Rockport 1/02/21

[wiperhunter2]

Went to rockport yesterday arrived around 
9:00 went just off the boat ramp about 100
Yards ice was 3 inches at the most had a few
Bites no hook up only stayed for about one hour didn't Fincher off to far there was only about 10 small groups on the lake i will fill more safe next week to try more area's I was only in 15 feet of water but it was a nice day anyway 

I just got back from a trip to Rockport. I was on the west side and the ice is not consistent. I drilled a hole just off the bank and got around 2.5 inches. Went out a bit farther where there was snow on the ice and came up with just over 1 inch. Walked off carefully and went farther down the bank line. What I found was that the ice where the wind has cleaned off the snow was 4 inches. 2.5 inches of ice with 1.5 inches of frozen slush. I tried for a while in about 11 feet of water and only got one bite. I decided to weave around just walking only on the scoured areas and got out in 43 feet of water. I saw some trout at 15 feet and dropped a rig down and instantly had a nice one on. It was a brown about 18 inches long. Hurried up and dropped the line back down and had another nice one on, unfortunately it broke my tube jig off. I wasn't able to find the perch but wandering around on that ice was not something I wanted to do. Hopefully by the next weekend it will grow some more.

Thanks for the reports you two, sounds too thin for me but maybe by next week, especially if these cold temps continue.