Starvy Siege 7-17-18

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[#0000ff]Got an invite to join TopH20 at Bunny Gulch this morning. On the water by sixish. Steady breeze and 62 air temp. Water temp 71...with good clarity. Seems to be dropping pretty fast.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We were hoping to score some decent sized wallies. But the best we could do was "seegars", "footlongs" and "teen-inchers"...barely. We both caught over two dozen of the little darlings. After releasing a grundle I finally decided that if I wanted a meal I would have to keep a few of the "smalleyes". I kept 7 and TopH20 kept a legal 10.
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[#0000ff]I also kept one perch...a 10 incher...and released a couple of smaller ones. We both caught a few small smallies...nothing worth keeping.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No rainbows were harmed on this trip. But I did get in a monumental battle with a tank carp. It slurped in a pale perch flig tipped with worm and tried to make it to the other end of the lake in less than ten seconds flat. Almost made it. But my six pound line, light rod and smooth drag wore him down. Carp ain't royalty but they do put up a battle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The pesky SW breeze finally laid down mid morning and we were able to move around and work some more spots. Still couldn't find any larger fish. The power squadron was massed along the shoreline but were polite enough to hold off until about 11. Then it started getting noisy. Just as well. A large black weather cell was bearing down on us and we have both "been there, done that" on Starvy. We headed for the take out point.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As I drove down the road out to Hwy 40 I was treated to a fireworks display...lightning and thunder...followed by big wet raindrops hammering my vehicle. Nice end to a fun day.
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[Lonnie]

Hey Pat
My son and I bought a new to us ranger bass boat and are headed to starvy sat morning very early. QAhat would you recommend? I'd like to get into some walleye, But I have no experience with them. The boat has a 150 hp motor , so we can get around pretty good too.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]First of all, a lot of "skeeter repellent"...not for bugs but for the jet skeeters.
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[#0000FF]Seriously, we fished the heck out of a lot of bottom conditions and our greatest success was bouncing worm-tipped jigs (1/8 oz. heads) in 13-16 feet of water near weeds or rocks. If you want to catch a lot of small smallies, pitch right into the rocks. Early and late there will be some walleyes foraging in close too.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]TopH20 likes crawdad colored tube jigs about 3". I was using my "pale perch" colored 2" tube jigs and the same color in fligs...both with worms. If you have some bottom bouncer rigs you can also drag crawlers around until you find the fish. Seemed to be quite a few between the islands across from Rabbit Gulch and the shoreline.
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[#0000FF]In the past I have also done well this time of year fishing the far west side of Indian Bay...again working in the medium depths just off shore. Once you find fish you can vertical jig them. There are usually some good sized smallmouths there as well as walleyes and used to be some perch.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Good luck. Let me know if you need any maps.
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[gofish435]

Hey Pat I'm glad to see you got your Starvation Fix for the year. It's too bad the larger fish didn't want to play.[:/]


I'm sure if there were any big fish in the area you or Mike would have scored a few. There is one advantage to fishing Indian Bay, you don't get bothered too much by the power boys, but the fishing is probably not as good.


Nice job on the Starvation bonefish, they do get your attention.[]
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[TopH2O]

It was a pleasure once again sharing the water with you Pat. The thunderstorm that rolled in just skirted Starvation but it dumped on Indian Canyon and SR 191. I was stopped by a Deputy at the Cemetary and he said the road had been washed out in several places about 8 miles up the canyon. My choice was to wait or drive all the way around to Heber/Provo/Spanish Fork Canyon, so I waited in a shady spot.
The cleanup took just over 3 hours and there were dozens of big rigs waiting to get through and fortunately I was able to get ahead of the crowd and head back to Price.

The runoff damage was substantial and it's surprising the DOT guys got it open so fast. My hat is off to them.

We'll have to do it again.

Mike
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Now that you have your toon you can make more quick runs to Starvy. Have your peeps call my peeps and maybe we can hook up again later in the year.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]As I recall, one of our former trips saw you fighting the elements to get home down the canyon...after a summer Starvy shower. Glad they got the road cleared quickly. I saw on the news last night that Price got hammered too.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]You neglected to mention your broken rod. Bummer. But I accept your story that you deliberately shortened it so it would fit in your truck easier...and that you really wanted to be able to rebuild it into a mack stick. Yeah right.
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[TopH2O]

Yep, I shortened the rod on purpose to build a mac jigging stick. My wife, Morgan Fairchild, agrees with the idea. Yea, that's the truth. You should always make a $25.00 rod out of a $149.00 dollar Fenwick HMG 6.5 footer, now 4 footer.

Next week's full moon might be the right time to try the night fishing. I'm looking at Wednesday night and then fishing the early AM on Thursday.

Mike
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