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Wild at Echo..Fri, 6-27 - Jmorfish - 06-28-2025
Fishing just ok, but other action fairly wild...late start for us, D.R. trolling rods in water 0800...usually we'd have 2 planer sets out right away also, but too much wind and near whitecap surface forced just 1 pole each..still ok for me..by 0930 I'd pulled in 6 decent bows with a couple releasers..I finally convinced my buddy that green (chartrues) was the color of choice, and when he switched to green 'Terry's Tomahawk' he had some luck..I'd been using green 'Terry's Turbo' which did the trick for me, and then after 0930 I just experimented with others...about 0930 to 1130, when we quit, we were constantly doing battle with the trash boats churning up the water and making waves high enough for surfers...even some idiot bass boaters doing 40 mph to their next shore line hot spot...couldn't our State Parks have even/odd days for wake or wakeless boaters??I think it's the same in all our Utah waters...I guess for now we just need to be fishing by 0600, and expect the trash boats to take over by 0930 or 1000...anyhow, for the wild conditions this day, we still did ok...Guluk..
RE: Wild at Echo..Fri, 6-27 - Therapist - 06-28-2025
Easy fix!! Don't go on weekends when the power squadron is out and about !! Early mornings and after 5 are good also !! Don't expect much from the Parks People, they are way to busy riding herd on the campers and such !! Ha Ha !!
RE: Wild at Echo..Fri, 6-27 - Jmorfish - 06-29-2025
(06-28-2025, 11:25 PM)Therapist Wrote: Easy fix!! Don't go on weekends when the power squadron is out and about !! Early mornings and after 5 are good also !! Don't expect much from the Parks People, they are way to busy riding herd on the campers and such !! Ha Ha !!
Yeah, you're right...Friday's are the new Saturday most places, at least after the kids got out of school for Summer...
RE: Wild at Echo..Fri, 6-27 - wiperhunter2 - 06-29-2025
Glad the bow catching was good for you Joe. As mentioned, most of us head in by 10 am, when the power squad turns up in numbers. Only the smaller lakes are free from those folks, now days. It's
, but unless you get on a lake early, what you saw is just normal on most days during the Summer, even during the week, and the weekends are even worse. It would be nice if they did what you were suggesting but the reality is, that's not likely to happen, in my opinion that is a direct result of the taxes those folks pay on those 100k to 250k boats.
RE: Wild at Echo..Fri, 6-27 - Jmorfish - 06-29-2025
Heading to F. Gorge on Tues. for a few days .. thankfully the 150/200K boats there are mostly loaded with fishing gear, at least where we're trolling...been some good fishing there this year, but this will be my last for this season..then I'll have to deal with the local thrash boats again..
RE: Wild at Echo..Fri, 6-27 - wiperhunter2 - 06-29-2025
(06-29-2025, 07:29 PM)Jmorfish Wrote: Heading to F. Gorge on Tues. for a few days .. thankfully the 150/200K boats there are mostly loaded with fishing gear, at least where we're trolling...been some good fishing there this year, but this will be my last for this season..then I'll have to deal with the local thrash boats again..
Hope you have a good trip to the Gorge Joe. What area are you fishing when you are there?
RE: Wild at Echo..Fri, 6-27 - Jmorfish - 06-30-2025
(06-29-2025, 07:34 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote:(06-29-2025, 07:29 PM)Jmorfish Wrote: Heading to F. Gorge on Tues. for a few days .. thankfully the 150/200K boats there are mostly loaded with fishing gear, at least where we're trolling...been some good fishing there this year, but this will be my last for this season..then I'll have to deal with the local thrash boats again..
Hope you have a good trip to the Gorge Joe. What area are you fishing when you are there?
Earlier in the season, right out the Buckboard Marina was good, then too much activity (fishing boats)..now finding some East toward Current Creek, or West toward Skunk Cliffs..still out of Buckboard..good pup laker activity in these areas also, 65 to75' down...