Rockport Perch Jerkin' 8-23-22 (With Video)

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Pat, 
Great video and nice work on those perch on Rockport. I think I am losing my touch at finding and catching walleye. I was out on Echo yesterday morning in the float tube with my son. Despite all my attempts of catching my first Echo walleye, nothing to show for it. My son landed a 20-inch brown as he was working a worm on a jig. I had one hit that had me thinking walleye just because of my catching some in the past on a jig and worm. I missed my only hit of the morning. I was marking a fish here and there that had me thinking eyes. I tried jigging minnow style plastics, jig, and a worm, jigging rapalas, ripping spoons off the bottom, and even a ned rig. Those that are lucky enough to be scoring them still must be dragging spinner rigs on bottom bouncers. That I cannot do in my tube because of my fin-powered tubing. This video has me thinking maybe I should go and target some perch at Rockport too. A few years back, I did well in August, kicking straight out from the camping area near the river inlet. 
Gabe

Sorry you didn't find any walleye love at Echo.  I think the guys who are catching them are using crawler rigs.  But even though some are catching them, you know that they can be tough to find and even tougher to catch on any given day.  You might have to break down and put an electric on your tube.  I sure would be lost without mine now. 

I suspect you could find some perch almost anywhere around the lake at Rockport.  But the spot you described is where I found the most larger ones.  And they are all along the rocky rubble shoreline...either in singles, doubles or small schools.  But there are plenty of gooduns.