Need some help for tomorrow

[snakeriverman]

Hey guys, glad to see some more action on the Utah board, I am going to have to start checking in more often.  So my three year old has been begging me to take her fishing so we are planning a trip tomorrow.  I had originally planned on Rockport but with the warm temps I am not sure how the ice is holding up.  If anyone has any info I would appreciate it, if it is no good I am thinking Scofield unless you guys have any other good suggestions.

Thanks

[Itinerant]

This is second-hand to me so take it for what it's worth. My brother told me he talked to a guy at Mantua yesterday who said he went through the ice at Rockport a few days ago.

[snakeriverman]

Thanks, that is what I was worried about.  Hopefully it cools off soon to harden things back up.

[muskyon46]

Hopefully duneman can chime in he was up there saturday I think. Been waitin to here how he did

[Dizzy]

This is second-hand to me so take it for what it's worth. My brother told me he talked to a guy at Mantua yesterday who said he went through the ice at Rockport a few days ago.

This is pretty wild, I spoke to a guy on Causey this morning that broke through at Rockport yesterday!

He told me that it was really strange... tight shorelines, and then he got about 4 steps out and whoosh! Up to his chest and luckily he was able to get back up onto the ice himself (w/o pick's).

[dubob]

I myself went through the ice with my right leg in 2 ½ feet of water coming off the ice at around 2:30 PM.  If I’d been 5 feet either side of that spot I would have been fine.  Nobody else had any problems that I saw either coming or going.  The main ice is well over 5 inches in Taylors Hollow.  There must have been 50 to 75 people out Saturday with some walking clear over to the west side.

[snakeriverman]

Decided that we would chance it and ran  out to  Rockport this morning.  Ice was good out on the lake 9-10", when we went on the edges were fine.  They were starting to open up again when we left at 1:00.  We caught some trout, all cruising between 15 and 30 feet.  Caught one that went 21 inches and fought really well.  I also found some perch, I was only able to pull one up but I could see them on my finder, couldn't get them to bite.  They would follow the jig up a foot and then drop back down.  It was a beautiful day and the daughter had a blast, can't wait to go back again and search for those perch, Deer Creek isn't looking to promising this year.  Thanks for the ice reports.

[muskyon46]

Sounds like you guys had a great time snakeriverman. Good to hear some perch were present to bad they were tight lipped. Still waitin to see a grayling outta there. That's if they all didn't run upstream.

[snakeriverman]

I didn't know that there were grayling in there.  Is there a good population?  I am fairly new to Utah so I am still trying to learn some of these Utah waters

[muskyon46]

I think if i remember correctly they had a few left over from stocking some where else last year so they dumped them in there. This is 2010 stoking report. Looks like a few albinos too. What size was the perch you pulled up if you dont mind me askin?

ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 9180 9.03" 09/20/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 9180 9.03" 09/20/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 8120 9.63" 09/20/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 8120 9.63" 09/21/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 8120 9.63" 09/21/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 4165 9.03" 09/21/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 9180 9.03" 09/21/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 9180 9.03" 09/21/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 8120 9.63" 09/22/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 8120 9.63" 09/22/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 19845 5.54" 10/08/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 19845 5.54" 10/08/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW ALBINO 1444 6.9" 10/11/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit GRAYLING ARCTIC 6543 2.61" 10/11/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 20948 5.54" 10/11/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 14700 5.54" 10/11/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW ALBINO 5320 6.9" 10/11/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW ALBINO 10640 6.9" 10/11/2010
 
ROCKPORT RES Summit RAINBOW 1838 5.54" 10/11/2010

[Duneman101]

sorry i didn't see this thread, i haven't been online since last friday, Rockport it 100% safe, we were out there for 6 hours on Saturday morning and the ice was 6-8 inches all along the west shore. 

[Dizzy]

sorry i didn't see this thread, i haven't been online since last friday, Rockport it 100% safe, we were out there for 6 hours on Saturday morning and the ice was 6-8 inches all along the west shore.

Thanks Duneman... I may give this one a shot next time out. 

[snakeriverman]

Muskyon46,

The one perch that I did get on the ice was only about 6" long.  I did hear of some pretty good ones come out of there the same day.  I have a friend coming into town Friday night and we are planning on Rockport again really early to search for some Perch.

[muskyon46]

Well 6in is better than none. Hopefully you guys can get into a bunch  tightlines

[snakeriverman]

I will post up a report when we get back Saturday

[Duneman101]

i'll be up there saturday too!

[muskyon46]

i would be stoked to see one of you with a pic of a grayling 

[Duneman101]

i would be stoked to see one of you with a pic of a grayling 

Looks like they were only about 3 inches when planted, i can't imagine they are much bigger than 5 or 6 now...  but i've always wanted one!