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

[wiperhunter2]

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.

I have been hoping for  a shot at Echo too.  Just talked to the office at Echo this morning and was told that the opening date is still scheduled for sometime in October. 

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.

I've heard the same thing, we even went so far as to drive by the unloading location there along the road to find the general area when we were coming back from out scouting trip a few weeks back. We have fishing that section of shore line from a boat a year or two back and think we know the area good enough to have an idea where they are cathing them. If the actually open it up in Oct we will give a try and see what turns up and if nothing else I'm sure we can find the perch there too.  I'm not sure if the DWR are still stocking those sterile eyes at echo but if they are, that could be what those guys are catching.