06-25-2019, 01:13 PM
Thanks for the summary and perspective! You have clearly watched that lake for a long time and gained some terrific insights. Thanks again for taking the time to share them.
Many people comment on how Willard can be a fickle and frustrating place. Then again there are those great days. As you have said before, it has a lot to do with the shad moving around the lake and the need to find them to find the fish. I'm far enough away that I mostly watch and think about it.
I still find it strange how the fish (mostly W and W) seem to mostly disappear in the fall, well before they do in other lakes and well before the water temps drop far enough to really slow their metabolism down. The shad are mostly too large then, but they must be feeding somewhere on something. I have always felt that when nobody seems to be able to catch fish that they are stacked up someplace and great fishing could be had if you figure it out. I usually don't figure it out though.
Sometimes I wish I were closer so I could take on the challenge of figuring it out better. Then I go to the golden pond and wrestle with a bunch of nice cats and I'm glad I'm down here.
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Many people comment on how Willard can be a fickle and frustrating place. Then again there are those great days. As you have said before, it has a lot to do with the shad moving around the lake and the need to find them to find the fish. I'm far enough away that I mostly watch and think about it.
I still find it strange how the fish (mostly W and W) seem to mostly disappear in the fall, well before they do in other lakes and well before the water temps drop far enough to really slow their metabolism down. The shad are mostly too large then, but they must be feeding somewhere on something. I have always felt that when nobody seems to be able to catch fish that they are stacked up someplace and great fishing could be had if you figure it out. I usually don't figure it out though.
Sometimes I wish I were closer so I could take on the challenge of figuring it out better. Then I go to the golden pond and wrestle with a bunch of nice cats and I'm glad I'm down here.
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