Fishing Forum › Utah Fishing Forum › Utah Fishing General v
Echo 9/30, 4 species day

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Echo 9/30, 4 species day
Jig-fisher Offline
White Sea Bass
*******
Posts: 1,405
Threads: 114
Joined: Nov 2013
Reputation: 5
#1
10-01-2024, 12:27 AM (This post was last modified: 10-01-2024, 01:28 AM by Jig-fisher.)
I been off work hiking the mountains looking for deer with my muzzleloader. The gun just ended up being extra weight, as I never saw a buck, and can count on one hand the number of deer I saw overall. Very disappointing.  So I went fishing today instead of hunting up at Echo Reservior. Good choice! That carp ate my jig head while fishing for perch. What a fight!

Water had algae balls floating all over the lake from the surface all the way down to nearly 20 ft in places. But, the fish didn't care. All the trout were caught in the top 20 ft of water out in the middle, and the perch were hanging in 20 ft when I found them. At times the perch filled the screen from just under the boat all the way to the bottom. For a time they were stacked just under the boat and I could not get my jig head to drop more than 5 ft without a pickup.  I threw a lot back, but kept my fair share. Trout were nice with the big one going 20". A solo smallmouth hit a crank early in the morning.

[Image: 20240930-124829.jpg]

[Image: 20240930-135910.jpg]

[Image: 20240930-140055.jpg]

[Image: 20240930-150009.jpg]
Find
Reply
wiperhunter2 Online
Administrator
**********
Posts: 33,098
Threads: 405
Joined: Feb 2002
Reputation: 33
#2
10-01-2024, 01:31 AM
Nice report and pics, good looking bows too. Good to know the catching is picking up. Any size to the perch, any over 10". How long was the SM bass.
Find
Reply
Jig-fisher Offline
White Sea Bass
*******
Posts: 1,405
Threads: 114
Joined: Nov 2013
Reputation: 5
#3
10-01-2024, 01:42 AM
(10-01-2024, 01:31 AM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Nice report and pics, good looking bows too. Good to know the catching is picking up. Any size to the perch, any over 10". How long was the SM bass.

Biggest perch were 9.5", the smallmouth was 12".
[Image: 20240930-194153.jpg]
Find
Reply
wiperhunter2 Online
Administrator
**********
Posts: 33,098
Threads: 405
Joined: Feb 2002
Reputation: 33
#4
10-01-2024, 01:46 AM
(10-01-2024, 01:42 AM)Jig-fisher Wrote:
(10-01-2024, 01:31 AM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Nice report and pics, good looking bows too. Good to know the catching is picking up. Any size to the perch, any over 10". How long was the SM bass.

Biggest perch were 9.5", the smallmouth was 12".
[Image: 20240930-194153.jpg]

Nice. I can't say I've ever seen perch stacked that deep, except for Starvation but that was many years ago and we were ice fishing.
Find
Reply
Cowboypirate Offline
Moderator
*****
Posts: 2,475
Threads: 209
Joined: Mar 2019
Reputation: 23
#5
10-01-2024, 11:19 AM
Echo has been treating my local student angler club very well also as of late. Even a few cats in thier mixed bag
Remember: keep the lid on the worms, share your jerky, and stop by to say hi to Cookie and the Cowboy-Pirate crew
Find
Reply
SkunkedAgain Offline
Moderator
*****
Posts: 14,197
Threads: 173
Joined: Jan 2011
Reputation: 15
#6
10-01-2024, 12:04 PM
Great report on the fishing, sorry the deer were a bust, but looks like you more than made up for it... I'll bet that was a fun day... Thanks for the report... Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!
Find
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)