03-16-2012, 03:10 PM
Drove out to Newton with the little Coleman Crawdad yesterday with intentions of scooting around the edges of open water. But when we got there, it was completely ice free except for a sheet of ice about half the size of a football field (it was in the area where the island is a little more than halfway up the reservoir). I think we saw 3 different muskie surface, but that was it. I was marking a lot of fish in various spots in between 40-53 feet. But we never found anything. It was a nice morning out though.
I do have a question. Last year when all the flooding and high water happened, Newton just turned murky for a few days and then cleared up fairly quickly. The water went right back to being that pretty clear, bluish-green color. However, after all that rain that we had in January, the water in Newton is a completely different color. Through the ice, it appeared just murky, but now that the ice is off, the water has a burnt orange or rusty colored tint to it. And it has been that way since the middle of January or so. Anyone have any ideas as to why this is? Like I said, I figured the water was just murky and would clear back up, but it doesn't seem to be happening. And if it stays that way for a while, I wonder how it will affect the fishing. I know through the ice was a lot slower this year as compared to last year out there.
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I do have a question. Last year when all the flooding and high water happened, Newton just turned murky for a few days and then cleared up fairly quickly. The water went right back to being that pretty clear, bluish-green color. However, after all that rain that we had in January, the water in Newton is a completely different color. Through the ice, it appeared just murky, but now that the ice is off, the water has a burnt orange or rusty colored tint to it. And it has been that way since the middle of January or so. Anyone have any ideas as to why this is? Like I said, I figured the water was just murky and would clear back up, but it doesn't seem to be happening. And if it stays that way for a while, I wonder how it will affect the fishing. I know through the ice was a lot slower this year as compared to last year out there.
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