08-08-2016, 08:50 PM
[#0000FF]I am cautiously optimistic about the algae thing. What I ain't optimistic about is the water level. They are shutting off Riverton and some other downstream water users because of the low lake levels. Never happened before.
Super low water, low oxygen levels and an early and long ice cap could result in major fish kills this winter. Happened in "Mud Lake" a couple of winters ago...during low water. Tons of dead white bass and mud cats that stayed in that shallow area under the ice.
And speaking of white bass, I have heard from a couple of sources that there are virtually ZERO baby white bass showing up...anywhere. They have had a poor spawn and recruitment the last three years...and with the low low low water this year it probably didn't come out to well either. This is the time of year us cataholics stock up on whitettes for cat food. But not this year.
The next step in that ladder is that the baby white bass are THE main food source for many of the predators...including larger white bass. The whities and the walleyes are gonna get skinny...or worse.
How's that for a cheerful outlook?
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Super low water, low oxygen levels and an early and long ice cap could result in major fish kills this winter. Happened in "Mud Lake" a couple of winters ago...during low water. Tons of dead white bass and mud cats that stayed in that shallow area under the ice.
And speaking of white bass, I have heard from a couple of sources that there are virtually ZERO baby white bass showing up...anywhere. They have had a poor spawn and recruitment the last three years...and with the low low low water this year it probably didn't come out to well either. This is the time of year us cataholics stock up on whitettes for cat food. But not this year.
The next step in that ladder is that the baby white bass are THE main food source for many of the predators...including larger white bass. The whities and the walleyes are gonna get skinny...or worse.
How's that for a cheerful outlook?
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