11-29-2012, 02:14 PM
I pride myself on trying to be the first to ice fish Scofield each year. Well probably not this year. Headed up yesterday morning and thought we were in the luck when we noticed some ice on the east shoreline. Kept driving to the dam and saw ice in most of the dam arm. Walked down with the ax right be the ice and noticed the ice sure looked thin. Hit it with the axe and sure ennough only .5 inches. It was 16 degrees when we got there so i thought for sure there would be more. We checked a few spots and most areas had 1 inch or less.
So we decided to check out a few streams in the area instead (brought our river gear just in case). When we left at noon, it was 48 degrees at the dam. I am sure it got up to 55 degrees or so. No wonder there isn't much ice! By the time we left, a huge portion of the ice had melted and there were pockets of open water everywhere in the dam arn. All the ice on the east side of the lake was pretty much gone too. With the forecast for the next 5 days, I don't think there will be safe ice for another 5-10 days.
Hope this saves a few of you fro wasting a trip!
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So we decided to check out a few streams in the area instead (brought our river gear just in case). When we left at noon, it was 48 degrees at the dam. I am sure it got up to 55 degrees or so. No wonder there isn't much ice! By the time we left, a huge portion of the ice had melted and there were pockets of open water everywhere in the dam arn. All the ice on the east side of the lake was pretty much gone too. With the forecast for the next 5 days, I don't think there will be safe ice for another 5-10 days.
Hope this saves a few of you fro wasting a trip!
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