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

[Freakyfisherman]

In your pic titled wobble PBJ, that is the same location Joe and I found them a few weeks past but all along that shore line we found them as well. With the depth that Forest reported at Willard, in the North marina channel, I'm hoping that we will be chasing perch there this Fall but Rockport will be another option from what you are reporting and what we saw there. Maybe we will get lucky and they will get Echo open as well.

There have been a lot of reports of anglers scoring well on walleyes in Echo this summer.  Some have been caught from shore but there are others who are trudging float tubes or kayaks down the hill from turnouts to launch off the shoreline and fish standard walleye tactics.  It seems that in spite of DWR's displeasure...and the mandatory keep and kill rule in place...the walleyes have proliferated in Echo and are likely to become a significant fishery...for those who know how to catch them.

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