Starvation Reservoir is a reservoir in Utah, near Duchesne County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Starvation Reservoir is a reservoir in Duchesne County, Utah and covers about 3,310 acres, reaches about 155 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 165,320 acre-feet.
Starvation Reservoir is big water, and a useful pattern in one arm may not carry to the far end of the lake. Deep water at Starvation Reservoir gives fish room to move away from shore as summer heat and bright light build.
Starvation Reservoir is a deep Strawberry River storage lake with rocky points, flooded channel shape, open water, and a mixed trout, walleye, perch, and kokanee fishery.
Walleye and perch use points and firm shelves, trout follow cool water, and kokanee suspend over open depth. Do not drag every lure along bottom simply because the lake reaches about 155 feet.
The 2018 Dollar Ridge Fire burned much of the watershed between Strawberry and Starvation. Later surveys studied how fire-driven sediment moved into and through the reservoir.
Crappie, bluegill, and kokanee appear in stocking history. That supports separate trial passes, but a release record is not proof that each species is abundant throughout the lake.
Start with one rocky point and the nearby old channel, then make a separate open-water pass for trout or kokanee. That keeps the walleye plan from becoming a vague deep-water plan.
Fish listed for Starvation Reservoir include Brown Trout, Common Carp, Rainbow Trout, Utah Chub, Walleye, and Yellow Perch.
At Starvation Reservoir, try this for walleye: work a jig, minnow rig, or small crankbait along points and the old channel edge.
At Starvation Reservoir, try this for yellow perch: keep a small jig tipped with a worm or minnow close to bottom on a shelf.
At Starvation Reservoir, try this for rainbow trout: cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
One direct brown trout tactic on this water is to work a small minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving water.
Other targets listed here include Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig; move only after checking the nearby drop.
Black Crappie, Bluegill, and Kokanee Salmon have also been stocked here; that proves fish were released, but it does not promise that they are still common or easy to catch.
Do not let the deepest number control the whole day; nearby cover, firm bottom, and food usually matter more than the deepest hole by itself; check the clearest edge before moving, then try a brighter bait when the water is dirty.
In spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace; test a shaded bank, then fish the same shape nearby.
A light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control; use a slow bait after the search lure, then slow down after the first bite.
At Starvation Reservoir, record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
At Starvation Reservoir, keep the first hour simple: use one moving bait to find active fish, slow down with a jig or natural bait on the best edge, and repeat the same setup when two bites come from matching depth and bottom during that part of the trip.
The key difference is that this water is a deep Strawberry River storage lake with rocky points, flooded channel shape, open water, and a mixed trout, walleye, perch, and kokanee fishery.
For a first trip, walleye and perch use points and firm shelves, trout follow cool water, and kokanee suspend over open depth.
Do not let the largest depth or an old stocking note replace current water conditions, food, and the confirmed fish list; work the bottom where the bank turns steep.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.