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Title: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Tfrey5 on Jan 21, 2023, 06:53 AM: Morning peeps, just curious on any tips for echo never fished it would like to go for togue and salmon. Under ice for salmon early mornings normally just curious smelts shiners or suckers and suggested depth thanks for any help tight lines!!
Title: Re: Echo lake
Post by: nbourque on Jan 21, 2023, 07:01 AM: Quote from: Tfrey5 on Jan 21, 2023, 06:53 AM
Morning peeps, just curious on any tips for echo never fished it would like to go for togue and salmon. Under ice for salmon early mornings normally just curious smelts shiners or suckers and suggested depth thanks for any help tight lines!!
Fayette?
Title: Re: Echo lake
Post by: Tfrey5 on Jan 21, 2023, 07:27 AM: Yes sorry
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Linedogg104 on Jan 21, 2023, 09:52 AM: Not sure about togue and salmon. But I've pulled some monster smallies out of there
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: nbourque on Jan 21, 2023, 01:05 PM: Slow lake but there’s some good fish in there.
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Wago14 on Jan 22, 2023, 08:32 AM: If you do not catch fish in an hour, move. Do that until you find fish. They just changed it from 2 traps to 5 traps for the first time in a few decades, so there is that.
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: nbourque on Jan 22, 2023, 09:46 AM: Quote from: Wago14 on Jan 22, 2023, 08:32 AM
If you do not catch fish in an hour, move. Do that until you find fish. They just changed it from 2 traps to 5 traps for the first time in a few decades, so there is that.
Good advice right there haha
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Jim_C. on Jan 22, 2023, 10:08 AM: The best advice if you don't find fish under the ice is to move and fish in open water. Water has 3 states....liquid, solid, and gas/steam. I haven't mastered catching fish in steam yet ;D
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: nbourque on Jan 22, 2023, 12:53 PM: Quote from: Jim_C. on Jan 22, 2023, 10:08 AM
The best advice if you don't find fish under the ice is to move and fish in open water. Water has 3 states....liquid, solid, and gas/steam. I haven't mastered catching fish in steam yet ;D
Spoken from a true master 😁
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Jim_C. on Jan 22, 2023, 04:10 PM: I don't know about that, Nick. I keep trying. At some point, I'll just blow smoke, catch on fire, and turn to dust.....never know at my age ;D

Quote from: nbourque on Jan 22, 2023, 12:53 PM
Spoken from a true master 😁
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: nbourque on Jan 22, 2023, 05:33 PM: Quote from: Jim_C. on Jan 22, 2023, 04:10 PM
I don't know about that, Nick. I keep trying. At some point, I'll just blow smoke, catch on fire, and turn to dust.....never know at my age ;D
How’s the open water been?
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Jim_C. on Jan 22, 2023, 06:03 PM: As expected, January started strong, but tailed way off. Still scraping up a few, but Feb. and Mar. will be very tough from the look of things.

Quote from: nbourque on Jan 22, 2023, 05:33 PM
How’s the open water been?
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: nbourque on Jan 22, 2023, 06:10 PM: Quote from: Jim_C. on Jan 22, 2023, 06:03 PM
As expected, January started strong, but tailed way off. Still scraping up a few, but Feb. and Mar. will be very tough from the look of things.
I got faith in ya 😁
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Jim_C. on Jan 22, 2023, 06:29 PM: Thanks. You know that I'll be after it!

Quote from: nbourque on Jan 22, 2023, 06:10 PM
I got faith in ya 😁
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: woodchip on Jan 22, 2023, 07:10 PM: Echo lake Fayette
« on: Jan 21, 2023, 06:53 AM » Means echo lake -FAYETTE
Title: Re: Echo lake Fayette
Post by: Wago14 on Jan 24, 2023, 06:46 PM: 4-6" of ice in the Vega area with more snow to come, should make a lovely mess.