trout. I got out and moved over to the WIA area on the west side and caught twenty four cutthroats and six chubs in 2 1/2 hours. This is the worst time of year to fish if your trying to avoid catching chubs.
I ended up the year fishing a total of 18 1/2 hours and catching a total of 102 trout and 21 chubs. Cutthroats were the majority of the catch at 88 and then rainbows at 14. I did not catch any tiger trout. Only one rainbow was over 16" and that was one of the brood stock that was planted, the rest were in the 10" - 14" range.
I did see improvement this year but a large part of that improvement was due to actually having a decent water level in the reservoir after 4 years of very low water.
I look forward to spending some more time next year on one of my favorite fishing holes and look for continued improvement.[
]
[signature]
That being said, this last year I have seen a marked improvement in both lower catch rates on the chubs and increased catch rates on the trout. I did fish on May 10th this year on the west side where Upper Fish Creek enters the lake and caught fifteen chubs in an 1 1/2 hours and no trout. I got out and moved over to the WIA area on the west side and caught twenty four cutthroats and six chubs in 2 1/2 hours. This is the worst time of year to fish if your trying to avoid catching chubs.
I ended up the year fishing a total of 18 1/2 hours and catching a total of 102 trout and 21 chubs. Cutthroats were the majority of the catch at 88 and then rainbows at 14. I did not catch any tiger trout. Only one rainbow was over 16" and that was one of the brood stock that was planted, the rest were in the 10" - 14" range.
I did see improvement this year but a large part of that improvement was due to actually having a decent water level in the reservoir after 4 years of very low water.
I look forward to spending some more time next year on one of my favorite fishing holes and look for continued improvement.[
][signature]