05-23-2015, 05:43 PM
[quote RBF] All the fish on the downrigger were nice, fat 18-20 inch bows except for one very nice 23 incher. Some of the bows had sores -- not sure what that is about...
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Those sores are from anchor worms or at least I think that is what their called, they are in all the bows from that drainage. Rockport, East canyon and Echo all have that problem with the rainbows. Lost creek is the only lake in that area that doesn't have they in the bows. They come out of the fish in the Fall, when the water temps get below a certain temp. The anchor worms spend the Winter in the mud bottoms of the lakes, then they come out of the mud when the water temp gets warm enough and get into the fish again. The DWR claim it will not hurt you to eat the fish because the anchor worms is only in the skin but it differently cause the fish to look pretty bad, especially in the Fall when the anchor worms comes out of the fish.
Nice report and pics, sounds like you had a good day. One question, do they still charge a water user fee to launch your boat on Echo?
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Those sores are from anchor worms or at least I think that is what their called, they are in all the bows from that drainage. Rockport, East canyon and Echo all have that problem with the rainbows. Lost creek is the only lake in that area that doesn't have they in the bows. They come out of the fish in the Fall, when the water temps get below a certain temp. The anchor worms spend the Winter in the mud bottoms of the lakes, then they come out of the mud when the water temp gets warm enough and get into the fish again. The DWR claim it will not hurt you to eat the fish because the anchor worms is only in the skin but it differently cause the fish to look pretty bad, especially in the Fall when the anchor worms comes out of the fish.
Nice report and pics, sounds like you had a good day. One question, do they still charge a water user fee to launch your boat on Echo?
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