12-03-2006, 05:19 PM
With BLM's report on the ice conditions around Woodruff, we made a quick change in plans and took our chances in heading to Scofield. Found the ice in the dam arm to be about 3 inches thick, so we ventured out and started fishing. I took honors with the first fish, which ended up being the largest fish of the day -- a chunky 19 inch rainbow. We fished in about 25 feet of water, which seemed to be the constant depth, except right next to the shoreline. Most of the fish caught were right on the bottom. We caught lots of small (4 to 7 inch) rainbows (they would come by in huge schools) and enough larger ones to keep it interesting. Billy landed one tiger trout of about 15 inches. Tipping small jigs with either a meal worm or a chunk of crawler worked the best. Tipping with minnow got a few bites, but not many. One guy went across the main body of the lake on a snowmobile, which seemed extremely risky to me. It was a pleasure to meet and fish with fairwayphilly, and enjoyable to get out with Fishhound and Tincanfsh again.
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