Echo res sat am...all day...

[nobites]

Had plans to head to the berry sat but things changed at the last minute and my friend and I went up to Echo. I had gotten some advice from another friend where to go and how to fish there by him so I thought I would give it a try. I had never even driven by the lake before. So this would be a first for me.

My neighbor SBW would join me later after he coached his son's Bball game around noon. I was set up at 615 am and did as I was told and fished just 6 feet down in 50 ft of water and I caught fish after fish as they would swim by. They stayed at that depth until around 11 am and then they moved consistently at 12-15 feet. Good thing I had my fish finder so we could tell. (To get on the ice you have to carry everything down by hand over large boulders) I would bet that between the two of us we caught around 30 fish and lost I would guess around 30 more. We had everything packed up at 4pm but the poles. We just kept catching fish every 10 minutes an we just couldn't walk away from a great day of fishing.
The fish were all rainbows and ranged from 12-17" and would fight all the way to the top of the ice. We had 2-3 fish that took all our poles bait and got all four of the lines tangled up swimming all over the place.

Craig
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[Out4Trout]

[cool]That sounds like a fun day out on the ice! I'm craving some slimers for the grill. Gonna have to get out on Echo and catch a few soon before this warm weather melts the edges away...
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[Strikes_R_Us]

Nice report! Lots of good info. What part of the lake were you at? Any access for a snowmobile from where you parked? Any slush?
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[pookiebar]

That is awesome!! I haven't been up to Echo this year because all my friends have told me it was slow. None of them have been fishing real shallow like you were though. I will have to make it up there and give that a try.

Were you off the freeway side or across by the marina etc?
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[nobites]

There is no access at the parking lot but since the lake isn't really big you can snowmoble I'm sure in less than 5 minutes from the dock or ramp. I fished at the first pull out for parking that you come to and is the closets to the dam itself. I walked out about 50 yards straight out from the rocks from there. I also went up monday of this week(yesterday) and fished the same holes at the same time and only caught 10 and lost 10 in 4 hours. So it just all depends on which way the wind is blowing I guess.

craig
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[Strikes_R_Us]

Thanks for the updated info! I am assuming you are parking on the east side and walking out from there?
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[nobites]

Yes that is correct...good luck
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[mme1]

the ramp doesnt open in the winter there is a walking trail that saya no motorised vehicles that you can get down on but who knows when the lucky day for tickets is [sly]
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[TiteLines]

Sounds like you had a great trip. Mine was a bit slower last time. Any special lure/bait combo that worked better than the others? You can PM me if you don't want to share generally.

TiteLines
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[HookJaw_Brimhall]

No pics?
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[nobites]

No camera, I need to get one of those small pocket sized ones. Mine is a nikon and large .....too large to take fishing

craig
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