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Water clarity? - ceedubya - 10-07-2009
Just thinking of ice fishing and was considering which lakes have the best water clarity. As I like to use a Aqua View and the better the clarity the better the camera works.
Any thoughts?
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Re: [ceedubya] Water clarity? - Kent - 10-07-2009
Strawberry about 8 feet during ice season.
Bear Lake appears to be at least 12 feet (if it happens to freeze this year)
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Re: [kentofnsl] Water clarity? - ceedubya - 10-07-2009
I figured Bear lake as one of the clearest but only 12ft though. Not real clear. Any others? I assume many lakes in the Uintahs have great clarity.
I know Crater lake has incredible clarity often over 100ft and as good a 140ft. That would be great!
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Re: [ceedubya] Water clarity? - bassrods - 10-07-2009
Light....The deeper you go the less light...And no lake is clear enough to see 100 feet under water....
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Re: [ceedubya] Water clarity? - tlspyder13 - 10-07-2009
Looking through fuzzyfishers camera at Huntington a couple of years ago seemed to be pretty clear.
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Re: [ceedubya] Water clarity? - Troll - 10-07-2009
Lots of good clarity under the ice, way better than with no ice. There are no waves or wind to stir things up, no boats either. There may be some inflow near creek and river mouths, but that's about it as there is very low release because irrigation is not taking place.
The biggest drawback is getting light through the ice to illuminate the fish for the camera. Mostly the lights on the camera's don't shine bright enough to illuminate the fish as far away as could be seen.
If you fishing after freeze-up but before snow cover you can se pretty far, after the snow comes and the light is blocked is when it gets hard to see.
You can always dig the snow away to let light in, but that's about it.
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