03-12-2024, 04:54 AM
I also had never caught a smallmouth
Through the ice until this year Feb 12 first drop down with perch gear right on bottom in 50 feet of water! Biggest smallmouth I have ever caught at rockport, by quite a bit. It was over 18 inches plus. I’ve caught tons in open water up there, chase them up there a few trips every summer. On my Next trip up there a few days later my buddy who had never caught one through the ice, got one about 14 inches and 20 minutes later I hooked one but lost it right at the hole! I think I made 8 trips this year killed the perch . Landed the one big smallmouth and lost one. The only SMB I’ve ever caught through the ice. Caught many largemouth at different lakes through the ice.
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Through the ice until this year Feb 12 first drop down with perch gear right on bottom in 50 feet of water! Biggest smallmouth I have ever caught at rockport, by quite a bit. It was over 18 inches plus. I’ve caught tons in open water up there, chase them up there a few trips every summer. On my Next trip up there a few days later my buddy who had never caught one through the ice, got one about 14 inches and 20 minutes later I hooked one but lost it right at the hole! I think I made 8 trips this year killed the perch . Landed the one big smallmouth and lost one. The only SMB I’ve ever caught through the ice. Caught many largemouth at different lakes through the ice.
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