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| hello all and happy holidays...this past season here in steeler country i fished all but two days on a 600 acre man-made lake that is 50+ years old that has always had a decent musky population but since being drained for dam repairs seven years ago has been "managed" as a musky lake with heavy fingerling and some adults being stocked...i had a great year with remarkably consistent topwater and jerk/glidebait action from ice out until a terrible algae bloom hit around the fourth of july when everything dropped off considerably and picked up just a bit again in late october...some facts, deepest water is 15' and averages about 6' with very little bottom contour, stump areas and just a few decent sized pad areas, sparse weed growth in some areas, summer water temps hit 80+, until the bloom there were always fish surfacing before sunrise until around 9:00 a.m. then the glidebait action kicked in throughout the rest of the day, after the bloom hit the early morning surface activity came to a halt as did the daytime glidebait action, i tried fishing a few times at dusk and all night as well with nothing to show for it...fish were not even surfacing on the lake at all after dark which i thought was a bit strange...i'm considering replacing my lowrance lms-332 with a side-finder type to help in locating, adding an oxygen meter to my tool box and doing more after dark fishing this coming season...any thoughts on what i may be missing here...?
thanks in advance,
stushsky
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Location: Washington, PA | No thoughts on what you might be missing, but, GO STEELERS. |
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| Algae floats, so when the bloom comes, fishing deeper may pay off well.... Get below that algae and you might start to find more fish. Jigs, slow-rolled spinnerbaits, bulldawgs, may be the ticket to get you down deep enough, and possibly fishing slower can do well also.
Something to add to the arsenal of presentations if it is not already there...
Steve |
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| thanks steve...i'll have to remember to give those thoughts a try when "it" roles around again next season...
stan |
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| I would try anything that throws off alot of vibration, especially when an algae bloom happens. You are most likely still going to be finding fish in the same area due to a lack of depth for them to hide in. Spinnerbaits, bucktails, shallow-running crankbaits should find you some fish. The fish will be able to key in on the sound, and will be able to chase it down even in lower visibilty. Maybe even try a believer or larger Ernie. Good Luck!
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| normally its hot water time. less oxeygon. here its a morning bite , oe evening. if you get a good wind that may get them going. dog days are just that |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I fish a few lakes that experience a pretty bad bloom every year. Fishing tends to be much slower but they still produce. Louder and brighter always seem to be better. I had really good success burning bucktails with double blades this year on those waters during the warm water bloom. |
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