Starvation

[Magic_Man]

Headed to Knights Hollow tomorrow, and I was wondering if anyone has had recent success over there, any information would be gratefully appreciated.
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[Ice_man]

I'm headed to knights tomorrow it will be the first time I've ice fished there to. I know in the spring it has some fish swimming through. Good luck!

[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]The night before a weekend trip is usually not the best time to get info.

TopH20 and his group hit Knight Hollow a week or so back. They went quite a ways out from the parking area and found decent numbers of perch and trout, but no walleyes. And the perch were up to 11 inches so worth keeping. As I recall the fish were in several depths from 20 to 30 feet. There are lots of bottom differences over there...from rocks to weeds...so you may have to look a bit.

Perch were near the bottom but the trout often come through much shallower so watch your sonar if you want to tempt a trout.

The lake is rising so the edges can be iffy in shallow areas. You may have to look for a place with steeper sloping shorelines to get on and off the ice safely.

Good luck and post a report.
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[Magic_Man]

Thanks! Will do.
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[Ice_man]

Fished with magic man today. Got to knights around 7:30 found the perch right off the bat. 25ft of water. Between the 3 of us we keep 30. At around 11 the wind pick up and blew us off the lake. No worries made plans to go back tomorrow with any luck no wind.
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[r2u2]

Did you encounter snow over there? How about driving down to the end of the road?

Glad you found some fish.

RJ
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[panfisher]

Are you referring to the Indian Bay area of Knights Hollow, I was going to go there also, how was driving back out of there. I have 4WD you are still going uphill back out, anyway you can still get stuck in heavy snow.

Thanks for any info
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[TubeDude]

[quote panfisher]Are you referring to the Indian Bay area of Knights Hollow,[/quote]

[#0000FF]Indian Bay and Knight Hollow are two different places...at opposite ends of Starvation. See map.[/#0000FF]
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[panfisher]

Yes the map helps, I was looking at going in the little bay off the Indian land. Thanks for the map. I understand you can go into town and by a pass for that land, also.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000ff]Actually, there is a network of dirt roads winding all over the place to the north of Starvation. But they are owned and "maintained" (not well) the the oil interests. You do not need a tribal permit to drive back there...just a knowledge of which roads to go on and maybe high clearance and 4x4. I have been back to the Saleratus wash arm both in summer and winter. It is easy to find...once you have been there. But if you just wander around and try to find it on your own you will learn why they call it Starvation.

Attaching one of several maps I have made for that area. Send me a PM if you would like more detailed info on how to get to the "turnoff"...and be sure to notify the mounties before you begin your journey.
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[panfisher]

Two more good maps, I'm looking SW of Indian Bay, to access just past the Hwy 40 bridge on the way to Duchesne.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Most of the area west of Indian Bay is accessible only from the water. There are some roads going down off Hwy 40 but they are gated against public access.

In the attached map I show those other little bays. I have traveled down from my tube launch spot at the end of Indian Bay camping area to fish them. They are sometimes good...but no better than the big one immediately west of the camp area. I have had some of my best days on multi species within 100 yards of the point at the end of Indian Bay parking-camping.
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[Ice_man]

The road down to the tunnel was no problem down or back up yesterday, but the ride home over Indian canyon was another story. The 1 problem with knights is it seems to be a good walk from the parking area to my old fishing grounds. In the 80s I could put my truck right next to the water off the long point, but they have changed the roads, and made it a pay fee.(bummer) Anyhow met back up with the magic man and had a decent day of fishing, the bit for perch was good until 10 then seemed to slow. We each brought home a limit of bows, and made plans to go back next weekend. Fished in 26ft of water. Good luck! I think we'll try juniper on saturday.
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[panfisher]

This is the area I thought I could access through, looks like I will have to go the Indian Bay way, thanks for the maps and help.
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[fishluvr]

Can you take snowmobiles down on the ice at Starvation?
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Lots of wheelers and snow machines on Starvy. As long as the edges are good the ice is usually plenty thick once it caps good. Doesn't take long in that cold zone to build 12 inches of solid ice.

No special regulations about getting on or off the ice at any particular spot. But the favored spots are the main parking area at Rabbit Gulch, the end of old Hwy 40 at Indian Bay and the main state park launch ramp. However, if the dirt roads are driveable down into Knight hollow you can get on the ice there too.

There are a lot of good ice spots on Starvy that are too far from road access to be easily reached by those without machines. So if you have one you can get away from the crowds and often find better action.
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[kj]

I was up there today with my wife hunting for the elusive perch. Arrived at 7:15 am and was the first out on the ice at Rabbit Gulch. All the trails and tracks were snow blown with fresh snow from Mondays storm. The wind blew all day and any tracks we left were soon covered. I did not measure the ice thickness, but would guess it to be 12 to 16 inched thick judging from the depth my auger had to drill to get thru. Kind of scary being the first on the ice without any tracks to follow and unsure if there is a skim coat of fresh snow over thin areas. We decided to stay in the Rabbit Gulch area, but I would assume there is safe ice everywhere on the lake.
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[PACKFAN]

Did you do any good putting a dent in the fish population?
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]From all reports there is good thick ice over the whole lake. The only problems have developed around the edges in shallow water...as a combination of rising water levels and temporary warming periods. But if you find any weak edges all you need to do is walk the shoreline until you find a steeper slope and hop on the thicker ice.

After a current cold trend we are due to warm up a bit next week. From mid February on it is a good policy to always take a plank...just in case...for most waters.

Oh yeah. No fish catching report? Readers wanna know.
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[CROSSINEYES]

INDIAN HAD 16 IN TUESDAY. SOLID EDGES
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