Late post from Scofield, fished 8 hours in 15 to 18 feet and iced about 5 bows and one small chub. Anyone else caught a chub through the ice? Are they leading to the slow fishing this year? Lots of activity on the flasher but not a lot of bite activity. Tried everything in the tackle box and nothing seemed to improve the bite. I’m looking to get out again this week would Huntington be a better option?
Welcome to the site. Thanks for the report. I wouldn’t know but Fuzzy had said that they planted alot just a little while ago? Where did you fish on scofield? Did you move around at all? Was there any quads or sleds on the ice yet? Thanks.
Welcome to BFT. I also fished Scofield yesterday with two other members of BFT. We fished in the dam arm and did quite well considering how late we got there. We started fishing at 2:45 PM and we were back at the Suburban at 5:00 PM. During that time we caught around 25 fish. I caught mine on small jigs tipped with a mealworm or a crawler. I fished in water between 20 and 12 feet deep. I managed to catch 10 or 11 and could have caught several more, but it is difficult to catch fish when you see fish on your Vexilar and you hope they don’t bite because your hands are in your pockets to keep from getting frostbite (I got it twice last ice season and I would prefer not to get it this season). The wind was blowing constantly (I would estimate between 20 and 30 MPH) all of the time we were there and if anything it kept getting stronger. You might do great at Huntington, but be prepared to hike through deep snow to get to the ice, and there is a good chance that you will find lots of slush on the ice (been there and done that at Huntington and trust me it is unbelievably miserable under those conditions).
I had my wheeler out on the ice and we moved around quite a bit considering the conditions. We started at the first pull off after the dam arm. Glad to see others are doing better than we did. gives me hope that maybe Scofield is worth another trip until some other water becomes walkable.
Welcome aboard DeadGuy. I fished Scofield yesterday and only caught a few also. I was really surprised. I have always done really well in December.
I would go back if I were you. It is a great fishery and yields plenty of fish. I personally am excited about the new slot limit as I think it will begin to produce bigger fish eventually like Strawberry does. Keep it up.