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Perhaps Tubedude and others in the know could be kind enough to share some of the history of the Tunnel.
Are fish likely to go up inside the Tunnel?
Do the walleye spawn at the Tunnel inlet in the spring like the inlet at Willard?
Do the perch stage at the mouth of the tunnel?
Can a boat be safely launched at knights Hollow?
Thanks for info,
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[#0000FF]Doubtful that any fish could get far up the diversion tunnel. But walleyes do come up into the current in the spring. A thousand snaggers can't be wrong.
Sorry, not familiar with the history of the tunnel.
There is a deeper "scour hole" out in front of where the channel enters the lake. It can be a magnet for all species. Sometimes good for one species or another. If you have good sonar you need to work around to find out where the depth, clarity and temps are most suitable to the fish on any given day.
The long rock ridge that runs straight west from the eastern shoreline in Knight Hollow is a popular spot for the walleye fans to work this time of year. The walleyes often come into fairly shallow water to feed during their post spawn period, when the water is warming up over the 65 degree mark. It can also be good working along the sandy northern shoreline...or the rocky southern shoreline. On any given day you have to look for the fish.
You can easily launch small boats from several spots along the "primitive" campsite area...depending on water levels. As the water drops the ability to launch a trailered boat decreases quickly. I wouldn't try launching until you have checked the best potential places...and hope that some dimbulb hasn't launched before you and left their trailer in the water. Saw WWIII start there one day when someone did that.
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Nice map, appreciate it. Thanks for the replys to my questions.
Family and I checked out the tunnel on a visit a month back. Interesting to say the least. Stream flowing out of a desert dry bank.
Google search showed the tunnel was built around 1968 and is like 1 1/2 miles underground and brings water from the Duchesne river.
Water flowed directly out of the bank with no apparent structures/fish fences/etc., to prevent fish from going up out of the lake and up inside the tunnel.
Why is it open during the walleye spawn? Sounds like another Willard deal..
Took the boat to the mouth of the inlet and did mark quite a few fish, however it was too windy and impossible to safely control the boat in the waves with shallow water surrounding the inlet.
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that there is little checking by DWR or enforcement of the no snagging regs at that inlet. The only thing that keeps it from being the same zoo as the inlet at Willard is that it is a long drive from major population areas. An hour closer to the Wasatch Front and it would be full contact snag city.