07-27-2016, 12:13 PM
[#0000FF]It takes at least two things to generate wiper boils. First it takes lots of baby shad growing beyond the 1 inch mark...to make them worth all the fuss. Second, it takes water high and clear enough to allow the sight feeding wipers to see their prey from a few feet away. In low murky water the wipers are limited to finding their prey by vibrations alone and that don't cut it for creating boils.
Water is up and staying much clearer than the last three years. I am betting that when the wind dies down a bit it will clear even more and it will be game on. Usually gets best by mid August and stays good until water cools in the fall and the shad go deeper. During the summer they stay in the upper part of the water column...feeding on zooplankton, which feed on phytoplankton...which form near the surface.
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Water is up and staying much clearer than the last three years. I am betting that when the wind dies down a bit it will clear even more and it will be game on. Usually gets best by mid August and stays good until water cools in the fall and the shad go deeper. During the summer they stay in the upper part of the water column...feeding on zooplankton, which feed on phytoplankton...which form near the surface.
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