Reservation Number : 28275
Property Name : Lago Escondido
Reservation Date : 05/13/2021 All Day -
Total Fish/Sizes : 9 (3 each 19, 17, 16 inches)
Lures Used : Multiple (see report)

Late report: I fished Escondido on May 13th from around 7:30 until around 3 in the afternoon. Escondido is almost full with the water level about 2 ft below the swimming pier. It was easy to launch the kayak and the water had a good stain with clarity of a couple feet and temperature of 73 degrees.  The day was mostly cloudy with a steady cool breeze of about 10 MPH. Top-water was active for the first hour with two landed on a popper along the dam.  The rest of the day, I caught another seven using the following lures:

- Ned rig near standing timbers in 10-15 ft of water (first catch with this lure)

- Suspending jerk bait among the standing timbers in 15-20 ft of water

- Rattle trap in open water 6-12 ft

- Shallow running crank where weeds were a couple of feet below the surface (they hit it immediately)

- Shallow running crank near small standing timbers with weeks below the surface

I did not cull any fish and here are the length totals:

3 – 19 inches

3 – 17 inches

3 – 16 inches

So far there are no lily pads, but it may be too early.

I was also able to test a new fish measuring rig so I could take pictures easily while in my kayak (see photo below) and it worked very nicely.

Bill