11-07-2023, 05:29 AM
Hit Echo this morning, trolling from about 0845 to 1130...my buddy's boat..this time he remembered his fish finder, but it couldn't show fish!! And today that was a good thing, as all fish caught were in the upper water column, 0' down to 12'...COLD start, probably mid 30's, clouds all A.M., so temp never warmed up...That was ok, cuz fishing was HOT...especially for a day when solunar fishing charts said 'Poor' day...Not 'seeing' fish on his screen, it took about 15 mins to get our first hits, not far from the launch area...we caught about 15 nice 'bows in this general area, then about 1030 to 1130 we got 10 or more in the middle...overall fast action for quality fish, apparently fattening up for the Winter...5 of mine were caught right on the surface, either accidentally before getting downrigger clip on, or just letting it drag and not even using the downrigger a few times...planer board worked also for me..best there was 1" Kamlooper spoon, in rainbow, w/small nite crawler pc...my downrigger set, best was pink/silver flash squid w/pink garlic flavored maggots...I woulda been duck hunting...glad my buddy called and changed my plan...Guluk..