East Canyon today, 5-2

[Jmorfish]

Another little story about this A.M. trip...My buddy was driving this day... we have an agreement that he drives in the Winter for ice fishing, I drive when pulling my bigger boat for open water fishing...this was his first time out after the ice season, and he'd been very used to heading South on the freeway as we were often going to Rockport for the perch, as heading out of Bountiful...So I'm not watching, but getting our breakfast bisquits organized in his truck, and he turns South again on the freeway...We're supposed to be heading North, to go up Weber Canyon to E.C., but we're chatting away, enjoying our breakfast, dodging traffic, discussing political issues, etc....We're driving past Park City, and it finally dawns on me - we took a wrong turn A LONG time ago...so now we're on the scenic route to E.C....we stopped and looked at Rockport; it looked like water levels were up alot....then continuing our loop, we drove past Echo, and that looked to have a lot more water in areas where there was none last year...then on to E.C. we took the short-cut through Hennefer, and that back road to East Canyon Res...Good scenic ride, nice to see water levels up at Echo and Rockport, but it didn't seem to be up much at E.C....

BTW----my favorite fish species here in Utah, would be (in approx. order) Kokanee salmon, perch and crappie and bluegill on ice, walleye, lake trout pups, wipers, trout species, and catfish...I will prepare and eat a trout once in awhile, but I fillet what I catch and give most away to the needy, or those who can't fish....My personal edible trout order would be (water conditions considered) lake trout pups, tiger or splake, cutts, brookies, then rainbows...and they are all good if prepared right...and they're all fun to catch....