09-04-2014, 08:45 PM
[quote Outfishing13]Drew,
I was really surprised at the quantity of small fish at Scofield this year. On one trip we landed 55 cut throat. 3 in the slot and the rest less than 15 inches. No other species were caught except chubs. We took our limit home. A fellow fisherman and his party caught over 100 cuts with only a handful in the slot. Nothing over the slot.
I just wonder if there were less of these cuts in there if there would be more big ones.
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The issue at Scofield goes a lot deeper than too many small fish. One of the biggest reasons you are not seeing very many cutts outside of the slot at Scofield probably has to do with the slot. Most fish are going to be within the slot, once they exceed the slot, they are prone to harvest. This is typical of lakes with slots--most of the fish are going to be within the slot once they exceed it, they get caught and kept!
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I was really surprised at the quantity of small fish at Scofield this year. On one trip we landed 55 cut throat. 3 in the slot and the rest less than 15 inches. No other species were caught except chubs. We took our limit home. A fellow fisherman and his party caught over 100 cuts with only a handful in the slot. Nothing over the slot.
I just wonder if there were less of these cuts in there if there would be more big ones.
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The issue at Scofield goes a lot deeper than too many small fish. One of the biggest reasons you are not seeing very many cutts outside of the slot at Scofield probably has to do with the slot. Most fish are going to be within the slot, once they exceed the slot, they are prone to harvest. This is typical of lakes with slots--most of the fish are going to be within the slot once they exceed it, they get caught and kept!
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