02-08-2004, 05:32 AM
It is not an exageration that one had to carry their own rock on openning morning. I remember fishing off of the west side of Scofield, and it was similar to the openning day of duck hunting or pheasant hunting. Everyone would line the shoreline, and about 10 minutes to 4:00 AM (I believe it was 4:00 AM, but it might have been an hour or two later) everyone would cast in. I also remember when they openned Strawberry to ice fishing the first time. I believe it openned on January 1st, and many Utahns didn't even know what an auger was, and they showed up with their axes to cut a hole in the ice.
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