Scofield Spring survey

[gofish435]

It was time for the annual spring gillnetting at Scofield today. The DWR biologists set the nets (5) the day before and then pull them the next day to check the condition of the fishery.

We met this morning at 9:00 on the Mountain View boat ramp. I got there just before 9:00 and they already were working on the first net. There were several nice tiger muskie and few large cutthroats in the nets along with the usual chubs and crawdads. There were also some pretty good numbers of rainbows that were 12" - 15" range. There were not many wipers and I'm not sure I saw any tiger trout.

I'm not a biologist but it seemed to me that the number of chubs in the nets were down from previous years but there were still plenty to keep the TM happy.[]

Thanks to the hard working folks from the DWR to include folks that are interested in learning about our fisheries.
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[TopH2O]

Thanks for braving the cold and breezy morning. How long were the tiger muskie in the cooler photo?

Mike
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[gofish435]

[quote TopH2O]How long were the tiger muskie in the cooler photo?

Mike[/quote]

Hey Mike,

I think they were pretty close to 28".
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[TopH2O]

Thanks Tom. I think the growth on the tiger muskie is pretty good considering the elevation and shorter growing season. They should provide an interesting target to add to the trout fishery.

Mike
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[cje04]

Thanks for the info!
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[SBW]

Thanks for the information.
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[Buzzman55]

Those Muskies are fat and look real healthy
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[k2muskie]

Thank you yep hopefully Scofield will return. Those Tiger Muskies look very healthy and more will be stocked this year.
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