Fishing

Someone posted once that Scofield was dead, took over by the Chub invasion.

Um - check this out to the contrary!


Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Two trophy trout were recently harvested at Scofield Reservoir. Rob Bona of Springville took a 7 lb. 4 oz. tiger trout using cheese bait and Rob's son-in-law, Riley Thorpe, caught a 16 lb. 2 oz. brown trout with a spinner. Both men were fishing at the Mountain View unit of Scofield State Park.

Read this article to learn more about the best techniques and hottest spots to catch trout at Scofield. http://go.usa.gov/YUx5

Dang that brown makes my brown look small.

It looks like your going to give the river a break and head down to scofield im guessing????



Fly fishing season is just kicking off so let's make it a good season.
Have a happy fishing day.

I saw that and was like that fish is as big as the kid , those are some really nice fish, I cant wait till I can get into some nice fish like that

It's still overrun with chubs.


Fishrmn

"I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion."
— Thomas Jefferson

"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
— Albert Einstein

It's the smaller trout that are affected by the chubs. There probably was some toads in the Berry when they last poisoned it.

Ohhh man... i bet a 16 lb brown would taste delicious nothing brings out the beauty in a brown like death........
whisker time.....

Might as well keep 'em. Not much chance of them growing too much bigger before the treatment.


Fishrmn

"I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion."
— Thomas Jefferson

"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
— Albert Einstein

They really aren't planning on a "treatment" are they? I thought the DWR lost all their rotenone privileges and was being forced to actually "manage" our fisheries for the "long term" (I'm being sarcastic). It's not like I and many other people could see this coming from a mile away. I also didn't see many people here bitching about the fact that the 4 and them 8 fish free for all crashed the predatory trot population and let the door wide open for a chub takeover. Not to mention what's its done to lower fish creek... I'd really like to see the state get out of these boom and bust cycles.

They use rotenone almost every year somewhere. And yes, they are contemplating a treatment at Scofield. They can't get the chubs under control with 'biological' means.
They had the chubs under control for over 20 years at Scofield.


Fishrmn

"I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion."
— Thomas Jefferson

"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
— Albert Einstein

Yes, a 16 lb. Brown would make your 4 lber look small.


There is no human condition that cannot be made worse by the presence of a Cop!

My filter is broken....sorry.

You are killing me!

I know you are just repeating a post, and I am not disputing anything, but 16 lb? I know they probably reported using a scale but, I just don't understand the weight thing some times.
Example please:


This trout was weighed three times with three different scales and weighed a little under 10 lbs.

16 lb would put that brown at around 32 to 33 inches...


When did FlyFishingLover land a 4 lber? How did I miss that! I read all his post...




Some things are better left alone, Even though, some feel they know better.
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It was a twins post.
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Light travels faster than sound.

So some people seem really bright until you hear them talk.

I love how you spreading my quote thanks ha ha ha AND FOR SURE IM STOCKED TO SHRED THE GNAR .



Fly fishing season is just kicking off so let's make it a good season.
Have a happy fishing day.

Yote I'm thinking Bear River tonight for the last hour of light. You in? Minnows were real active last night but I didn't have time to wet a line. I think the warm day looked like it woke things up. Later J

Not surprising to me.

I've posted about pulling my own lunkers out of Scofield twice this fall.

If Scofield is overrun with chubs, someone better tell the trout.

We catch trout fish every time we go up there -- most of them are 12-15".

There are a lot of chubs -- which is why they went slot limit on the Tigers and Cutts.

BTW that Tiger must be barely over the slot limit.

Last winter the state record Tiger came out of Scofield.

Give a man a fish and he's fed for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll spend his life squinting at invisible thread.

wish I'd read this earlier. Alas - tied up with some yard chores, clearing crap out of the boats - of course more to be done.

I was THIS >< close to just grabbing the boat and running to Hyrum. Maybe this weekend...

hope to hear how ya did. I was thinking this warm spell, bright moon - I gotta get out.

But gotta get the hatches battened down before the next cold snap, and snow dump freezes us in!

And not to be a grammer nazi FFL, but "stocked" is what they do to our lakes with all them finless freddies, "stoked" I think is more akin to your shreddage...
" IM STOCKED TO SHRED"
but you're welcome to spin your own yarn...

Yote you chose well after a dead battery on the truck I settled on a run down to the tressle got there as the sun was slipping behind the hill casted long enough to loose two rigs without a single bump. I'm really disliking that spot. Don't know how everyone else catches fish there I get skunked 90 +% of my trips there. Anyway we'll see what the weekend does. Later J

It just amazes me about the chubs. Two of us hit Scofield, tue. and tried to catch chubs for bait. Naddda. Not one, and we tried. Managed 56 Cuts and Tigers, no bows and NO chubs. In 6 trips, I've got over 300 fish, No chubs and No lies. Alot of 4-5 # cuts and tigers. Largest a 25 inch Tiger. If you fish with minnows you catch fish, worms sometimes catch chubs. If you fish for big fish with big fish food, you catch larger and bg fish. I just wish I could get a few chubs because the cut bait stays on the hook better. I hope NO for treatment.

Awesome fish.

Is it best to fish with minnows and chubs for tigers on the bottom or on a bobber?

About how to fish cut bait, We use 2 1/2 inch white tube jigs, tipped with 1 inch of cut bait. cast out let it drop to almost bottom and then slowly, I repeat slowly lift and reel. If it feels like you hit a weed, set the hook. If you miss, let it fall again and keep doing this until you get the fish. It will keep hitting because it thinks it is a CHUB. One inch of chub skin will stay on the tube hook for four or five fish. Minnows, one fish. I always keep my second pole with the same set up over the side of the boat, down about 5 ft. We fish by Jap point, in 10 ft. of water. Catch and release is easy with this set up. Almost always lip hook ups.

I am hoping the "Scofield is full of Chubs" view stays in place longer.

Pressure up there is not nearly as high as it should be given the excellent fishing and trophy-sized trout swimming around in that lake.

And I do think light fishing pressure will help the predatory fish keep the chubs in check.

But for the record, my experience has been very much like yours. I haven't caught as many, but I've had very good days up there both on the boat and from the bank.

I have yet to have a bad day.

And to this point I've caught exactly ONE chub... eye-hooked on a little Jakes -- and I've thrown everything in the box in that lake and caught trout.

Give a man a fish and he's fed for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll spend his life squinting at invisible thread.