Morning trip to Echo..Fri, 5-30

[Jmorfish]

Buddy and I took my boat trolling for the 'Bows at Echo, late start about 0800..maybe should have started an hour earlier..but hey..sometimes OG's need an extra hour sleep..best bite right away, 'til about 0930..then, 'til 1130, quitting time, the bite was very sporadic, but still worth being there...surface temp 60* to start, and 64* at 1130...as air temps rose, it would have been nice to dive in to cool off, but better judgement prevailed..good quality limits kept, mine 18+, 16, 16, 14...1 at 12" released on purpose, 4 others hooked good enough to get close to the net but decided  they didn't want to join us...pink/silver sparkle hoochie very good, as well as chartreuse.(Terry's Turbo)..We used planers w/2.5oz wgt to get us down about 18 to 20'...Down riggers caught fish anywhere 19 to 27', depending on where we were at the time...winds calm 'til about 1030,  and overall very pleasant A.M. at Echo..all lures tipped with small pc nite crawler..Guluk..

[lovetofish]

Thanks for the report I've been wondering about water temp.

[wiperhunter2]

Thanks for that report Joe, sounds like a nice morning, with some good sized trout being caught. I think for trout fishing, it's a great idea, tipping lures with bait, although I rarely use worms but in the past when I did, it seems I did better. Did you by chance mark any groups of perch, near the bottom, while you were trolling?

[Jmorfish]

Thanks for that report Joe, sounds like a nice morning, with some good sized trout being caught. I think for trout fishing, it's a great idea, tipping lures with bait, although I rarely use worms but in the past when I did, it seems I did better. Did you by chance mark any groups of perch, near the bottom, while you were trolling?

Now thinking about it, I don't recall seeing any big groups marked on or near bottom..maybe we were too deep most of the time? Walleyes or bass eating the little ones? I know we'd see a lot of big group marks at Rockport, so IMO there is a difference between these 2 water bodies..I used to tie most of my own flies when I was fly fishing...now 'Garden Hackle' works really good..

[wiperhunter2]

Thanks for that report Joe, sounds like a nice morning, with some good sized trout being caught. I think for trout fishing, it's a great idea, tipping lures with bait, although I rarely use worms but in the past when I did, it seems I did better. Did you by chance mark any groups of perch, near the bottom, while you were trolling?

Now thinking about it, I don't recall seeing any big groups marked on or near bottom..maybe we were too deep most of the time? Walleyes or bass eating the little ones? I know we'd see a lot of big group marks at Rockport, so IMO there is a difference between these 2 water bodies..I used to tie most of my own flies when I was fly fishing...now 'Garden Hackle' works really good..

The place we mark the most perch, is on the side by the freeway, toward the back, below the cliff there.

[Jmorfish]

Thanks for that report Joe, sounds like a nice morning, with some good sized trout being caught. I think for trout fishing, it's a great idea, tipping lures with bait, although I rarely use worms but in the past when I did, it seems I did better. Did you by chance mark any groups of perch, near the bottom, while you were trolling?

Now thinking about it, I don't recall seeing any big groups marked on or near bottom..maybe we were too deep most of the time? Walleyes or bass eating the little ones? I know we'd see a lot of big group marks at Rockport, so IMO there is a difference between these 2 water bodies..I used to tie most of my own flies when I was fly fishing...now 'Garden Hackle' works really good..

The place we mark the most perch, is on the side by the freeway, toward the back, below the cliff there.

Hey Curtis--maybe I'll have to look for that area next Winter for ice fishing season...but I guess I don't know where you mean by 'toward the back'...I know the freeway side, but are you talking about toward the dam, or way opposite that toward the inlet shallower water?

[wiperhunter2]

Thanks for that report Joe, sounds like a nice morning, with some good sized trout being caught. I think for trout fishing, it's a great idea, tipping lures with bait, although I rarely use worms but in the past when I did, it seems I did better. Did you by chance mark any groups of perch, near the bottom, while you were trolling?

Now thinking about it, I don't recall seeing any big groups marked on or near bottom..maybe we were too deep most of the time? Walleyes or bass eating the little ones? I know we'd see a lot of big group marks at Rockport, so IMO there is a difference between these 2 water bodies..I used to tie most of my own flies when I was fly fishing...now 'Garden Hackle' works really good..

The place we mark the most perch, is on the side by the freeway, toward the back, below the cliff there.

Hey Curtis--maybe I'll have to look for that area next Winter for ice fishing season...but I guess I don't know where you mean by 'toward the back'...I know the freeway side, but are you talking about toward the dam, or way opposite that toward the inlet shallower water?

It's a long ways to walk in the Winter, so we don't fish there except for during boating season but yes, back toward the inlet. The cliff I'm talking about is right below that trucker rest area.