Return to Rockport 8-30-22

[TubeDude]

Pleasure to meet you yesterday. I didn't do really well myself. I picked up 3 perch and a couple of bass. I didn't fish the west side I stayed on the east side too and went south like you did. I did best when I was by the campground seems like I would always get a nibble in that area. They can sure take a worm off a hook so fast you can't set the hook fast enough. I would get most of my hits while dragging the bottom using plastics and a worm. 

I left about 30 minutes before you did. I tried around the docks but no hits there. There must have been a bazillion minnows around the docks. I'm thinking they were all perch but don't know for sure.

I think I'm going to try again next week but going to let it calm down a couple of days after the last 3 day holiday with all the power boats stirring things up.     

Good luck on your next trip up there. Maybe I'll run into you again.

Good to finally meet you too.  Sorry you didn't get more perchy love. 

The small fish around the docks were mostly young perch.   But I also saw a few yearling smallmouth swimming among them to pick off the perch tykes.  Also a few older dink perch among the younguns.  Yes, there were a lot of them.  And for the next few weeks they will still be around the shoreline...attracting larger perch and smallmouths.  But when the water temps start to drop they head out to deep water and the bigguns follow.

I won't be up there next week.  I'll be hitting Willard so I can pick up an order at Cabelas in Farmington on the way back.  But I will likely get on Rockport at least another time or two.  Hope you have better luck on your next trip.