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I know of a oligotrophic lake which has huge muskies come in to shallow sandy beach water <2ft deep at night and are seen at dawn. I have never fished the lake but I am sure they are extremely hard to catch from all the lures being bombed at them in the shallows all the time.
My question is why do you think these fish are coming in shallow? I dont think there is any forage there. my theory is that after feeding during the night (brown trout are present) that they come in shallow water to speed up there metabolism. I know that a bass's Q10 = +2.23 from 20 C - 30 C. (a bass's oxygen intake increases 223% from 68 f to 86 f)
after feeding in deep cool water where the brown trout are preasent they want to lay in the hot tub and digest dinner? what are your thoughts. Also can these fish be caught and how?
jake
"Tah Da Gills"
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| I’ve heard this “coming shallow to digest quicker” before. Sounds like a sound theory and all, but what I don’t understand is why would a musky want to speed up its metabolism and digestion? What would be the advantages of that? They’ll just have to go and find food again sooner. It seems to me the opposite would be true, they feed shallow where the food is, and then go deep to take a nap. Keep in mind I have little experience in trout lakes though; most of my fishing is done in a relatively shallow flowage. Perhaps muskies behave differently in different types of lakes? Maybe females would want to speed up their metabolism to produce eggs quicker, but doesn’t that happen over the winter months when we don’t fish for them anyway? |
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| Good point NXTWRLDRCD. Your idea of which is better for the fish.... increased or decreased metabolism is a good question. The more energy exchange that occurs... the faster the growth rate.... so maybe that would be incentive to digest faster? Interesting perspective here.... something to really think about.
However, to explain the shallow night movement in your Trout Water lake.... it could be two-fold. Low light allows them to more comortably move up.... and if you've ever shined those sand flats at night you will probably see that the white suckers are there in huge numbers after dark. Thus... the forage connection MAY actually be occurring.
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| Jason are you saying that fish are eating machines with growth for survival being their main concern? Don’t they have time for happiness?[:)]
That can’t be true though – that would mean all the big fish would be shallow and we all know bigger fish come from deeper water (Tongue in cheek).[;)][:p]
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Sorry to get off subject.[;)] |
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