05-28-2004, 07:09 PM
I too have enjoyed this discussion. And Badfish, you crack me up! That's so hilarious!
Anyway, I too have hunted over by mud lake, and a few years ago I fished it too and hooked into a huge nesting bass before it snapped my line when it got tangled with my 2nd pole. This was back in about 97 or 98.
The problem with mud lake (Provo Bay) right now is the drought. Most of mud lake is completely dry, and some farmers have actually been growing corn in the area I used to fish in 3-4 feet deep water! There were corn fields there last year and there are this year too. The biggest problem with mud lake is a lack of water. I think those aquatic grasses were destroyed decades ago by the carp, not 10 years ago. If we get a few years of good snowpack and water, it will fill back up and be as good as 10 years ago.
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Anyway, I too have hunted over by mud lake, and a few years ago I fished it too and hooked into a huge nesting bass before it snapped my line when it got tangled with my 2nd pole. This was back in about 97 or 98.
The problem with mud lake (Provo Bay) right now is the drought. Most of mud lake is completely dry, and some farmers have actually been growing corn in the area I used to fish in 3-4 feet deep water! There were corn fields there last year and there are this year too. The biggest problem with mud lake is a lack of water. I think those aquatic grasses were destroyed decades ago by the carp, not 10 years ago. If we get a few years of good snowpack and water, it will fill back up and be as good as 10 years ago.
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