Scofield

[Ktrout]

I'm new to the boards and to Utah. Thinking about heading to Scofield soon but don't know much about the areas to fish once I get there. Will be shore fishing and would appreciate a tip or two on where to start out and how to get there. From what I've learned thus far, the main road to Scofield takes you to the dam and there is shore fishing around there? What about the mouth of Fish Creek, how do you get there and any tips on techniques. In case anyone cares, I practice catch and release.

If anything I try works out, I'll post how I did it.

Looks like a great board!!!

Ktrout

[Flycasting]

I really don't know much about Schofield, but welcome to the boards. I am sure you will get some replys. [cool]
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[drewski]

[left]Jacksonman and myself are heading there today with our wives. Will be doing a combonation of shore/tube/boat fishing. We'll post a report on how we did, lures, location, etc. by tonite or tomorrow morning.[/left]
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[Ktrout]

If you were able to get a post by tonight that would be great. I might leave in the morning. Good luck.
Ktrout

[Chester]

Hey Ktrout,

There is access by the dam and along the east side. There is access on the west side along the pole fence. You won't be the only one fishing so just watch where everyone is. Private land is marked fairly well. Wish I could go, getting the ice fishing stuff stored for next year, and getting the yard in shape this weekend[:/] Hope you do well. Should be good fishing!

Chester
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[Ktrout]

Nobody warned me about the storm today (Sunday) []. We'll I made it to Scofield at about 5:30 this morning (not sure why I got there so early) and drove around in the dark for a while trying to figure where I should fish. Oh and it was raining cats and dogs. I didn't actually start fishing until about 6:30. I caught about a 2 lb rainbow on a worm after about 5 minutes. Had a few other bites without hookups. I started casting a white jig with a water filled bobber and caught an unknown type of trout (after seeing the post by drewsky earlier today I realize it's a tiger trout). We don't have those in California (that's where I was from).

The area I was fishing was pretty shallow so it didn't take long for the fish to move to a different area. I moved to a new location, and had another fish on in less than 5 minutes. This one jumped all over the place and kept taking out line. I had it about 10 feet from shore when my hook straightened out. Yep the hook bent big time (see attached picture). I'm guessing it was a rainbow and it was at least 20 lbs (I wish, it was more like 4-5 lbs). I caught 4 more rainbows in the next 2 hours, mainly on roe. I casted out a bunch of lures with no success.

except for being wet all morning long, it was a good day and nice introduction to Scofield. Not sure what to do about the size of the pictures.

Ktrout
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]You should have photo software that came with your camera...or installed on your computer. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When you have your picture on your computer screen, look for "Edit" on your toolbar. Click on "Resize" and reduce the picture down to a size that will be no larger than about 200 KB. That could be anywhere from 500 pixels to 1500 pixels, depending upon what kind of pictures your camera takes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will resize these for you, and if you need help in the future, you can email the pics to me.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Congrats on your first tiger. They are real fighters. Now you need to go up to Huntington and catch a bunch more. However, they are coming on strong in Scofield too.[/#0000ff]
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[fuzzyfisher]

nice report! []
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