09-05-2020, 09:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-05-2020, 09:48 PM by Jig-fisher.)
I hit Echo early this morning and tried all kinds of things. It was still pretty dark when I launched. Put some big lures on the downriggers and probed the depths for a while. Had some good whacks but only one smallmouth bass to show for it. (I know there there are some big trout in there).
Lots of pods of carp everywhere, even down by the dam. Some bait balls down there too, carp or chubs maybe, some were deep, others shallow. Just don't know.
I switched over to trying to find some perch to hover over, but only found small to medium ones. Slow trolled around for a while looking for promising schools, but never really found a good concentration.
I finally decided to see if the bass were willing to play. Best decision all day. There are some nice smallies in there and perch too. Just slowly paralleled the bank throwing a flicker shad up towards the bank and cranking it back to the boat. Ended up limiting out on the bass, with the biggest going 16", all were over 12" with one at 15" and two at 14". I also caught several perch on the shad, with the biggest right at 12".
It has been years since I targeted bass and it was very rewarding when they slammed the lure and then would rocket out of the water trying to throw it. They are freight trains for sure and on light 8 lb test, I had a ball. I had one whack it right at the side of the boat when I was about to lift the lure out of the water.
Water is very low and there is a sign next to the water that launching is at your own risk. Pavement still reached into the water.![[Image: 20200905-112151-1.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/KrBB82b/20200905-112151-1.jpg)
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Courtesy dock was still in place.
Lots of pods of carp everywhere, even down by the dam. Some bait balls down there too, carp or chubs maybe, some were deep, others shallow. Just don't know.
I switched over to trying to find some perch to hover over, but only found small to medium ones. Slow trolled around for a while looking for promising schools, but never really found a good concentration.
I finally decided to see if the bass were willing to play. Best decision all day. There are some nice smallies in there and perch too. Just slowly paralleled the bank throwing a flicker shad up towards the bank and cranking it back to the boat. Ended up limiting out on the bass, with the biggest going 16", all were over 12" with one at 15" and two at 14". I also caught several perch on the shad, with the biggest right at 12".
It has been years since I targeted bass and it was very rewarding when they slammed the lure and then would rocket out of the water trying to throw it. They are freight trains for sure and on light 8 lb test, I had a ball. I had one whack it right at the side of the boat when I was about to lift the lure out of the water.
Water is very low and there is a sign next to the water that launching is at your own risk. Pavement still reached into the water.
Courtesy dock was still in place.