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We fished Echo from 7-11:30, slowly drifting our 3 favorite shorelines helped by just the right ripple until whitecaps came at quittin' time. Water temp down to 62, and lake level has dropped 5' or so from last visit a week or so ago. Buddy once again boated our best smallies, 14 to 16", with his spinnerbait. We also tallied some nice perch, but neither the size nor the numbers that Jordanelle produced. Slow, light, uncommitted morning bite turned frequent & aggressive after 9am, just the opposite of last month's pattern. Ramp conditions still good. About a dozen other boats roaming the water, plus 2 eagles.
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(10-02-2025, 09:11 PM)perchinski Wrote: We fished Echo from 7-11:30, slowly drifting our 3 favorite shorelines helped by just the right ripple until whitecaps came at quittin' time. Water temp down to 62, and lake level has dropped 5' or so from last visit a week or so ago. Buddy once again boated our best smallies, 14 to 16", with his spinnerbait. We also tallied some nice perch, but neither the size nor the numbers that Jordanelle produced. Slow, light, uncommitted morning bite turned frequent & aggressive after 9am, just the opposite of last month's pattern. Ramp conditions still good. About a dozen other boats roaming the water, plus 2 eagles. They will shut off most secondary water use here in N Utah by the 15th of this month, they started shutting it off on the 1st of Oct. so the water levels should remain pretty stable for the rest of the year. Another great smally, your buddy caught. Was he fishing near the bottom?
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(10-03-2025, 01:14 AM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: (10-02-2025, 09:11 PM)perchinski Wrote: We fished Echo from 7-11:30, slowly drifting our 3 favorite shorelines helped by just the right ripple until whitecaps came at quittin' time. Water temp down to 62, and lake level has dropped 5' or so from last visit a week or so ago. Buddy once again boated our best smallies, 14 to 16", with his spinnerbait. We also tallied some nice perch, but neither the size nor the numbers that Jordanelle produced. Slow, light, uncommitted morning bite turned frequent & aggressive after 9am, just the opposite of last month's pattern. Ramp conditions still good. About a dozen other boats roaming the water, plus 2 eagles. They will shut off most secondary water use here in N Utah by the 15th of this month, they started shutting it off on the 1st of Oct. so the water levels should remain pretty stable for the rest of the year. Another great smally, your buddy caught. Was he fishing near the bottom?
slow roll chartreuse/white w/silver tandem willow blades 3/8 ounce......trying to keep bait near bottom ......they seemed to be more large rock oriented.....in the past the fish were on the flats but not today.....
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(10-03-2025, 01:14 AM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: (10-02-2025, 09:11 PM)perchinski Wrote: We fished Echo from 7-11:30, slowly drifting our 3 favorite shorelines helped by just the right ripple until whitecaps came at quittin' time. Water temp down to 62, and lake level has dropped 5' or so from last visit a week or so ago. Buddy once again boated our best smallies, 14 to 16", with his spinnerbait. We also tallied some nice perch, but neither the size nor the numbers that Jordanelle produced. Slow, light, uncommitted morning bite turned frequent & aggressive after 9am, just the opposite of last month's pattern. Ramp conditions still good. About a dozen other boats roaming the water, plus 2 eagles. They will shut off most secondary water use here in N Utah by the 15th of this month, they started shutting it off on the 1st of Oct. so the water levels should remain pretty stable for the rest of the year. Another great smally, your buddy caught. Was he fishing near the bottom? No. He threw it up against big shoreline boulders that had buddy boulders submerged --- NE corner, below road, couple of hundred yards from dam, and shoreline straight across (W) from ramp.
(10-03-2025, 01:14 AM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: (10-02-2025, 09:11 PM)perchinski Wrote: We fished Echo from 7-11:30, slowly drifting our 3 favorite shorelines helped by just the right ripple until whitecaps came at quittin' time. Water temp down to 62, and lake level has dropped 5' or so from last visit a week or so ago. Buddy once again boated our best smallies, 14 to 16", with his spinnerbait. We also tallied some nice perch, but neither the size nor the numbers that Jordanelle produced. Slow, light, uncommitted morning bite turned frequent & aggressive after 9am, just the opposite of last month's pattern. Ramp conditions still good. About a dozen other boats roaming the water, plus 2 eagles. They will shut off most secondary water use here in N Utah by the 15th of this month, they started shutting it off on the 1st of Oct. so the water levels should remain pretty stable for the rest of the year. Another great smally, your buddy caught. Was he fishing near the bottom? No. He threw it up against big shoreline boulders that had buddy boulders submerged --- NE corner, below road, couple of hundred yards from dam, and shoreline straight across (W) from ramp.
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