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Rockport Perchfest
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[Smile]First off, I am a new member and have watched this board for some time. I am an avid fisherman from Utah county and look forward to meeting some of you out there on the lakes and streams! Anyway, My brother and I went to Rockport on Sunday last and fished out from the State park dock in about 40 feet of water. It was slow at first, picking up a few small trout and perch, but then about 11 the vexilar went nuts and the perchfest was on! As soon as it hit bottom, they were biting. We caught our limit in about 45 minutes! It was just like I remembered Deer creek and Yuba years ago. We were using Kast master with a small foxie jig (yellow) dropper 12" down.Always remember to keep an eye on your pole! Har har. You can probably tell by my post name where the fillets went. Anyways, I hope this helps someone else like your posts have helped me.P.S. My brother caught about a 2 pound chub on his jig. That is the biggest chub I have ever seen.
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[cool]Thanks for the report, bigfishchowder, and welcome to BFT/Utah. I can't wait to fish it tomorrow myself. I just hope I can get out on the ice. I lost my ice cleats, so I'd better hit sportsman's today. What was the average size of the Perch you caught, and what was the longest? Also, did you catch any brown's or just bows?
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#3
Welcome aboard and thanks for the great report. With all the perch reports coming in I might have to wander up to Rp in the morning just for a look about..[Wink]
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#4
Hey bfc, welcome to BFT! Thanks for joining as a member -- it's well worth it, and thanks for the report.

I'm also from Utah county, but I haven't had much time to fish the last year. I'm finishing up my last semester of college at UVSC right now, then I'll be able to breath easy and get out fishing more often.

Kevin
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#5
Welcome aboard! Those Rockport perch can light up a flasher like a Christmas tree!! My son and I drove Rockport on our way to Wyo on Saturday, but didn't have time to stop. Next Week!
Chester
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#6
Welcome Bigfishchowder.
It's great to see so many new members like yourself. Have you read the posts about the perch party on the 29th?
It will be fun seeing folks that we talk to on the PCs.
I hit Rockport on Monday myself and was surprised at the size of the perch. They were about 9" average with several topping in at 11". I was also surprised that out of the 30 trout that we caught, none were browns and all were small, going about 10" in average. BFT members use FSR channel 12-0 when fishing if you want to give someone a shout.DKS
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#7
How thick is the ice now. or has it even froze yet??????[crazy]
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#8
The ice at Rockport is about 4" thick as on Monday 1-17-05.
It has been over 40*F+ there during the day and the ice was getting a little soft. The edges are open water for a few feet and some places around the middle of the reservoir still has open water. Be very cautious until there is colder weather. DKS
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#9
[Smile]We only kept the perch that were over ten inches long, unless their air bladder came up, much easier to fillet. I did not see any browns caught, but I did see a large rainbow caught., (about two pounds). We caught alot of small trout, but not when the perch came in heavy. As we left, I put my aquaview down in about 15 feet of water and just watched for awhile. After about 5 minutes I saw a pretty good sized brown go by. Should have had my lure down there. Oh well, he's still down there for you guys! He looked to be 4-5 lbs and on the move. I hope to go back on Thursday and try my luck again. Looking forward to maybe seeing some of you up there, if we can get on the ice by then. BFC out!
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#10
Welcome to the site bigfishchowder . I was on the west side of the lake fishing sunday . My fishfinder showed some big clouds of something cruising thru every now and then . It looked to be 10' thick cloud of something close to the bottom . I did notice the perch would spit up lots of a tiny tiny bug , maybe water fleas or some type of zooplankton . Not sure if it was the zoo plankton I was seeing on the finder or what . but it draw the perch to the area .Then again it could of been the perch creating the black out on my finder .
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#11
welcome aboard. you will enjoy this group. Hope to see you out on the lake,
jed
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#12
thank you for the awsome report!!!
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