starvation late report

[Mr. J]

Last week me and my bride went over to starvy for a couple of days. Well, the trip over was a bit slow, going through Indian canyon there was road construction in a few places and we had to wait for a piolet to take us through when there was an break in on coming traffic.  We got there a bit later than hoped for, close to 10am. A beautiful day it was. Water temp 62* Mon. and 61* Tues. Calm winds and blue sky's both days.

We hoped we would catch a few good trout, some of those bigger ones that are often talked about. We didn't. Mon. we got two, Tues. we got two. The four of them were 16-19", Violet did hook a small brown about 11". 

The other fisherman we saw and talked with were after walleye and it appeared most of what they caught were small. Not being a walleye fisher person I asked a few questions about what I should do to catch a few or one. (Move around until you find em, then get down to em with a jig and worm.) Next day that's what we did, and we caught some. Now as I recall this size are the ones called cigars, I'm not sure if any of the ones we kept were over 12".

I have caught walleye before but admittedly I did not know what I was doing when I did. I do know they tasted pretty good so we kept all we caught, after all they were bigger than most perch so what have I to loose? 

I also caught a couple of small, small mouth bass while fishing for the walleye.

It was a fun trip, good to get away for something different.

The walleye were delicious and the trout, being a trout, were some of the best I have eaten.

rj

[Piscophilic]

Great report Richard. I'm glad you guys found a few of what you were looking for. The catfish are slowing with the cooler water, so it's a good time to try something else!

[gofish435]

Thanks for the report.  

There haven't been many coming from Starvation this year.  The lack of reports means either of two things, the fishing is great and no one is telling or the fishing is bad and no one is telling.  I think it's the latter.  

It sounds like you folks did better than most others that have been there.  Anytime you can fish Starvation with good weather is a bonus. 

[RockyRaab2]

I fish mostly for smallies at Starvy. Using Ned rigs, I've caught them up to a solid two pounds around the submerged rock reefs on the west side and along the walls by the bridge. In the past, I'd get chunky perch right along with the smallies. Can't beat the fight of smallies, and they're almost as tasty as walleye coming from cold water.

[wiperhunter2]

Great report Richard, looks like a nice get away from your normal Utah lake fishing trips. Surprised you did not catch any perch while jigging for perch. Where did you stay while you were there, the campground or the motel in town?

[Mr. J]

Great report Richard, looks like a nice get away from your normal Utah lake fishing trips. Surprised you did not catch any perch while jigging for perch. Where did you stay while you were there, the campground or the motel in town?

We stayed in a motel there in town.