01-03-2022, 11:32 PM
(01-03-2022, 05:40 PM)Wando59 Wrote: Went to rockport yesterday arrived around
9:00 went just off the boat ramp about 100
Yards ice was 3 inches at the most had a few
Bites no hook up only stayed for about one hour didn't Fincher off to far there was only about 10 small groups on the lake i will fill more safe next week to try more area's I was only in 15 feet of water but it was a nice day anyway
I just got back from a trip to Rockport. I was on the west side and the ice is not consistent. I drilled a hole just off the bank and got around 2.5 inches. Went out a bit farther where there was snow on the ice and came up with just over 1 inch. Walked off carefully and went farther down the bank line. What I found was that the ice where the wind has cleaned off the snow was 4 inches. 2.5 inches of ice with 1.5 inches of frozen slush. I tried for a while in about 11 feet of water and only got one bite. I decided to weave around just walking only on the scoured areas and got out in 43 feet of water. I saw some trout at 15 feet and dropped a rig down and instantly had a nice one on. It was a brown about 18 inches long. Hurried up and dropped the line back down and had another nice one on, unfortunately it broke my tube jig off. I wasn't able to find the perch but wandering around on that ice was not something I wanted to do. Hopefully by the next weekend it will grow some more.