LOAH
05-02-2011, 04:41 PM
My buddy and I thought we'd check out the ice-off action at Scofield, rather than busting the gas tank this week. It had been awhile since either of us had fished it, but we knew what to expect: lots of tiny fish.
Well we wouldn't be disappointed in that respect. We arrived early and stayed until about 6:00pm, catching a large number of tiny fish, as expected.
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We each probably caught over 40 fish, but they were all pretty small. They bit a wide variety of our offerings from spinners, spoons, jigs, worms, and minnows. Unfortunately, the minnows didn't yield any trophies, but I was able to catch my biggest fish of the day twice with them!
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About an hour later, I caught the same one, again hooked in the mouth and released!
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It wasn't until I got home and reviewed the day's photos that I realized I had caught the same fish twice. Kind of neat, I thought, since that doesn't happen very often.
Here's Holdsworth's catch of the day:
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Once we'd had enough, we checked out the river below the dam and I caught one small rainbow. We didn't stay long. The river is nice and clear at the dam and the flow is modest.
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Happy Fishing, Humans.
Well we wouldn't be disappointed in that respect. We arrived early and stayed until about 6:00pm, catching a large number of tiny fish, as expected.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3253.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3255.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3256.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3257.jpg
We each probably caught over 40 fish, but they were all pretty small. They bit a wide variety of our offerings from spinners, spoons, jigs, worms, and minnows. Unfortunately, the minnows didn't yield any trophies, but I was able to catch my biggest fish of the day twice with them!
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3260.jpg
About an hour later, I caught the same one, again hooked in the mouth and released!
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3262.jpg
It wasn't until I got home and reviewed the day's photos that I realized I had caught the same fish twice. Kind of neat, I thought, since that doesn't happen very often.
Here's Holdsworth's catch of the day:
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3261.jpg
Once we'd had enough, we checked out the river below the dam and I caught one small rainbow. We didn't stay long. The river is nice and clear at the dam and the flow is modest.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3268.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/justisaurus79/IMGP3270.jpg
Happy Fishing, Humans.