05-12-2015, 07:14 PM
[#0000FF]Yes, I too caught some decent sized cutts...and a few healthy bows. But my primary targets when I fished in the open water was the ice-out browns.
I tried ice fishing there by the dam a couple of times in the late 70s but unless we used large jigging spoons we got swarmed by chubs. Liked to stop there for a little while on the way back from Pelican. We did get a few trout ice fishing but none as large as right at iceout.
I know there are still some big browns in there, but not as many as during the chub infestation. Just like the Gorge. During the Ray Johnson big brown heyday at the Gorge you could walk across the water on the chubs massing inside the harbors at times. Browns grow fast and large on that kinda diet.
About 2 years ago on Starvy I had a big wide brown follow in a crankbait up at Knight Hollow. I watched it keep pace for quite a ways and then turn off and dive back down in the depths. I thought it was a huge carp at first, but got a good look at it's shape and the spots when it was close enough. Scared me.
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I tried ice fishing there by the dam a couple of times in the late 70s but unless we used large jigging spoons we got swarmed by chubs. Liked to stop there for a little while on the way back from Pelican. We did get a few trout ice fishing but none as large as right at iceout.
I know there are still some big browns in there, but not as many as during the chub infestation. Just like the Gorge. During the Ray Johnson big brown heyday at the Gorge you could walk across the water on the chubs massing inside the harbors at times. Browns grow fast and large on that kinda diet.
About 2 years ago on Starvy I had a big wide brown follow in a crankbait up at Knight Hollow. I watched it keep pace for quite a ways and then turn off and dive back down in the depths. I thought it was a huge carp at first, but got a good look at it's shape and the spots when it was close enough. Scared me.
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