10-01-2021, 12:32 AM
(09-30-2021, 05:26 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote:(09-29-2021, 02:19 AM)Crimson Wrote: Fished from shore on State Park side. Perch bite was good and most were 8-1/2 to 9-1/2 inches. No huge ones.
Actually caught more than any ice fishing trip to Rockport last Winter.
No boats on the water and very few fishermen on shore.
Sounds like you found them, seems to be lots of decent sized perch this year. Were you fishing on the bottom or using a bobber and jig? From what we saw last week, it would be hard to launch a boat there now.
I was fishing the bottom with a marshmellow a few inches back of a piece of worm on a small hook. Similar to floating jig some are using.
Only problem, I was casting out a long ways and the Perch were swallowing the hook, so not like ice fishing where almost 100% are hooked in the mouth. But ice fishing Perch are usually brought up from deep, so probably going to die either way.