We hit Scofield on Sat. Fished near the dam, opposite the boat ramp. the ice was 8 or 9 inches air temp ws -9 when we got there. Fishing was not nearly as good as past years. Three of us caught 29 between about 8:00 and 12:30. 2 were about 16" and the rest were between 8" and 10". We fished in water from 17 to 28 feet deep. most of the fish were within 2 or 3 feet of the bottom. I caught fish on rat finkees, white bougers, plain nightcrawlers, white tube jigs and other misc. jigs. Heavy jigging seemed to attract the most fish. The bite was fairly light.
I was there also. We fished just south of the first bend after the dam. I usually fish more over in the bay by the dam, but was lazy and didn’t want to walk that far. Fishing was really slow where we were. Just caut 4 inch dinks until about noon when the larger fish started to bite. I ended up with 5 my partner 1 and my son 8 or so. Terrible day compared to years past. Nothing showed up on the vexler for 3 hours. We were in 32 feet of water. That pond has really come up since last year. 18 feet was the deepest we found last year. Ratfinkie with a wax worm soaked in crawfish smelly jelly seemed to work. My son caught a few on water crickets.