Very informative, excellent video, with many freely shared rigs/areas to fish/techniques etc. I just live in West Corinne, and have fished Willard Bay for many years now. It has always been a strange lake for me to figure out - doing well one time, then doing the same thing in the same areas on a similar day weather-wise, and nothing . . . I've also noticed a bid decrease in Wiper catches the past several years . . . .like there just isn't very many like there used to be, it seems to me. Have you noticed that? Maybe it's just me. At any rate, thank you very much for being a true sportsman, and not being a glutton with the attitude "if I show you, then I'd have to kill you" like so many other fishermen. I look forward to seeing the guy on the pontoon with flippers on . . .
Thanks for the kindly comments. I appreciate your appreciation. I have fished Willard going back to the late 1970s and have a pretty fair knowledge of the lake...and all of the changes it has been through. DWR has changed its program for stocking wipers up and down. Initially they were stocking far more than they do now. These days, they are hatching and planting more walleyes and fewer wipers. However, 2 years ago they stocked a lot more wipers and those started showing up in good numbers this year...up to about 16 inches. They will be larger...18-20 inchers next year and we should have a good year on wipers. However, you won't be seeing any more TH-cam posts from me. I turned 81 and am having some health issues that have ended my float tubing days...and probably fishing altogether. But it's been a fun ride and I have enjoyed sharing when I could.
Well, then it’s with a heavy heart that I read your news. God bless you and may the rest of your life on this earth be as pleasant as possible. You sir, are a gentleman.
Thanks. I'll be there as often as I can...probably starting in May. Hit it last week and only got 1 perch and 3 cats. Still needs to warmup a bit for the walleyes and wipers.
I used to. And did marginally well on all species. But there are much better ice fishing lakes in Utah and I quit ice fishing a few years ago. My old legs can handle a modest amount of float tubing...with electric motor assist...but they ain't up to slogging across large expanses of ice and snow all day.
Thanks. I appreciate your appreciation. Yes, I have put up a few videos on lure making. JIGS th-cam.com/video/Xqtk0sPpQN4/w-d-xo.html SPINNERS th-cam.com/video/lq6jivOZgCA/w-d-xo.html FLIGS th-cam.com/video/JNKlIx-BuU8/w-d-xo.html . Hope those help. If you want further assistance or have questions to get started let me know and I will get you my email address.
I do not have a big commercial operation, but i do sell some of my stuff to fellow anglers. Send me an email and let me know what you are looking for. I will send pictures and prices and I can take Paypal for mailings. email is tdude@centurylink.net
Yes they will...if you can find a concentration of perch. But perch populations have been down in Starvation for a few years. So you usually have to cover a wider area with "search" techniques to find some fish. However, I have done very well on them in the fall in the upper end of Rabbit Gulch...as well as off the exposed islands on the north side of Rabbit Gulch directly opposite of the camp area at road's end. Another good place to use this tactic is along the shoreline above the bridge and even around the pilings of the bridge. As always, it helps to have good sonar to help find the fish...and see how deep they are holding. Also, the perch in Starvation respond well to worms so you don't need minnows.
I was also wondering if you sell your lures that you make I live in Vernal I have never been up your direction before what I would love to buy some of those
I don't have a big commercial operation, but I do make extras to share or sell. I work cheap and I'm worth it. I have several lure junky customers who order online and I mail their stuff to them. I take Paypal. Send me an email at tdude@centurylink.net and let me know what lures you might be interested in. I will send pics of the ones available and the prices. I also have a PDF file writeup available on Fishing Starvation. No charge.
Not surprising. But I'm sure she was surprised. Willard is fed by a canal that funnels in water from the Weber and Ogden Rivers. So anything living in the lakes and rivers upstream can wash down into Willard. That's where the smallmouth and the perch came from. There have also been isolated catches of tiger muskies. There have been quite a few trout caught out of Willard...but usually only under the ice or early in the spring before water temps get too warm. Most trout won't live in Willard past about July.
Very informative, excellent video, with many freely shared rigs/areas to fish/techniques etc. I just live in West Corinne, and have fished Willard Bay for many years now. It has always been a strange lake for me to figure out - doing well one time, then doing the same thing in the same areas on a similar day weather-wise, and nothing . . . I've also noticed a bid decrease in Wiper catches the past several years . . . .like there just isn't very many like there used to be, it seems to me. Have you noticed that? Maybe it's just me. At any rate, thank you very much for being a true sportsman, and not being a glutton with the attitude "if I show you, then I'd have to kill you" like so many other fishermen. I look forward to seeing the guy on the pontoon with flippers on . . .
Thanks for the kindly comments. I appreciate your appreciation. I have fished Willard going back to the late 1970s and have a pretty fair knowledge of the lake...and all of the changes it has been through. DWR has changed its program for stocking wipers up and down. Initially they were stocking far more than they do now. These days, they are hatching and planting more walleyes and fewer wipers. However, 2 years ago they stocked a lot more wipers and those started showing up in good numbers this year...up to about 16 inches. They will be larger...18-20 inchers next year and we should have a good year on wipers. However, you won't be seeing any more TH-cam posts from me. I turned 81 and am having some health issues that have ended my float tubing days...and probably fishing altogether. But it's been a fun ride and I have enjoyed sharing when I could.
Well, then it’s with a heavy heart that I read your news. God bless you and may the rest of your life on this earth be as pleasant as possible. You sir, are a gentleman.
Great video. Thanks for your expertise!
Thanks. Practice makes perchy.
Thank you grandpa
Great video! thank you for the info look forward to seeing you out there
Thanks. I'll be there as often as I can...probably starting in May. Hit it last week and only got 1 perch and 3 cats. Still needs to warmup a bit for the walleyes and wipers.
Thanks for the great video! I wish I lived closer to WB, I’d love to fish it more.
I live in Salt Lake..about an hour away. And I wish I lived closer too.
Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and experience. Do you ice fish Willard at all?
I used to. And did marginally well on all species. But there are much better ice fishing lakes in Utah and I quit ice fishing a few years ago. My old legs can handle a modest amount of float tubing...with electric motor assist...but they ain't up to slogging across large expanses of ice and snow all day.
Very educational and well put. Love the videos. Have you made a video on how to make your hooks/jigs?
Thanks. I appreciate your appreciation. Yes, I have put up a few videos on lure making. JIGS th-cam.com/video/Xqtk0sPpQN4/w-d-xo.html
SPINNERS th-cam.com/video/lq6jivOZgCA/w-d-xo.html FLIGS th-cam.com/video/JNKlIx-BuU8/w-d-xo.html . Hope those help. If you want further assistance or have questions to get started let me know and I will get you my email address.
Do you sell the lures you make and if so how can one buy some
I do not have a big commercial operation, but i do sell some of my stuff to fellow anglers. Send me an email and let me know what you are looking for. I will send pictures and prices and I can take Paypal for mailings. email is tdude@centurylink.net
Great job and Thank you
Thanks. And you're welcome.
Great stuff! 👍🏻 😊
Thanks.
This is a Great Educational video do these tactics also work well at Starvation Reservoir
Yes they will...if you can find a concentration of perch. But perch populations have been down in Starvation for a few years. So you usually have to cover a wider area with "search" techniques to find some fish. However, I have done very well on them in the fall in the upper end of Rabbit Gulch...as well as off the exposed islands on the north side of Rabbit Gulch directly opposite of the camp area at road's end. Another good place to use this tactic is along the shoreline above the bridge and even around the pilings of the bridge. As always, it helps to have good sonar to help find the fish...and see how deep they are holding. Also, the perch in Starvation respond well to worms so you don't need minnows.
I was also wondering if you sell your lures that you make I live in Vernal I have never been up your direction before what I would love to buy some of those
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
I don't have a big commercial operation, but I do make extras to share or sell. I work cheap and I'm worth it. I have several lure junky customers who order online and I mail their stuff to them. I take Paypal. Send me an email at tdude@centurylink.net and let me know what lures you might be interested in. I will send pics of the ones available and the prices. I also have a PDF file writeup available on Fishing Starvation. No charge.
My wife caught a nice Brown Trout ice fishing at Willard last year.
Not surprising. But I'm sure she was surprised. Willard is fed by a canal that funnels in water from the Weber and Ogden Rivers. So anything living in the lakes and rivers upstream can wash down into Willard. That's where the smallmouth and the perch came from. There have also been isolated catches of tiger muskies. There have been quite a few trout caught out of Willard...but usually only under the ice or early in the spring before water temps get too warm. Most trout won't live in Willard past about July.
Tubedud!!!People in boats actually catch fish not duds in tubes
There are a lot of days when I catch more and bigger fish than any of the boats around me.
@@tubedude467 i have never seen it on your posts on bft ,just a blow hard draggin a minner with dirty mightcrawler hands and piiss in his waders.