Really nice to get out this A.M. with DuBob at Echo...Marina/boat ramp area access still open, I believe 'til 22 Jan...Our friend Earl joined us at about 12:30, but basic perch activity was done about 11:30...I did manage 2 nicer ones, and 4 in the 8 to 8.5" range, but by far Bob and I were busiest with the 6 to 7.5"ers...and they did keep us pretty busy at times...Bob played with a couple trout for awhile, I kept both mine down for the perch, which we found at about 40 fow...ice about 5" solid, very cold to start (-4) but it felt much better when the sun came out for awhile and warmed my tent..wind started around 11:00, (could that put the kabosh on the bite?) Overall very good A.M. out on the hard water..tks again Bob..
Sounds like a fun trip, and you didn't mention the size of the nicer ones.... how big did you find them? I'm wondering about trying the fish tomorrow in the middle of the storm... Wondering if they will bite then? I'd hoped Hyrum would be ready, but when they got the cameras fixed yesterday there was still some open water, so this wind and warm temps will probably ruin what was almost looking like time for a thin ice adventure... Thanks again for your post... Later J
We've pulled perch at night, good weather, sever weather when your afraid to leave the tent, I feel they're a pretty opportunistic feeder. I love fishing at night on the ice and echo is great for it
(01-04-2022, 04:55 PM)dubob Wrote: [ -> ]My FLX28 battery ran out of voltage about 11 AM; first time that every happened. Man, it's hard fishing blind. And the battery is only 5 years old. Ya just can't find good stuff these days.
Hey Bob cabela's still has the deal going on the marcum brute lithium if your interested. Won't find one anywhere cheaper than that. I've been really happy with mine so much that I ordered another last week
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/marcum-b...um%20brute
(01-04-2022, 05:42 PM)dubob Wrote: [ -> ] (01-04-2022, 05:12 PM)Muskyon46 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-04-2022, 04:55 PM)dubob Wrote: [ -> ]My FLX28 battery ran out of voltage about 11 AM; first time that every happened. Man, it's hard fishing blind. And the battery is only 5 years old. Ya just can't find good stuff these days.
Hey Bob cabela's still has the deal going on the marcum brute lithium if your interested. Won't find one anywhere cheaper than that. I've been really happy with mine so much that I ordered another last week
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/marcum-b...um%20brute
Thanks Matt. I already ordered the Vexilar barnd from Amazon for the same price. The Vexilar brand battery has circuitry built in to it so that it will work with the Vexilar charger. The Marcum would require a seperate charger. The bad news is delivery is set at 17 to 27 Jan right now. I hope it come earlier than that.
Sounds good. That marcum brute does come with a charger also
(01-04-2022, 12:08 PM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: [ -> ]Sounds like a fun trip, and you didn't mention the size of the nicer ones.... how big did you find them? I'm wondering about trying the fish tomorrow in the middle of the storm... Wondering if they will bite then? I'd hoped Hyrum would be ready, but when they got the cameras fixed yesterday there was still some open water, so this wind and warm temps will probably ruin what was almost looking like time for a thin ice adventure... Thanks again for your post... Later J
Yup, it was a good trip...upon hoisting in those 2 'nicer ones', I thought they were closer to 11", but they apparently shrunk a little and measured 10" at home...
Hope the ice stays with us...
(01-04-2022, 01:17 PM)Fritzfishin Wrote: [ -> ]We've pulled perch at night, good weather, sever weather when your afraid to leave the tent, I feel they're a pretty opportunistic feeder. I love fishing at night on the ice and echo is great for it
Interesting. At PV, I've only caught a handful of perch after "real" dark, and just automatically switch to crappie.
I have caught a bunch at UL in the dark, though, since they started showing up.
(01-04-2022, 04:55 PM)dubob Wrote: [ -> ]How did you and Ira do Curt?
Not really sure how Ira did overall but I did much better than the week before, 4 times better but none were over 9" and none were trout. Ira on the other hand caught several trout one being a nice brown, that you can see on the contest board, if you are interested.
(01-06-2022, 06:43 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-04-2022, 04:55 PM)dubob Wrote: [ -> ]How did you and Ira do Curt?
Not really sure how Ira did overall but I did much better than the week before, 4 times better but none were over 9" and none were trout. Ira on the other hand caught several trout one being a nice brown, that you can see on the contest board, if you are interested.
I'm hoping to go Saturday, how much snow can I expect to find at echo?
(01-07-2022, 04:41 AM)doitall5000 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-06-2022, 06:43 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-04-2022, 04:55 PM)dubob Wrote: [ -> ]How did you and Ira do Curt?
Not really sure how Ira did overall but I did much better than the week before, 4 times better but none were over 9" and none were trout. Ira on the other hand caught several trout one being a nice brown, that you can see on the contest board, if you are interested.
I'm hoping to go Saturday, how much snow can I expect to find at echo?
I drove by earlier today and it had water on top of the ice. My guess would be none to maybe a skiff.
Gabe
(01-07-2022, 04:41 AM)doitall5000 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-06-2022, 06:43 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-04-2022, 04:55 PM)dubob Wrote: [ -> ]How did you and Ira do Curt?
Not really sure how Ira did overall but I did much better than the week before, 4 times better but none were over 9" and none were trout. Ira on the other hand caught several trout one being a nice brown, that you can see on the contest board, if you are interested.
I'm hoping to go Saturday, how much snow can I expect to find at echo?
I agree with Gabe, on Tues there was about twice the snow there as the week before around 4" but with these warmer temps it sure isn't looking good for any fresh snow, maybe nothing but slush at this point. The main gate will only be open until the 10th after that it's a long haul from that East campground, which won't be fun if all the snow is melted.
