08-03-2018, 02:03 PM
We've been waiting 13 years for the predators and slot limits to control the chubs at Scofield. We're in the 18th year of dealing with the chubs. 5 to 10 more years? And then what? Another 5 or 10?
Where are the chubs in Flaming Gorge? Not in the deeper areas of the reservoir where the Lake Trout hang out. Deep water and Lakers there, and deep water and Splake at Joes Valley.
PBH has the right idea. Poison. Replant. Get the biomass working for you instead of against you. The food supply at Scofield is insects. The chubs do a great job of utilizing them. The cutthroats not so much.
I don't want eater trout. I want the thrill of catching a bunch of nice fish versus fishing for days on end hoping for a strike from one Muskie. Because there are hundreds of boats waiting in line to launch at Pineview to fish for Muskies. Right? Oh wait, that's what USED to be happening at Scofield. Parking lot full of boat trailers. People fishing at every available spot along the shoreline. State Park turning people away because all of the campsites were full. Except they were fishing for trout.
There are enough places to throw $30 lures at Muskies, lots of them if you look. Because you can go to Joes Valley and have the place to yourself. Johnson Reservoir is a destination spot for Muskies. Right? People are flocking to Fish Lake for the Tiger Muskies. Right? Nobody bothers with the Macs. Nobody wants to figure out the Kokanee. Bullock Reservoir is standing room only. Right? Cottonwood is on everybody's bucket list. Right? Lots of opportunities at Newton though.
http://www.ewcd.org/cameras/joes-valley-reservoir/
Check out the camera at Joes Valley. You might see a boat if you're lucky.
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Where are the chubs in Flaming Gorge? Not in the deeper areas of the reservoir where the Lake Trout hang out. Deep water and Lakers there, and deep water and Splake at Joes Valley.
PBH has the right idea. Poison. Replant. Get the biomass working for you instead of against you. The food supply at Scofield is insects. The chubs do a great job of utilizing them. The cutthroats not so much.
I don't want eater trout. I want the thrill of catching a bunch of nice fish versus fishing for days on end hoping for a strike from one Muskie. Because there are hundreds of boats waiting in line to launch at Pineview to fish for Muskies. Right? Oh wait, that's what USED to be happening at Scofield. Parking lot full of boat trailers. People fishing at every available spot along the shoreline. State Park turning people away because all of the campsites were full. Except they were fishing for trout.
There are enough places to throw $30 lures at Muskies, lots of them if you look. Because you can go to Joes Valley and have the place to yourself. Johnson Reservoir is a destination spot for Muskies. Right? People are flocking to Fish Lake for the Tiger Muskies. Right? Nobody bothers with the Macs. Nobody wants to figure out the Kokanee. Bullock Reservoir is standing room only. Right? Cottonwood is on everybody's bucket list. Right? Lots of opportunities at Newton though.
http://www.ewcd.org/cameras/joes-valley-reservoir/
Check out the camera at Joes Valley. You might see a boat if you're lucky.
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