02-23-2004, 06:47 PM
Fished Rockport on Saturday. Went to the east side and parked by the boat ramp. I was the second person there besides the park ranger who was telling me where I couldn't park. Got there early to avoid the perch party crowd. Walked from the boat ramp up to the face of the dam. Very few fish by the dam, so I moved about 200 yards down from the dam and 50 yards off the east shore. Had lots of fun catching trout. At some time there were 7-10 trout suspended at various depths. It was hard to get my jig down through the trout to give the perch a chance. The trout were rather small, but lots of them. Caught fish all day. Had two older gentlemen drive up on a skidoo and shoot the breeze. We all caught a limit of good sized perch. They caught and kept a few trout. I caught and released 27 trout. I showed them how to fish with my vexilar. They thought it was great fun. Great day on the ice. Left after the crowd from the perch party cleared out. Did any one attend the perch party? How about the party at fish lake? how was the fishing there?
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