05-09-2003, 01:13 PM
They have been dredging the upper end of the channel all spring. Its an interesting thought to think of how the dredging effected the walleye spawn that takes place up there. The early dredging would have created deep pockets and may have removed gravel beds that have been there for a long time. Later dregings may have caused water quality problems that prevented the fish from wanting to move up into the current and find areas of slack water. More fish may have spawned out in the main body along the rocks than usual. Who knows, maybee it helped, maybee it hurt, but with the shad spawn fast approaching, it will be interesting to see if shad populations suffer due to the activity and dredging of the marina and channel. Water districts dont always time thier activities with the fishes best interest. Something to think about.
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