(04-10-2024, 09:53 PM)RockyRaab2 Wrote: I do like Starvie in the warmer months. Especially for smallies. It's funny that the DWR folks tell us to please keep as many small wallies from Starvie as we can because they're overpopulated. According to them. You'd think the bottom was paved with 'em.

It's a bit far for a day trip for me, so I always book a cabin. Thankfully, they no longer require that cumbersome $100 cleaning deposit, nor do they
require an inspection before you leave. Those were always a pain in the keister just trying to find somebody.

Pat, I got past my expected expiration date 50 years ago when I left Vietnam, but that experience definitely taught me exactly how far to press things. Three-foot whitecaps of 43-degree water and 20-mph winds is waaay past that point.

(04-10-2024, 08:01 PM)RockyRaab2 Wrote: Had planned to go and fish Starvie Tuesday and Wednesday. Got there Monday afternoon to my reserved cabin - to discover I was the only visitor to the park. Not a single camper, not a single boat. Nobody. Even the showers were locked up and the dumpsters still turned upside down for the winter. 

Tuesday dawned at 30 degrees and a mild wind. I let it warm up a bit and got on the water at 9. By then, there was a "walleye chop" on the pond and I headed for the river inlet hoping to find stained water and walleye. Found the stained water. Not a sign of fish. Dragged a worm and threw plastic in 6 to 30 feet of water. Nada. 

Moved to Rabbit Gulch about noon. Found much clearer water at the same 43 degrees as the river arm. Dragged and pitched again. Nothing on my finders or my lines. Headed for the other end of the lake. Pulled cranks in the same 6 to 30 feet of water. Finally saw another boat and checked with them. They were fishing for 'bows and had one nibble. 

By now, the wind was coming on strong and within a minute or so, there were 3-footers and whitecaps. Both boats made a run for the ramp. I had to crawl along at 5 mph or get pounded to death but still had waves crashing over my gunwales onto me. Could move only directly into or across the waves. Quartering was flat dangerous. 

Took me four tries to get my boat to the courtesy dock because of the wind, and then three tries to get on the trailer. Had about five gallons of water in the bilge. 

Wednesday morning, my clothes still wet and the wind still blowing - at 34 degrees. Still not a soul anywhere in the park but me. Realized how much trouble I'd be in if I had boat trouble or fell in. Decided to pack it up and come home. Discretion and valor. 

I noted that they have built a fifth cabin. This one is much larger, with a wheelchair ramp and what looks from the outside to be a sleeping loft. About twice the size of the original four. The ospreys are back and nesting.

(04-10-2024, 08:01 PM)RockyRaab2 Wrote: Had planned to go and fish Starvie Tuesday and Wednesday. Got there Monday afternoon to my reserved cabin - to discover I was the only visitor to the park. Not a single camper, not a single boat. Nobody. Even the showers were locked up and the dumpsters still turned upside down for the winter. 

Tuesday dawned at 30 degrees and a mild wind. I let it warm up a bit and got on the water at 9. By then, there was a "walleye chop" on the pond and I headed for the river inlet hoping to find stained water and walleye. Found the stained water. Not a sign of fish. Dragged a worm and threw plastic in 6 to 30 feet of water. Nada. 

Moved to Rabbit Gulch about noon. Found much clearer water at the same 43 degrees as the river arm. Dragged and pitched again. Nothing on my finders or my lines. Headed for the other end of the lake. Pulled cranks in the same 6 to 30 feet of water. Finally saw another boat and checked with them. They were fishing for 'bows and had one nibble. 

By now, the wind was coming on strong and within a minute or so, there were 3-footers and whitecaps. Both boats made a run for the ramp. I had to crawl along at 5 mph or get pounded to death but still had waves crashing over my gunwales onto me. Could move only directly into or across the waves. Quartering was flat dangerous. 

Took me four tries to get my boat to the courtesy dock because of the wind, and then three tries to get on the trailer. Had about five gallons of water in the bilge. 

Wednesday morning, my clothes still wet and the wind still blowing - at 34 degrees. Still not a soul anywhere in the park but me. Realized how much trouble I'd be in if I had boat trouble or fell in. Decided to pack it up and come home. Discretion and valor. 

I noted that they have built a fifth cabin. This one is much larger, with a wheelchair ramp and what looks from the outside to be a sleeping loft. About twice the size of the original four. The ospreys are back and nesting.

(04-15-2024, 01:04 AM)Redrebel Wrote:

(04-10-2024, 08:01 PM)RockyRaab2 Wrote: Had planned to go and fish Starvie Tuesday and Wednesday. Got there Monday afternoon to my reserved cabin - to discover I was the only visitor to the park. Not a single camper, not a single boat. Nobody. Even the showers were locked up and the dumpsters still turned upside down for the winter. 

Tuesday dawned at 30 degrees and a mild wind. I let it warm up a bit and got on the water at 9. By then, there was a "walleye chop" on the pond and I headed for the river inlet hoping to find stained water and walleye. Found the stained water. Not a sign of fish. Dragged a worm and threw plastic in 6 to 30 feet of water. Nada. 

Moved to Rabbit Gulch about noon. Found much clearer water at the same 43 degrees as the river arm. Dragged and pitched again. Nothing on my finders or my lines. Headed for the other end of the lake. Pulled cranks in the same 6 to 30 feet of water. Finally saw another boat and checked with them. They were fishing for 'bows and had one nibble. 

By now, the wind was coming on strong and within a minute or so, there were 3-footers and whitecaps. Both boats made a run for the ramp. I had to crawl along at 5 mph or get pounded to death but still had waves crashing over my gunwales onto me. Could move only directly into or across the waves. Quartering was flat dangerous. 

Took me four tries to get my boat to the courtesy dock because of the wind, and then three tries to get on the trailer. Had about five gallons of water in the bilge. 

Wednesday morning, my clothes still wet and the wind still blowing - at 34 degrees. Still not a soul anywhere in the park but me. Realized how much trouble I'd be in if I had boat trouble or fell in. Decided to pack it up and come home. Discretion and valor. 

I noted that they have built a fifth cabin. This one is much larger, with a wheelchair ramp and what looks from the outside to be a sleeping loft. About twice the size of the original four. The ospreys are back and nesting.

Thank you for the report. I have wanted to stay at the cabins and do exactly what you are doing. I enjoy the walleye fishing but am pretty inexperienced up there compared to most on the board. I too have been pushing the wind and waves. I fish alone a lot and need to listen and learn.

(04-15-2024, 01:26 AM)doitall5000 Wrote:

(04-15-2024, 01:04 AM)Redrebel Wrote:

(04-10-2024, 08:01 PM)RockyRaab2 Wrote: Had planned to go and fish Starvie Tuesday and Wednesday. Got there Monday afternoon to my reserved cabin - to discover I was the only visitor to the park. Not a single camper, not a single boat. Nobody. Even the showers were locked up and the dumpsters still turned upside down for the winter. 

Tuesday dawned at 30 degrees and a mild wind. I let it warm up a bit and got on the water at 9. By then, there was a "walleye chop" on the pond and I headed for the river inlet hoping to find stained water and walleye. Found the stained water. Not a sign of fish. Dragged a worm and threw plastic in 6 to 30 feet of water. Nada. 

Moved to Rabbit Gulch about noon. Found much clearer water at the same 43 degrees as the river arm. Dragged and pitched again. Nothing on my finders or my lines. Headed for the other end of the lake. Pulled cranks in the same 6 to 30 feet of water. Finally saw another boat and checked with them. They were fishing for 'bows and had one nibble. 

By now, the wind was coming on strong and within a minute or so, there were 3-footers and whitecaps. Both boats made a run for the ramp. I had to crawl along at 5 mph or get pounded to death but still had waves crashing over my gunwales onto me. Could move only directly into or across the waves. Quartering was flat dangerous. 

Took me four tries to get my boat to the courtesy dock because of the wind, and then three tries to get on the trailer. Had about five gallons of water in the bilge. 

Wednesday morning, my clothes still wet and the wind still blowing - at 34 degrees. Still not a soul anywhere in the park but me. Realized how much trouble I'd be in if I had boat trouble or fell in. Decided to pack it up and come home. Discretion and valor. 

I noted that they have built a fifth cabin. This one is much larger, with a wheelchair ramp and what looks from the outside to be a sleeping loft. About twice the size of the original four. The ospreys are back and nesting.

Thank you for the report. I have wanted to stay at the cabins and do exactly what you are doing. I enjoy the walleye fishing but am pretty inexperienced up there compared to most on the board. I too have been pushing the wind and waves. I fish alone a lot and need to listen and learn.

You can learn a lot about starvation walleye by attending Rocky mountain tackle meetings and check out YouTube for starvation.

(04-14-2024, 11:00 PM)MACMAN Wrote: We were there Friday afternoon/Saturday sun up to sundown and found the same results you did. Friday afternoon was spent in Saluratus. We found water from 43 up to 55 in the mud line. Saturday we ran to the Strawberry inlet and fished the bridge to the inlet. I only found walleye in one location, at least they looked liked walleye on the Livescope, they would not eat. We fished rock, sand, mud, deep, mid, shallow- pitched jigs, threw cranks, dragged bouncers and pulled cranks. Never landed one fish- got three hits. I’ve been trying to figure out the walleye on Starvation for 3 years now. I’ll have 1 day I catch fish out of 5. Might be time to move on. The weather was pretty decent. We got the normal Starvation winds, but nothing over 20. After an intense situation on Powell a few years back, with the family aboard my 16’ boat, my wife told me we needed a bigger boat. I granted “her” wish and now we have a 20’ deep V with a 200 hp motor.  I don’t think Starv is big enough to generate a pucker factor like with my 16 footer. We love it. Not only is it safer, it has way more room and is incredibly stable. We also stayed in the cabin. There was one other group in the campground and about 5 boats on the lake. That new cabin is a mini house that has a kitchen and a bathroom. It’ll be nice.