# Echo Report **URL:** \ **Category:** Utah Fishing General\ **Created:** [December 22, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/echo-report/458165 "2022-12-22T14:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![icerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@icerman](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/icerman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/echo-report/458165/1 "2022-12-23T20:24:48Z")
> [@Cowboypirate](#): > > Echo is capped and being fished. I have not had a chance myself but have talked to a couple groups. I likely won’t be able to get out until next week. > > Ice really varies. I heard reports of 2" and less and of 4" and more. Spud your path, but it should be improving fast. After last night it really should have thickened. There are a few pressure ridges to watch for. I know one person put a foot through thin ice near one but was going slow so did not take a dunk. > > I saw confirmed walleye and smallmouth from anglers fishing the break rocks near the dam and rainbows in the bays near the marina. > > Very little on perch. Everyone I talked to described the fishing as spotty. Not early ice hot like you would hope. > > Oh, and the new marina is open to drive in and was even plowed a bit at least it was early yesterday. > > I can’t wait to open my new auger and sonar, but Cookie is a stickler about not peeking until Christmas. Plus she doesn’t know I bought it - for “us”, yet 🙂 > > * * * > > Went to Echo This morning. Ice varied from 5" to 3". Fished in 6’-45’ FOW. Unable to locate the perch. Caught 5 trout in 13’-27’ FOW. Several of the trout were long (23") and snake like (very skinny with big heads). Had a lunker that got away. Anyone getting lucky with the perch? ---
**Author:** ![wiperhunter2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3d9bf3/32.png) [@wiperhunter2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wiperhunter2)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/echo-report/458165/2 "2022-12-29T23:48:18Z")
> [@icerman](#): > > > [@Cowboypirate](#): > > > > Echo is capped and being fished. I have not had a chance myself but have talked to a couple groups. I likely won’t be able to get out until next week. > > Ice really varies. I heard reports of 2" and less and of 4" and more. Spud your path, but it should be improving fast. After last night it really should have thickened. There are a few pressure ridges to watch for. I know one person put a foot through thin ice near one but was going slow so did not take a dunk. > > I saw confirmed walleye and smallmouth from anglers fishing the break rocks near the dam and rainbows in the bays near the marina. > > Very little on perch. Everyone I talked to described the fishing as spotty. Not early ice hot like you would hope. > > Oh, and the new marina is open to drive in and was even plowed a bit at least it was early yesterday. > > I can’t wait to open my new auger and sonar, but Cookie is a stickler about not peeking until Christmas. Plus she doesn’t know I bought it - for “us”, yet 🙂 > > * * * > > Went to Echo This morning.  Ice varied from 5" to 3".  Fished in 6’-45’ FOW.  Unable to locate the perch.  Caught 5 trout in 13’-27’ FOW.  Several of the trout were long (23") and snake like (very skinny with big heads).  Had a lunker that got away.  Anyone getting lucky with the perch? > > We got out there a few days ago and got shunked, got one bite. Fished in 6 to 40 FOW marked few fish. No one around us was catching fish either. Ice was 4 to 5". Just one of those days I guess. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/1/8/180926762da1240f76b2aed5515c2fc9f63c17e0.png) [@system](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/echo-report/458165/3 "2022-12-31T21:21:07Z")
I heard from a few guys rockport was good today with perch and trout ---
**Author:** ![Cowboypirate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.bigfishtackle.com/cowboypirate/32/53741_2.png) [@Cowboypirate](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Cowboypirate)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/echo-report/458165/4 "2022-12-22T14:52:15Z")
Echo is capped and being fished. I have not had a chance myself but have talked to a couple groups. I likely won’t be able to get out until next week. Ice really varies. I heard reports of 2" and less and of 4" and more. Spud your path, but it should be improving fast. After last night it really should have thickened. There are a few pressure ridges to watch for. I know one person put a foot through thin ice near one but was going slow so did not take a dunk. I saw confirmed walleye and smallmouth from anglers fishing the break rocks near the dam and rainbows in the bays near the marina. Very little on perch. Everyone I talked to described the fishing as spotty. Not early ice hot like you would hope. Oh, and the new marina is open to drive in and was even plowed a bit at least it was early yesterday. I can’t wait to open my new auger and sonar, but Cookie is a stickler about not peeking until Christmas. Plus she doesn’t know I bought it - for “us”, yet 🙂