03-08-2025, 01:47 AM
Figured we are on the tail end but I still needed to scratch that itch again so I went three days after school for some quick trips.
D1- Rockport off the East side. Fished some rocky areas next to mud flats. Had to hunt a little but finally found them out at 60ft. Size was okay. Ran out of light quick. Edges were crap. See video. I used my poky stick a lot checking.
D2- Echo mid Lake. Started in the grass creek cove. Limited marks. Moved south and ran into a group of young men and leaders from our church. Sat and BSed the evening away. They tore up a lot of fish. Let them use my sonar so I only fished a bit but caught plenty. Very good size. Edges very bad where i got on. Watch my poky stick pop through with one hit for to few before it firmed up
D3 - Echo by the dam. Edges had improved a bit from a cold night. Hit a big school mid way across the dam. Picked up 10 big ones for dinner really fast. Saw crappie in the camera but they did not want to play with me.
My rigs were small ice jigs, meal worms and perch eyes. Nothing fancy.
Had one of my students go through the ice at Echo a couple days after this. He was close to shore so only up to his belly. Did not have his poky stick. Did have his floating pants thought. I was not with him.
In short i will not recommend going as I don't want to be responsible for that decision and I am done with low country ice but I expect those who like the risk can still pull it off with waders and boards. Main ice on both was 5-8 inches of grey crap and starting to rot in places.
Here is the video link
https://youtu.be/v-ikTBedFv0?si=e5TSwzoz9hrby4ns
D1- Rockport off the East side. Fished some rocky areas next to mud flats. Had to hunt a little but finally found them out at 60ft. Size was okay. Ran out of light quick. Edges were crap. See video. I used my poky stick a lot checking.
D2- Echo mid Lake. Started in the grass creek cove. Limited marks. Moved south and ran into a group of young men and leaders from our church. Sat and BSed the evening away. They tore up a lot of fish. Let them use my sonar so I only fished a bit but caught plenty. Very good size. Edges very bad where i got on. Watch my poky stick pop through with one hit for to few before it firmed up
D3 - Echo by the dam. Edges had improved a bit from a cold night. Hit a big school mid way across the dam. Picked up 10 big ones for dinner really fast. Saw crappie in the camera but they did not want to play with me.
My rigs were small ice jigs, meal worms and perch eyes. Nothing fancy.
Had one of my students go through the ice at Echo a couple days after this. He was close to shore so only up to his belly. Did not have his poky stick. Did have his floating pants thought. I was not with him.
In short i will not recommend going as I don't want to be responsible for that decision and I am done with low country ice but I expect those who like the risk can still pull it off with waders and boards. Main ice on both was 5-8 inches of grey crap and starting to rot in places.
Here is the video link
https://youtu.be/v-ikTBedFv0?si=e5TSwzoz9hrby4ns
Remember: keep the lid on the worms, share your jerky, and stop by to say hi to Cookie and the Cowboy-Pirate crew