Echo 23 Nov. 2023

[Mr. J]

Hated to lose another day, a good day at that, so Violet and I hooked up the boat and headed up to Echo to see if we could round up enough trout for a respectable dinner. 

We got to the Park about 0930, after boat prep and a pit stop it was probably 1000 when the boat slipped into the water which seemed to hover right around 46* during the time we were there.

We spent the morning and early afternoon trolling Dodgers and Hoochies tipped with nightcrawler. No one spot was hotter than another just a slow and pretty much steady bite, which was about 20 min. interval. Breeze picked up in the afternoon to about 6-7 mph then let up some, enough to make loading the boat easier. 

The wedge was still in place (thank you St. Pks.)

The trout we caught were 16-18" most about 17". We did catch 1 16" Brown, the others were of course Rainbows. 

rj

[Jmorfish]

Nice going Richard..wish I could have made my usual November trips to Echo, but too many colder and wetter days got me thinking too much about the feathers in flight...pursuit of which has been decent...so now the boat's covered, batteries out and charged, awaiting the freeze up, chasing the wild webbed ones in the mean time...you still ice fishing?

[Mr. J]

Nice going Richard..wish I could have made my usual November trips to Echo, but too many colder and wetter days got me thinking too much about the feathers in flight...pursuit of which has been decent...so now the boat's covered, batteries out and charged, awaiting the freeze up, chasing the wild webbed ones in the mean time...you still ice fishing?

I am in the process of selling what I have in the ice fishing line, at least the big stuff right now. I have so much gear and tackle I'll probably end up giving it away. All my grand kids are raising kids of there own, they don't have time to use any of it. I hesitate to to act too fast thinking I might be able to fish the docks at Provo Harbor this winter. Should be able to make this prosthetic work well enough to fish for a couple hours at a time.

Thanksgiving is usually a good time to watch for the migrating birds. Hunting should be picking up pretty good by now. Wish I could be out there busting up some ice in anticipating a few ducks can find the hole. Good luck out there and have fun while you can.

rj