Echo Res. Sat. Apr. 20

[EyLayo]

Overall slow trolling for the rainbows this A.M., but what a great time to be on the water...very windy for my canoe from about 9 to 10:30, but the wind died and it was calm and very pleasant 'til we ended at 1:30...I had 5 solid hook ups, netting 3, 15 to 17"ers...my buddy had a few hook ups, but landed 1...and we each had 4 or 5 other light hits...lots of loon out this day to keep us entertained...their call is pretty amazing, and I'm sure they're getting their share of smaller fish...I caught fish, or had good hits on: pink/silver flash hoochie, smaller rainbow crankbait, chartreus 'Tomahawk', and small rainbow spoon...all tipped with 1" pc nite crawler...hope to have the bigger boat ready for my next trip, as cramping is becoming more of an issues....rough getting old!...guluk..

Thanka for the report Joe, sure haven't heard much about echo recently. Too bad the catching wasn't better. I'm surprised you can still do a canoe, those long periods of keeping your legs straight have got to be a killer.

I love fishing out of my canoe, or getting to hunting areas with my kayak..just love being on the water (not IN the water..that's why I won't fish out of my kayak again)..sitting in back of the canoe, I need to be half twisted most of the time to change speeds or make turns with the tiller of the electric motor..so I usually don't get enough time to stretch my legs out straight..we always pull into shore after a couple hours for a break, and that helps, as well as keeping a 4 oz bottle of pickle juice handy for if (when) my leg does cramp up......some nice 'bows and browns in there, and I know on another day it can be a lot better..

So I thought I was the only one crazy enough to drink pickle juice... Man that is a lifesaver when things cramp up... I get them in bed at night and my wife has to run grab me a shot of pickle juice to pull me out of the death mode cramps... It's a life saver for me, even though I can hardly stand to drink it... Well I won't feel alone anymore.  Later J

Could either of you fellers elaborate more on the pickle juice? I've enjoyed the stuff since I was young just for the flavor. Never knew there was any inherent benefits to it.