02-24-2021, 03:23 AM
Had the lake to myself for a couple hours before two other groups showed up. fished in about 40 ft. Nonstop tapping from 3-5 inch perch. It was challenging to get the hooks in them. Had a paddle bug up top and caught two planter bows. I hooked one of the perch on a single hook with split shot above and sunk it down 8 feet. The bow swallowed the whole thing , had to cut the line to release it, 22" too big for the pan, I kept the planters. The brown was 21 and came pretty close to spooling me, it gave me buck fever reeling it in. I fish Echo about once a year so wasn't expecting much but turned out to be an exciting day on the ice!