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You may have seen my post earlier about a weekend pontoon trip. Well it's been decided I'm going to hit Starvation for Saturday and Sunday. Maybe some brief stops at the Strawberry river and other places but plan on fishing Starvation for the most part.
Any advice on where to launch from? Thinking Rabbit Gulch off of old highway 40 but open to suggestions.
Any suggestions for going after early Spring walleye out there?
Full report to follow the trip, just hoping with this weather it gets some fish active!
Thanks!
DD
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If you do fish in the Rabbit Gulch area, try fishing 10 to 30 feet deep off sloping structure. I'd suggest you try a crawfish colored 1/4 to 3/8 oz. tube jig tipped with a piece of nightcrawler. The water is still cold so slow the retrieve. You may also catch some RBT and maybe a brown or two.
Good luck and be sure to post a report. I'm looking at getting my boat over there in the next couple of weeks.
Mike
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[#0000FF]Attaching a couple of maps, if you are not familiar with the shoreline and potential launch spots at Rabbit Gulch. The images were taken when water levels were about mid summer. The water is much higher right now...only a few feet from full pool.
The Xs in the second map roughly correspond to the break line into the channel. That is often a good zone to target. The fish can be either up in shallower water, along the break line or slightly deeper down into the channel. And at high water you can fish much further up toward the shallower west end of the channel with good results.
Walleye are in prespawn mode right now and they are showing up. Using crawdad imitating jigs on the bottom can produce...as can vertical jigging with crawler tipped offerings. But some of the dedicated trout fly flingers are scoring a few walleyes at mid depth in 30 feet of water while working various fly patterns. Greens and blacks have been the most productive...fished with either an intermediate or fast sink line.
Use your sonar and move around a lot until you find fish. They seem to be concentrating in small areas. You can go a long time without action and then find a productive zone and do well.
Perch have been mostly a no-show for the past year or so. No large schools and only a few singles and small groups. But they are likely either in spawn mode or close to it right now so not likely you will do well if you target perch.
Good luck. We await your report.
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These maps are amazing! Thanks Tubedude!
I'll let you guys know how we do....
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