09-03-2011, 03:39 PM
Trust me when I say there are way too many chubs in Scofield now for the trout to keep them in check. there is probably 100's of chub for every trout and 1000's of chub for every trout that can actually eat chub.
Scofield is turning into Joes Valley; thousands of chubs, a few skinny trout and a few huge trout.
I am sure the big tigers are getting even bigger, but it will be hard for the newly planted 2-6 inch trout to get bigger as the chub are eating all the nutrients in the lake that help the trout gt big enough to eat the chub.
This lake is dead. Trust me. This has been my favorite lake to fish for years and had the lake dialed in. When everyone was catching chub over the last few years, I still had not caught one. But what I saw on Thursday was a complete take over of the lake, and the high water is actually contributing to it.
I also saw the gill nets they pulled out of Scofield this Spring and it was 95% chub with some very large tigers and 1 or 2 bows and cutts. This lake is done!
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Scofield is turning into Joes Valley; thousands of chubs, a few skinny trout and a few huge trout.
I am sure the big tigers are getting even bigger, but it will be hard for the newly planted 2-6 inch trout to get bigger as the chub are eating all the nutrients in the lake that help the trout gt big enough to eat the chub.
This lake is dead. Trust me. This has been my favorite lake to fish for years and had the lake dialed in. When everyone was catching chub over the last few years, I still had not caught one. But what I saw on Thursday was a complete take over of the lake, and the high water is actually contributing to it.
I also saw the gill nets they pulled out of Scofield this Spring and it was 95% chub with some very large tigers and 1 or 2 bows and cutts. This lake is done!
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