01-18-2018, 12:31 PM
"Too bad the Willard didn't treat you better today. Maybe next time!"
[#0000FF]They say you should always fish with positive expectation...and stay focused. Good advice. But when a lake is just losing its ice it usually is not red hot fishing. Willard is a relatively shallow lake with little aquatic growth for oxygen production and it has a lot of biomass (fish) competing for available oxygen under the ice. Even in a year when the ice does not last very long the fish slow down and do not feed as actively until after the wind rips off the ice and aerates the water again.
My next trip will be after the ice is gone and the lake is revitalized.
Thanks for your kindly comments.
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[#0000FF]They say you should always fish with positive expectation...and stay focused. Good advice. But when a lake is just losing its ice it usually is not red hot fishing. Willard is a relatively shallow lake with little aquatic growth for oxygen production and it has a lot of biomass (fish) competing for available oxygen under the ice. Even in a year when the ice does not last very long the fish slow down and do not feed as actively until after the wind rips off the ice and aerates the water again.
My next trip will be after the ice is gone and the lake is revitalized.
Thanks for your kindly comments.
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