01-07-2019, 08:38 PM
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[#0000FF]The rock piles are not one big reef, but a series of bargeloads of rock dumped randomly in a rough north-south line...beginning about 300 yards straight out from the south marina channel line.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]They are in moderately deep water...meaning that under even the lowest water conditions they are not likely to pose a navigational hazard. Depth on my last trip out there was about 12 feet...with water levels down about 10 feet from high water mark.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Fish do not have GPS systems. But once they find an area to their liking they seem to be able to find their way back from time to time. So it takes a while for any structure to become a magnet.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]The number of fish of any species using the rock piles at any given time is going to depend on all the usual suspect factors: Water depth, temperature, clarity, etc. Also, seasonal movements of bait and spawning species. And heavy fishing pressure can move fish off any given rock pile...at least for a time.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I haven't fished the rocks all that much myself, but have had good, bad and neutral reports from others. Like any other "hot spot" on Willard it can be a day to day thing. But it is not a bad idea to have the numbers on your electronics and to be able to make a quick sonar check on your way to the other side of the lake.
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[#0000FF]The rock piles are not one big reef, but a series of bargeloads of rock dumped randomly in a rough north-south line...beginning about 300 yards straight out from the south marina channel line.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]They are in moderately deep water...meaning that under even the lowest water conditions they are not likely to pose a navigational hazard. Depth on my last trip out there was about 12 feet...with water levels down about 10 feet from high water mark.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Fish do not have GPS systems. But once they find an area to their liking they seem to be able to find their way back from time to time. So it takes a while for any structure to become a magnet.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]The number of fish of any species using the rock piles at any given time is going to depend on all the usual suspect factors: Water depth, temperature, clarity, etc. Also, seasonal movements of bait and spawning species. And heavy fishing pressure can move fish off any given rock pile...at least for a time.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I haven't fished the rocks all that much myself, but have had good, bad and neutral reports from others. Like any other "hot spot" on Willard it can be a day to day thing. But it is not a bad idea to have the numbers on your electronics and to be able to make a quick sonar check on your way to the other side of the lake.
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