06-02-2012, 11:13 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Not a matter of time of day...usually. The fish are either there and active...or not. Smaller fish...like human teenagers...are always on the chew. Larger ones wait until conditions are suitable. Either that or they move to another part of the lake where conditions are better. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And that is the story of Starvation. It is a big lake and it helps to have a boat to move around and check out all the spots. I normally do not even fish Rabbit Gulch until July. But there have been a few catch reports and I am an optimistic angler. Shoulda knowed better. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]We usually plan to leave the lake by early afternoon. If we don't, then Mama Nature blows us off. Typical weather pattern is light breezes from the NW and then SW in the early morning...calming about 9...staying calm until about noon...and then easterly breezes building to whitecaps in the early afternoon. It was just starting to get "airy" when we drove off and by the time we went past Strawberry it was "popcorn". Okay if you are in a boat and can anchor out of the worst of it. Not okay if you are kicking around in a float tube.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Even in two weeks Rabbit Gulch will not be better than Knight Hollow for anything besides dink perch. And we usually spend time at Indian Bay before settling in at the Gulch. Some really big perch and nice walleyes...and smallies...at Indian Bay in between Knight Hollow and Gulch time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And that is the story of Starvation. It is a big lake and it helps to have a boat to move around and check out all the spots. I normally do not even fish Rabbit Gulch until July. But there have been a few catch reports and I am an optimistic angler. Shoulda knowed better. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]We usually plan to leave the lake by early afternoon. If we don't, then Mama Nature blows us off. Typical weather pattern is light breezes from the NW and then SW in the early morning...calming about 9...staying calm until about noon...and then easterly breezes building to whitecaps in the early afternoon. It was just starting to get "airy" when we drove off and by the time we went past Strawberry it was "popcorn". Okay if you are in a boat and can anchor out of the worst of it. Not okay if you are kicking around in a float tube.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Even in two weeks Rabbit Gulch will not be better than Knight Hollow for anything besides dink perch. And we usually spend time at Indian Bay before settling in at the Gulch. Some really big perch and nice walleyes...and smallies...at Indian Bay in between Knight Hollow and Gulch time.[/#0000ff]
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