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Made it out to Starvation this morning g to try out my new (to me) outboard on my toon. Water Temp 72 degrees at launch around 6:30 am. Caught my Limit of Walleye a few perch and smb and one chunk Rainbow. I did manage to catch the smallest Walleye that I have ever caught he was an over achiever.
I fished RG and the first buoy yielded a few but the other side of RB opposite the 1st buoy next to the weed line was the best. Neon Mooneye in 1/4 tipped with half a crawler worked best but my new secret weapon was a close second. That weapon would be TD's own pistol pat they liked that a lot.
My motor worked like a charm and really made me more mobile and would troll down to .5 mph and would top out at around 6 mph on my moves. This will let me fish water that I have never been able to fish before. The power squadron was unbearable and they drove me off by 1 pm and I am hard to drive off. RB campground upgrades has brought a lot more campers who have brought a lot of boats. I have reservations for Labor day weekend at Fred Davis State Park AKA (Starvation State Park) and I am done fishing Starvation until then for the boats were that bad.
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Nice looking set up on your Scadden pontoon. I have a Scadden Cardiac with 4 tubes. Sometimes I use a Minnkota or sometimes a Yamaha 3 HP on it. The gas motor makes it move real good.
Looks like the maiden voyage went well for you - to bad about the freeway like traffic on the lake though. I guess that is to be expected nowadays - especially on a summer weekend.
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I should have known better, live and learn. That little motor will help me fish water that I have never been able to fish before. Overall a pretty good day but I wish the Walleye were running a little bigger. I guess I need to start trolling at night I would catch bigger fish. You ever float the Green on your Scadden? The float from the Dam to little hole is a half day float I slow it down and get a little more out of it. I catch some real nice Brown's out of there.
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Yes I have floated that section (and others) of the Green. And you are correct - there are some nice fish to be caught there. Of course if you go past there down to like browns you get some fine river too - I would not want to have a motor on a raft in some of that - like washboard and red creek -depending on water flow though.
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This year has been a little scetchy with the high water, need to definitely be careful. Living in Vernal it's pretty easy for me to float it a few times a year. I always go motorless down the Green.
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I am not sure Pat but it just seemed like they hit thr Pistol Pat a little harder than the other stuff.
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Glad you made it out to Starvation. Sounds like you had a decent time. I will wait for the construction to be finished before I head back out that way. Last trip there I had to wait over 20 minutes to go through the one lane. I am entertaining the idea of crossing over to Wyoming and chasing eyes at Sulfur Creek near Evanston. I hate making choices of fishing on where to chase fish. I have visited there a couple of times and caught a few eyes. No giants, but edible in size. The eyes have been there for some time now and there should be some big ones around somewhere over there.
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I am a Bachelor this week and I don't work on Friday so if you want some company up in Wyoming let me know and maybe I will join you.
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Nice report. What hp is your motor?
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It's a 1974 4HP Johnson
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It sure looks great for being that old. Did you get a deal?
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I would be going Thursday to Sulfur Creek. Sorry Randy.
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If I wasn't the mine foreman this week I would play hooky and join you.
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How can I get some good of these from you? Do you sell them online or is there somewhere I can go to to get them? Thanks for any and all assistance.
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First thanks for the report - I like to fish RG but it's been a couple years...
Was wondering if you go to the gas motor do you have to have a fire extinguisher on-board ? Also wanted to know if you fish before or after the sun is behind the mountains do you need navigation lights?
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I bought the motor from an older Gentleman that can no longer fish. It was in his basement and had not run in 10 years but it was babied. I got it home and hooked up my gas can and by the fifth pull started right up. I didn't change the plugs or anything and I only paid $150 for it. So i guess you could say I got a great deal, almost felt guilty about it. He also has a 25HP evinrude for sale that is immaculate. I think he was asking $650 for it and it was fully serviced last year.
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I hope I don't need a fire extinguisher on board because I don't have one unless you count my many bottles of Mountain Dew. As for lights I have a couple Led lights that are red and green that I use at night, plus I have a headlamp that I use that also has a green and red light. I really don't know whether I am out of compliance or not but I have run into park Rangers after dark and they haven't said a thing to me. But thanks a lot now you really have me thinking Lol.
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