12-09-2015, 01:37 AM
I fished Scofield today for a few hours. There is about 8 inches of solid ice in the bay leading to the dam. I drove in to the State Park and parked at the bottom of the boat ramp. The entire lake appeared to be frozen over but I would be very careful venturing away from where you can see recent tracks of other anglers. I think it's too early yet to use ATVs or snowmobiles on the lake because there might be some unsafe ice around the lake. There were ATV and snowmobile tracks in the area where I was fishing. The dam area is safe for those vehicles but use caution elsewhere on the lake.
Chub Station Scofield produced very well. I caught 23 chubs in one hour and 15 minutes. I was targeting the chubs to use for bait later in other waters. I didn't really try for any other species.
I think the ice will remain OK for your trip on Friday. The ice has about 1 inch of snow on top so the footing is good and there wasn't any slick ice.
Mike
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Chub Station Scofield produced very well. I caught 23 chubs in one hour and 15 minutes. I was targeting the chubs to use for bait later in other waters. I didn't really try for any other species.
I think the ice will remain OK for your trip on Friday. The ice has about 1 inch of snow on top so the footing is good and there wasn't any slick ice.
Mike
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