08-20-2024, 01:10 PM
(08-17-2024, 03:18 AM)Jmorfish Wrote: Grandson home on leave from Air Force, and he and I hit Echo this morning (8-16)..trolling .. not for smallies, not for perch..some good quality Rainbows in there..we did well, smallest 15", the rest 16 to 17...We DID see huge bait balls, lots and lots..I was sure hoping it wasn't underwater branches, or something else to get snagged on..never snagged, so possibly HUGE quantities of baby perch?? and plenty of real fish marks also, but not a fast bite for what we were seeing..maybe already gorged on the baby perchlettes? 'Bows we caught were very healthy, often sky rocketing, no skin flaws...of course he did most of the catching..great A.M. on the water, except for the wake boaters, etc. starting too early...
Glad you were able to get out with your Gson and caught so decent bows. From the sounds of it all this high water from the last two years have done wonders for the baby perch population, hopefully there is still a bunch of those bigger ones around too. When fishing for bows, do you use a dodger to attract them or just a lure?