08-13-2011, 12:08 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Good weather forecast so TubeBabe and I decided to point our tubes toward Starvation today. That big chunk of cheese (moon) sinking into the west made us wonder if it was such a good idea. We started with the excuses for a busted trip.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Purty sunrise over the lake looked promising. Air temp mid 50's at launch...7:30. Water temp 66 and warming to about 68 by noon. Only light breezes. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe likes her Starvation steelheads and started with a bubble and fly. Got the first fish jinx out of the way within about 15 minutes. Cool. I could start fishing. I got one on a spinner shortly after. Then she got another one on a jig...fishing the cruisers at mid depth in about 40 feet of water. I got another one on a spinner. Two trout apiece within the first half hour. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I finally reached the area I wanted to fish for perch and walleyes. Saw lots of likely suspects on the sonar screen but they must have been related to the fish in Willard. No bitee. Worked from shallow to deeper and found fish from 10 feet to almost 40 feet. Finally got some biters at about 20 feet. Lots of biters. Bait-stealing biters. Dink perch biters.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Worked out a bit deeper and caught a few dink walleyes to add to my daily list. Nothing over about 11". Finally got a perch that might push 10"...or drag 10". Got a few more between dinkster and bait size. There were so many and they were so fast to hit the jigs that if there were any big ones they didn't have a chance. Oh yeah, I also got a few underfooter smallies next to the rocks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe's tube was getting a bit soft and she wanted to get back in the car to put some more air in it. Naturally, she didn't have a key so I had to motor across the lake and hand off my extra. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Stayed on that side of the lake and found more dinkstervilles for perch. But also found some active rainbows. Fishing a small RC Killer (red and chartreuse tube jig) I was getting hits from rainbows on several consecutive drops or casts. Nice big 19" rainbows. Most fought deeper with the warmer water but one of the last (and biggest) took some serious air a couple of times. Much fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also got into one area that had a few footlong and teen incher walleyes. Got several. Kept a couple.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Da Babe's tube was softening up again so we decided to make an early day of it. Neither of us had loaded up on porky perch but we had both scored a 4-species Starvation slam. Only the trout had any size to them but they hit hard and fought well. Good consolation prizes. We each kept a limit and released others. [/#0000ff][#0000ff]Now I gotta take that tube apart and look for what is undoubtedly a pinhole leak inflicted by a puny perch that dropped off the hook and bounced off the tube. Just like dropping jellied bread...you know what side always lands down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As we cruised back into the shore where we had launched there was a lineup of newly arrived campers who wanted to get a bidding thing going for our spot. Probably could have made some money but we just got out of there before it got ugly. Friday...the new Saturday. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Purty sunrise over the lake looked promising. Air temp mid 50's at launch...7:30. Water temp 66 and warming to about 68 by noon. Only light breezes. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe likes her Starvation steelheads and started with a bubble and fly. Got the first fish jinx out of the way within about 15 minutes. Cool. I could start fishing. I got one on a spinner shortly after. Then she got another one on a jig...fishing the cruisers at mid depth in about 40 feet of water. I got another one on a spinner. Two trout apiece within the first half hour. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I finally reached the area I wanted to fish for perch and walleyes. Saw lots of likely suspects on the sonar screen but they must have been related to the fish in Willard. No bitee. Worked from shallow to deeper and found fish from 10 feet to almost 40 feet. Finally got some biters at about 20 feet. Lots of biters. Bait-stealing biters. Dink perch biters.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Worked out a bit deeper and caught a few dink walleyes to add to my daily list. Nothing over about 11". Finally got a perch that might push 10"...or drag 10". Got a few more between dinkster and bait size. There were so many and they were so fast to hit the jigs that if there were any big ones they didn't have a chance. Oh yeah, I also got a few underfooter smallies next to the rocks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe's tube was getting a bit soft and she wanted to get back in the car to put some more air in it. Naturally, she didn't have a key so I had to motor across the lake and hand off my extra. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Stayed on that side of the lake and found more dinkstervilles for perch. But also found some active rainbows. Fishing a small RC Killer (red and chartreuse tube jig) I was getting hits from rainbows on several consecutive drops or casts. Nice big 19" rainbows. Most fought deeper with the warmer water but one of the last (and biggest) took some serious air a couple of times. Much fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also got into one area that had a few footlong and teen incher walleyes. Got several. Kept a couple.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Da Babe's tube was softening up again so we decided to make an early day of it. Neither of us had loaded up on porky perch but we had both scored a 4-species Starvation slam. Only the trout had any size to them but they hit hard and fought well. Good consolation prizes. We each kept a limit and released others. [/#0000ff][#0000ff]Now I gotta take that tube apart and look for what is undoubtedly a pinhole leak inflicted by a puny perch that dropped off the hook and bounced off the tube. Just like dropping jellied bread...you know what side always lands down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As we cruised back into the shore where we had launched there was a lineup of newly arrived campers who wanted to get a bidding thing going for our spot. Probably could have made some money but we just got out of there before it got ugly. Friday...the new Saturday. [/#0000ff]
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