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[cool][#0000ff]Shoulda stood in bed. Got to Starvation before 7 AM, hoping for some early eyes. Started at Rabbit Gulch. The good news is that they have paved the cratered road all the way to the camp area. The bad news was that there was a cold north wind and the water temps were only 53. Too cold for perch and there was nothing on sonar clear across the channel or along a stretch of the other side. Tried from 10 feet to 35 feet. Caught one six inch perch. Yeee hawww.
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[#0000ff]Water level is way up from the low levels of last year. (see pics) That is good. Bad is the thick coating of green ooze over everything beneath the surface...from shallow out to over 20 feet deep. Could not bottom bounce with anything...without covering it with slimy green goo.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Bailed out of Bunny Gulch just after 9. No need fishing where the fish ain't. Decided to try finding the back road into Saleratus Wash. Looked easy on the Google Earth map. It wasn't. Followed several dirt roads cutting off the main oil pipeline road but always ended up at a dead end...a long ways from the lake. After 25 miles of bad roads, we came out on a paved road...heading back to Duchesne. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Decided to drive up to Knight Hollow and launch on the east side of Saleratus Wash. Got behind a big truck going up the dirt road and ate a lot of dust before being able to get around it. More time wasted off the water. Finally got launched at Knight Hollow about 11. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temps were about 59 in Saleratus. Much better. But with a bright sun, clear water and no breeze to ripple the water, I was not optimistic about hanging any walleyes. And, we had to leave early to get TubeBabe back for an appointment with her nail salon. Fishing vs foo foo.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Worked in and out...from 12 feet to 30 feet along the south side of the area. Most of the best fishing has been along the north side, but I liked the looks of the rocky shoreline on the south. Only saw a few fish on bottom. Quite a few suspended fish in deeper water, but no biters.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just after tieing on one of my "pale perch" painted body jigs...and adding a piece of perch meat...I was casting into shore along the rocks. I recall thinking "Man, I am only one dink perch ahead of being skunked today." Then, my little jig stopped and I felt the "rubber band" feel that signals FISH. I instinctively set the hook and went bendo with my first walleye of the year. A purty little phat 18 incher. Life was good and looking better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Working along that rocky shoreline I caught several small smallmouth over the next hour or so. Then, it was time to work back to the car for departure. TubeBabe was still fishless for the day. I moved upwind to get away from the smell of skunk. As I went by her, I noticed a few fish marks on the bottom in about 18 feet of water. Sent down one of my pale perch colored Roadrunners. On about the second lift and drop, the drop stopped too soon. Again, I instinctively raised the rod, felt weight and set the hook into my second wallie. This one was only 14 inches, but gave me much pleasure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We loaded up our gear and started to drive home. But, when TubeBabe looked for our small cooler, with the food and drinks, she couldn't find it. Then, I had a mental picture of us leaving it beside the car as we loaded up. We drove back and found that we had run over it as we turned to go up the dirt embankment. Our goodies were strewn over the gravel and our lovely Little Debbies cookies were melted and smashed. Bummer. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]At that point we had not consciously thought anything about it being Friday the 13th. On the way up the hill, between Heber City and Jordanelle Dam, we got an awareness call. The car started making "noises" and then BOOM. A puff of smoke out the back, all the lights went on and we were toast. I was in the right hand lane so I was able to steer off the road and onto the dirt. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe had her cell phone (all the bars on that hill) and we got a tow truck. Got a tow truck from Park City very quickly. Coulda been worse. TubeBabe called to cancel her nail appointment. That wasn't gonna happen. The good news. We were wondering if we had enough gas to get back to Salt Lake, after all our driving. The bad news is that we did. The tow truck saved us some gas. It was when we were filling out the papers for the tow service that we were reminded of the date...Friday the 13'th.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We called our mechanic and told him we were bringing him the car. He promised to wait until 6. At 5:15 we were at the mouth of Parleys and looking good for getting to the shop in plenty of time. Just after we passed the Foothills Rd. turnoff...our last chance of escape...we reached the end of a LOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG lineup of cars. Just as we came to a stop, the radio announced that there had been an accident at about 4th East and that anybody on I-80 should seek "alternate routes". Yeah, right. Friday the 13th again.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Didn't get to the shop until well after 6. But, our mechanic had heard about the tieup and had waited. That was good. The other good thing was that TubeBabe's sis and her husband showed up with their truck to load up our gear and take us home. Now we wait until Monday to get "the rest of the story"...and find out how much our Friday the 13th cost us in car repairs.[/#0000ff]
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Talk about a bum day, but at least you were able to catch a few fishies. Sorry about your truck, I hope it isn't too pricey to fix.
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Geeze.... sorry to hear that you had such a crap day. [frown]
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Sorry to hear about the bad day, Pat. The good news is that it can only get better!

Nice pics, that's a great shot of that Walleye.
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That is a bad Friday 13th story. I am glad I didn't realize what day it was. We got caught in the traffic as well, must have been close to you. 40 minutes from the mouth of the canyon to 13th east! Almost out of gas and had to pee.[crazy] Road rage was a possibility as people kept muscling in front of me.[mad] Hope you get back on the road again quickly.
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You did a good job of exploring the land and reservoir despite the bad Friday. I sure hope you can get your fishing car repaired at a reasonable price.
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[cool][#0000ff]That was definitely not a lineup to be in if you had "excess bilge water" or not enough petrol. Road rage? It always happens when there is a traffic tieup. Some people go berserk when they are faced with something beyond their control. Better to just turn down the blood pressure and wait for the situation to work itself out.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]YEAH, RIGHT. Sounds good, but I develop an uncontrollable urge to ram the jerks that think that half car length in front of you was left there for them to jam into. As if they are going to reach their destination .0005 seconds sooner.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As we were sitting in the cab of the big tow truck, in the right lane, we witnessed several cars pull out of line and begin backing up to Foothill to get off on that exit. We thought it might be fun to put the truck nose over into the escape lane to block them off. Woulda set them off, but probably would have saved them a ticket. I am sure that there were DPS cars waiting for those you made illegal use of that lane for backing up.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of my pet (original) sayings is "ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS..." Right up there with (another original) "When you wish upon a star...makes no difference who you are...it never works."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glad we both made it home. Although the day probably cost me a bit more than it did for you.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]Thanks to all for the kind wishes. I have no unrealistic expectations. My 4 wheeled fishing buddy has served me long and well, but just passed the 120,000 mile mark. Like myself, no spring chicken. But, it can do something I can't. It can get a new engine and have a longer life on the road. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am reasonably sure that a new engine will be the prescription. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Ouch! But cheaper than a new ride.[/#0000ff]
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lmao dude,, [sly] .. sounds like one of them tirps that you will rember for a long time! []..

but you know as well as i do thats only 1 outting out of 1000's and if thats the worse that go's wrong then going ok for the most part..

we all have had that one outting that just seems like god him self is out to get ya... [cool]
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Sorry to hear about your fishin Buddy, Pat. Glad you and the wife are OK. All safe. Like you said, you can fix the engine.
I wasn't aware it was the 13th until this morning. All that happened to me was I got skunked on the Jordan and closed Cabela's, then was to late to get something to eat on the way home.[frown]
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[cool][#0000ff]Gee, you make me feel so much better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]THEY SAID "CHEER UP...THINGS COULD BE WORSE". AND SURE 'NUFF, THEY GOT WORSE.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You are right though. We all have our share of mishaps over a lifetime of fishing and other fun things. it is easy to curse your luck and ask "Why me?". But, if you look at every bad situation you will usually see that it could have been worse. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff] For example, if our engine had blown while we were on one of those remote dirt roads, up north of Starvation, we would not have had cell phone service and we would have had to walk a long ways to get help. On the other hand, we could have taken TubeBabe's (newer) Blazer, like we had originally planned, and we would not have blown the engine on my car.[/#0000ff]
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You could have came up here to cache valley- who knows, your engine might not have blown.

But then again it might have.

I'm just glad you and the Mrs. are alright. : )
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[cool][#0000ff]And...if I had brought Geoff, he could have "blown chunks" of chicken and Sprite. Poor Geoff. I guess he will never live that down...or the time he...[/#0000ff]
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too bad about your car Pat that sucks!!! Just think it could have been worse,the cooler you ran over could have been full of BEER!!!![cool] M.H.
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[cool][#0000ff]That WOULD have been worse. Would have had to hold services for the dearly departed beverages before we could go home.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Y'know, I have really gained a new respect for those little Playmate coolers. There were heavy tire marks all over the one side of that thing and it was still not damaged. It just sprung the lid and dumped out the goodies to get run over too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know you were not serious about the beer. No serious angler would take only enough to fill a small Playmate cooler. And, no serious angler would still have any left at the end of the day.[/#0000ff]
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Dude You were so Close To The honey Hole. Wish I could of Had Weather Like That.[fishin]
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Friday the 13th will do it every time! When I saw that you had posted a Starvation fishing trip I quickly opened the post--all the time wishing that I could have been with you. However, after I read the post I felt so bad because of all of the "obstacles" you faced during the trip that my original wishes all faded away. Just kidding! We really do need to get together for another fishing trip.

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[cool][#0000ff]We're thinking about a "grudge match" return bout next Wed. or Thurs. We are fairly confident that we will prevail. (Wink, )[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On the way out of Starvation (before the car problems) I told TubeBabe..."I bet this will wake Lloyd up and get his motor running for a trip to Starvation." Looks like I was right...again.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nothing like the prospects of walleyes to get you twitching. Right?[/#0000ff]
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You are absolutely right! All you have to tell me is that you caught a walleye someplace, and I am ready to go.
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[cool]DANG!!! You remember that story that BassAckward told still?? That was three years ago...Guess I'll never live that one down, LOL.

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes out in the great wide open Friday. At least you caught an 'eye or two to make it a little better. Boy, with that kind of a day though you'd think that you had me, BassAckward, or Kentofnsl with ya, LOL!!![:p][:p]

Whatayasay about a trip up to Mantua in a couple of weeks with lavaman? I'll have to get my air bladder all glued up first though, or see if I can borrow one of your spare tubes? I'll have my peops contact yours...
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