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The previous Ice Watch thread by SkunkedAgain was hijacked by duck hunters and is no longer functional, so I thought I'd start a new thread for those of us who want to stay focused on ice fishing.
That said, does anyone know whether there's ice on Scofield or any other lakes?
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I would like to have current ice reports for Cleveland and Mammoth. Would like to drill some holes and wet a line Saturday. Tkanks
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Don’t go by my word, but I would bet that those two reservoirs would be safe by the weekend with the recent low temps.
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Thank you for starting a new thread. Just did a drive-by at Pineview. Lake is 99.99% ice free. There a little ice forming in the shallow coves and the inlets but that is it.
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At this point, if those two lakes freeze first then I'm going there to fish. In normal years we'd be well into ice fishing by now.
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I think it'll be a while before Pineview is fishable.
I do most of my fishing on Flaming Gorge and some of the nearby lakes like Echo and Rockport, and sometimes at Fish Lake. One of my stepsons has a cabin at Scofield so I go there now and then, and it usually freezes over by the end of Nov so that's usually the first place I go to fish.
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Do you duck hunt there?
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Any word on Mantua..ice?
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I live in Mantua and There is a little ice forming now ,but no safe ice yet on Mantua.
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It had ice bergs yesterday and word is it's about completely covered with ice today. My local ponds are freezing slower than the last few years, may take a little longer to get safe ice this year. J
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Welcome to BFT, glad to have you on line with us... Thanks for the first hand update... Later J
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I'm looking forward to the ice on Mantua as well. In the mean time, can you still launch a boat there?
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Mantua is iced over for the most part. I'm sure its not safe yet . The boat ramp is also frozen. So to answer your question about launching a boat -I would say no. I will post when I see people standing out there.
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[quote wyoguy]Do you duck hunt there?[/quote][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Good one. [

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No ice at Scofield on Tuesday. It has been so cold it has to be capped but may not be safe yet.
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According to udots website, Sr 35 is still open and the traffic cameras show mostly clear roads. You may be able to get to Mill hollow in a vehicle with 4wd. It had 7 inches of ice last week
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Looks like Hyrum is starting to cap.
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Great Salt Lake is definitely capped over in most places, and now very hard to duck hunt....no drilling necessary, just a very heavy airboat....should you get a few nibbles, a size 4 in a ' Win or Rem' pattern work good, in red or green, or that smaller pattern in yellow is also effective....Guluk hunting, er, fishing....or Both! ....
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A FB Utah fishing site, just posted Mantua is capped.. ice is new.. yesterday..
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