just that…looking for a scofield report…wanting to head down saturday
Here’s the DWR report:
SCOFIELD RESERVOIR: Lieutenant Carl Gramlich and his son fished Scofield on January 13. They fished in the dam cove and along the southeast side. The ice was 13 inches thick. Carl fished in nine to 11 feet of water, using green ice flies baited with worms. The best fishing occurred between 8 a.m. and noon. After finishing up, Carl interviewed other anglers. Everyone rated fishing as slow. The bite was sporadic and no specific tackle seemed to out-fish any other. Dedicated Hunter Bruce Sherman, Sr. fished on Sunday and reported 10 to 12 inches of ice under eight inches of water and topped by a foot of snow. He cautioned against using a 4-wheeler. A lot of folks were getting stuck. Bruce’s fishing party caught 10 trout. One measured over 20 inches. They used Foxy jigs with mealworms. Bruce described fishing as slow to fair.
Here’s my report from last saturday the 12th. By now I think the slush is frozen, but I think its still slow…
Slush monster! Got to scofield at sunrise last saturday. Fished madsen bay area. Boy am I glad I brought the snow shoes! The slush was horrible, most people got their boots soaked. Tons of people got stuck with their 4 wheelers and even snowmobiles. I caught one nice fat rainbow right off the bat with a cutter bug tipped with a mealworm in about 8 feet of water then moved deeper, and that was the only fish for the day. Most people didn’t get anything. I watched the fish on my underwater camera. They would swim around my lures but never attempt a bite, nomatter what I used. I tried waxies, worms, mealworms, salmon eggs, and minnows with varying combinations, lures, and jigging styles. They just wouldn’t bite. Didn’t see anyone else the whole day catch anything. I drove around the reservoir and watched people from the road and it was the same story. No fish on the ice either by anyone. I took a scenic drive up to Huntington and it was beautiful weather. The snow was incredibly deep at Huntington and nobody was on the ice. I jumped and crawled up on top of the snow from the parking lot and snowshoed down to the ice. Snow on the ice itself was a couple feet deep. Ice was nice and thick. Used a snow shovel, then I had to bury the auger all the way to the handle to punch through. By then a couple guys walked in my snowshoe tracks down to fish as well. Fished there for a little bit with minnows on a cutter bug jig and watched with my camera at the same time. Saw a couple, but they too didn’t even attempt a bite. I’m going to give those reservoirs a couple weeks before I fish again. Let the fish decide they want to eat again. Maybe try the berry. Can’t wait for the late ice action now, that is always killer!