I did pretty well on Horsethief this last week. I trolled and did a lot of catch and release. I used a three blade troll and a kokanee spinner with corn. 70 feet of line and a half ounce weight seemed to produce best. The fish were all small, 8 to 10 inches, but better than a skunk on Cascade. Feel free to catch my fish a second time. All were in good condition when I released them.
Normally we’re seeing at least a few deer, especially with some snow background…but big Winter kill from last year’s snow, and then (as of yesterday) not enough snow to force them down - probably why we weren’t seeing any..maybe I’ll just wait 'til duck season is done.. 
Buddy and I decided to take a look for ourselves..this was about 2:30 this aft…Rockport mostly capped, but a fairly large section still open about in the middle, towards the West side shoreline…no one fishing…then down the road to Echo..really surprised that there is still a HUGE section of open water out in middle, way bigger that RP…however, we did see 2 groups fishing on ice near the dam..Maybe some fishable ice next week?? and BTW…absolutely NO deer seen anywhere on this 125 mile circuit…but a good ride, often in the snow..