10-05-2018, 07:02 PM
[#0000FF]"Turnover" is more likely to occur in larger and deeper bodies of water than smaller and shallower. [url "http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/turnlakes.htm"]SEE ATTACHED LINK[/url][/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]In Utah, old-timers see the annual algae die off on some lakes and assume the lake has turned over. But this happens on lakes like Strawberry while the surface temps are still between 50-60 degrees. Know-it-all Strawberry "experts" will go fist city when you argue that it is not really a turnover.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]When a substantial part of the upper layer of water reaches the 39 degree mark, there really is a definite and quick re-stratification of the whole water column. That brings the now warmer bottom layers to the top while the colder and heavier surface layer slides to the bottom.
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[#0000FF]Often that bottom layer is poorly oxygenated and stagnant...resulting in the new upper layer being murky and foul-smelling. Until winds pick up and churn the surface to oxygenate the new top layer it is offensive to fishkind...and fishing is poor until things settle down.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]You can't overthink this...or second-guess it. It is a natural occurrence and happens in its own good time. And the fish act accordingly...even if the fishermen don't.
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[#0000FF]In Utah, old-timers see the annual algae die off on some lakes and assume the lake has turned over. But this happens on lakes like Strawberry while the surface temps are still between 50-60 degrees. Know-it-all Strawberry "experts" will go fist city when you argue that it is not really a turnover.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]When a substantial part of the upper layer of water reaches the 39 degree mark, there really is a definite and quick re-stratification of the whole water column. That brings the now warmer bottom layers to the top while the colder and heavier surface layer slides to the bottom.
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[#0000FF]Often that bottom layer is poorly oxygenated and stagnant...resulting in the new upper layer being murky and foul-smelling. Until winds pick up and churn the surface to oxygenate the new top layer it is offensive to fishkind...and fishing is poor until things settle down.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]You can't overthink this...or second-guess it. It is a natural occurrence and happens in its own good time. And the fish act accordingly...even if the fishermen don't.
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