07-24-2023, 01:16 PM
(07-24-2023, 12:35 AM)Cowboypirate Wrote: Made a return trip to Rockport with Cookie (Friday) to see if we could redeem ourselves from the last trip. This day treated us much better. Maybe that storm from the last time had them hiding their heads.
Anywho.... we fished our typical rocky to mud flat transitions. Picked up perch pretty steady in the early AM and as the perch bite slowed the Smallies obliged us by getting pretty active. Nothing really big. One perch about 11 inches and the rest were 7-9. The bass were typical RP Smallies. We kept a few for lunch and sent the others on their way with a stern talking to about chasing foam bugs on a string.
We fished our homemade pugly perch bugs tipped with a worm about six inches on a drop shot set up. Had to switch to Pats patented hanger shots as the rocks were eating our drop shot sinkers like popcorn at a Marvel Movie. We caught most of the perch on the deadstick vs the active jigging rods. Seems letting them sit for a few minutes then just a very suttle twich got them worked up.
Water was 73 ish and we fished depths from about 2 ft to 22 ft.
I am very encouraged with the number of 2-5 inch smallies schooled up around the rock edges. Looks like a great crop of youngns coming up and so many bait fish that everything should be growing fast.
Link to video
https://youtu.be/edAgUBFnu9o
Way to go you two, what a turn around from your last trip there and one of your better video's Lance, thanks for sharing it with us. Pretty amazing how far that water has come up since last Fall, much easier hike down to the water and back it looks like.
Did you see any of those boaters catching fish out there in front of you there?