Starvation Reservoir, located just outside of Duchesne off Highway 40, is as full it has been for many years, and the fishing is simply great. Limits of bass, walleye and perch are being caught almost at will by dedicated anglers.

I spent Friday with one of my readers and good friend, Court Smith, from Springville. We targeted smallmouth bass and caught a dozen nice fish to 15 inches, and I shook off several 10-inch perch in the process. Court caught fish using three different techniques and on three different baits. A Pointer Minnow jerkbait fooled several active smallies off rock ledges; then he tried a green tube behind a 1/8-ounce slip sinker.

"I'm getting bites," said Court, "but at times I can't seem to set the hook."

Later in the day and just before we left the water, Court conquered a third technique, the dropshot, and caught a fine smallie on a tiny white worm. That evening, after Court went home, Jerry Zabriskie joined me for Saturday's fishing.

We once again targeted bass but the walleyes came alive and wouldn't leave us alone. They were fat and healthy, and hit worms and Gulp Minnows in browns and greens.

Normally, the bass prefer worms and the walleyes respond to crankbaits, but not on Saturday. We didn't get a single bite on crankbaits while loading the boat with perch, walleyes and bass using plastic worms.

If you're planning a trip to Starvation in the next couple of weeks, here are some tips on finding fish. We found fish on points all over the lake. But understand that bass, perch and walleyes move up and down in the water column and move in and out of coves following their forage.

So, if you locate fish off the tip of a point in 10 feet of water, don't assume that they will remain there for long. They will follow their food sources and could travel several hundred yards overnight.

We chose to test for fish in three spots: the backs of coves, the middle and the ends of each point. More fish were holding off the ends of points, but we caught a few fish towards the backs as well.

Early in the mornings, jerkbaits and spinnerbaits worked well if the fish were shallow, but later in the day, a dropshot with a green worm, or a 3-inch tube fished on a 1/4-ounce grub hook worked best.

If you can locate fish over the next few weeks, you should be able to catch a good number of all the species in the lake. Good luck!

• Don Allphin can be reached at remaxdoa@gmail.com