Echo 9/12

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I went to Echo today. I arrived around 6:30 in the morning and was fishing around 7:00. There’s still enough ramp to Launch and the courtesy docks are still in. I was trying to hit the early morning topwater bite, but I didn’t catch anything on the top water stuff. I then started casting some crankbaits working the shoreline. I ended up catching quite a few bass using this method. Most were small. The biggest bass was 14 and 1/2 in. I really wanted to catch some perch but I could never find any schools. As I was moving from one area to another I just put out some crankbaits behind the boat and hugged the shoreline. I came up over a Long Point and got hit. It turned out to be a perch. I turned the boat around and went back over the point again and got another perch. I repeated one more time and got a third perch. I hooked another 2 but the got off near the boat. I then put on spot lock and worked the area and caught a couple of bass but no more perch. I also caught one rainbow while I was casting cranks and it looked like it had been attcked by a flock of pelicans. It had big deep slashes on its side.

The water was kind of gross due to the algae bloom but the fish didn’t care. I was amazed at the power boats pulling people in that nasty water. To each their own.

I kept a couple of bass and the

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perch. I didn’t take a picture of the water level but online the state park said it was 31% full. Water temp was 66 degrees when I launched.

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Very nice. I didn’t get to Echo at all this year. I do love those smallies, both on the rod and the table.

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Thanks Rocky. I feel the same way. Great on the table and very fun to catch.

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Looks like you won the hat contest Paul. Send me your address in a PM and I’ll get the hat off to you asap.

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Drove by yesterday and was shocked to see the water level at Echo. I’ll be doing a snow dance all winter long!

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I agree..Hoping for a lot of snow in the mountains to fill those reservoirs this winter.

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Finally got the hat mailed off to you, this afternoon. You should have it later this week.

By the way, great report, good to hear it is still fishable from a boat. Those are some great sm bass. Hey Paul, did you by chance try for the perch in the back, by the inlet?

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I did. I spent over 1/2 my time in that area from one side (east) to the other (west). I even pulled clear up into the river inlet for a bit, but no schools of perch. I think they are holding near shorelines and shallower areas. I tried jigging off the dam in 40-50 ft and saw some promising marks, but they were not interested in my offerings. Most were single fish coming through.

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Do you know that area below the rest area, on the freeway side? That area usually has a steep drop off, just off the shore line and we have done well there in the past, depending on how low the lake is. Sounds like you really had to work for the fish you caught.