Fishing Forum

My brother and I got to Rockport about 8:15 yesterday morning. Started using an ice fly topped with a wax worm. Fished directly out from the boat ramp in the middle of the lake. No sooner did I get my pole in the water then I got a hit. It was like that all day for me. Caught 21 perch ranging from 6 to 10 inches. Some were small but I was fising in 60 feet of water right at the bottom so by the time I got them to the surface, I had to keep them all as they bubbled up. Many had eggs. Once I caugt one, I used there fish eyes and then pretty much the same eye all day. It was very windy for about an hour and then it became very nice. Overall it was a fun day. Hon estly, I was pretty pooh poohed on Rockport until yesterday, now I have a good idea how to fish them. I found if there were not times when I was getting any bites, I let my line go to the bottom only to find out that my bait was laying on the bottom. I had about a 12 inc leader so I just cranked up my line about 10 inches and they were all on the bottom. Had many trout suspended 20 feet down on my fishfinder but no trout.
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How was the slush/ice out that far and the edges off the ramp?? Can i get my 4-wheeler onto it ok??
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Ice was a good 7 inches. No slush watsover. During the day, my finder displayed the water temp at 34 degress. During the evening everything freezes right now especially with the wind. The edges were fine. Saw about 300 elk.
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We also fished on Friday and got only two perch for over 3 hours of fishing. We fished near the bathroom pullout. We caught 5 bows in less than 2 hours the week before there! I will have to drive on over to the ramp side next time; I thought it might be deeper over there. I walked nearly halfway across the lake and could not even find 40 feet where we were. So far, Echo's fishing has been much better for me this winter.
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