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Scofield - First time this year - gofish435 - 05-15-2020
A buddy and I fished Scofield today in our kick boats. We launched over on the west side walk-in-access area at about 9:15 and fished until 3:15.
We used both medium and fast sinking lines and size 8 bead head buggers in brown/orange, black/orange, tan/green, and plain old black. We had the best luck fishing in 6' - 18' FOW with most of the fish taking the fly while stripping the line in. We picked up a mix of tiger trout, rainbows, cutthroats, and the lowly chubs. The majority of the fish were cutthroats in the 13" - 15" range. We did not catch any fish over 16" today.
The water temperature was 49-53 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 2'-3'. The reservoir is 88% full and rising. The reservoir is 11' higher this year compared to last year at this time.
There were a half dozen boats and several shore fishermen on the reservoir.
It should be a good year for the fish and the fishing at Scofield.
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RE: Scofield - First time this year - Riffle - 05-15-2020
Great report! The fish look healthy. Did you target the tigers any differently than the cutts? Any bows?
RE: Scofield - First time this year - gofish435 - 05-15-2020
(05-15-2020, 02:14 AM)Riffle Wrote: Great report! The fish look healthy. Did you target the tigers any differently than the cutts? Any bows?
Thanks. Most of the fish are in good shape but there were a few on the skinny side too.
I used the same method for the tigers as the cutts. They both like to chase things and that was why we were able to do well with the cast, sink, & strip method. The water was somewhat cloudy so stripping was able to get their attention.
We only caught three tigers and three rainbows, the rest were cuttroats and chubs. I only caught four tiger trout all of last year at Scofield so I'm encouraged about their future.
RE: Scofield - First time this year - _6x_ - 05-16-2020
Great report and pictures! Thanks for the update
RE: Scofield - First time this year - Joe_Dizzy - 05-22-2020
Looks like fun!
Thanks for the report and pics.
RE: Scofield - First time this year - JArner - 05-27-2020
Thanks for the great report.
RE: Scofield - First time this year - Joe_Dizzy - 05-28-2020
Alright! Lots of action and a nice mixed bag.
Thanks for the report and pics.