10-16-2010, 07:58 PM
Found this site awhile back and have found it very useful. Hit Starvation (Rabbit Gulch) Friday morning with the family; first time ever to fish this lake. Not much luck from shore. I took the float tube out in hopes of some Perch. Had a couple jigs tipped with small piece of worm that I dragged around off my tube while a cast with a lucky craft pointer with my other rod. After a couple hours caught 0 perch but at least caught two rainbow trout, one 19 inches the other 16 inches. I was targeting Perch but happy with the two trout, both put up a good fight.
Decided to hit Current Creek in the afternoon to hopefully get my 5 year old girl a fish. Wife took the tube out first and caught 1 cutt and 1 rainbow on the lucky craft pointer. I then took the tube out and caught two rainbows on my fly rod using a wholly bugger. Nothing two big, the cutt was maybe 15 inches. Only a couple bites from shore on the worm/marshmellow combo for my little girl but others on shore caught a few small fish. Very pleasant day and seems like a good place to catch a few fish from shore.
I have caught a lot of trout this summer but would like to find some success with Perch on open water. I thought jigs tipped with worm would be the ticket, I used a double drop shot with two different jig colors. I would be very appreciative if anyone could provide any guidance. Do I deadstick or slow retrieve for perch? Do I fish the bottom or weeds? Or maybe time of year is a big part of finding success with Perch. I know Starvation, Pineview, Deer Creek, and Hyrum have healthy population of Perch but have not had much luck. Any advice or guidance would be very much appreciated! I don't have a boat but enjoy fishing from shore or my float tube. Thanks!
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Decided to hit Current Creek in the afternoon to hopefully get my 5 year old girl a fish. Wife took the tube out first and caught 1 cutt and 1 rainbow on the lucky craft pointer. I then took the tube out and caught two rainbows on my fly rod using a wholly bugger. Nothing two big, the cutt was maybe 15 inches. Only a couple bites from shore on the worm/marshmellow combo for my little girl but others on shore caught a few small fish. Very pleasant day and seems like a good place to catch a few fish from shore.
I have caught a lot of trout this summer but would like to find some success with Perch on open water. I thought jigs tipped with worm would be the ticket, I used a double drop shot with two different jig colors. I would be very appreciative if anyone could provide any guidance. Do I deadstick or slow retrieve for perch? Do I fish the bottom or weeds? Or maybe time of year is a big part of finding success with Perch. I know Starvation, Pineview, Deer Creek, and Hyrum have healthy population of Perch but have not had much luck. Any advice or guidance would be very much appreciated! I don't have a boat but enjoy fishing from shore or my float tube. Thanks!
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