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Ice Fishing Rockport
Reservoir 2007
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Each year usually around the end of December first of January Rockport
Reservoir freezes over and offers ice-fishing opportunities for Rainbow
Trout, Brown Trout and Perch. On our visit the ice was approx 5"
thick with about 5 inches of fresh snow on top. With our gear in
hand we walked out approx 150 feet from shore to a depth of approx 40
feet of water. We rigged our poles with small jigs tipped with
mealworm and dropped our lines to the bottom.
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Within five minutes I hooked into the first Perch of the day. This
Perch was fat and healthy, and made me think, are the Perch back in
Rockport? After landing the first fish the bites instantly cut
off. We decide to move around to different depths to locate the
fish with no success. With just one hour of light left we decided
to head back out to 40 feet of water. We once again lowered our
baits to the bottom and landed another Perch. We repeated the
process and ended up with 7 Perch; six of those were caught in 20
minutes. It was a beautiful but cold day on the ice and we even
caught a few fish making our trip to Rockport that more enjoyable.
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The baits that seem to work for us are small
glow in the dark jigs tipped with mealworm, wax worms, or night
crawlers.
Lindy Techni-GloŽ Panfish Kit includes 30 assorted Genz
Worm jigs, 30 assorted Fat Boy jigs, two Hook-A-Loops and a Flambeau
tackle box to keep it all organized. If you plan on ice-fishing Rockport
be sure to always check the ice conditions, bring the proper safety gear
and have fun.
Rockport State Park
9040 North State Hwy. 302
Peoa, Utah 84061-9702
(435) 336-2241
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