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| Recently I fished a small lake ( 400 acres) that is tannic in color. The deepest water in the basin is 24 feet, solidly thermoclined at 19.
We fished the cover and moved fish, catching one. There were lots of panfish there as well.
I looked for suspended fish, and found NOTHING out in the deeper water, not even very many panfish. Is the fact the lake is so small, thermoclined, and limited as to deep water the reason I was on the fish in 4 to 6 feet with temps running 80 degrees??
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| I would think that with 80* water temps most of the bigger fish in the lake have headed deep, especially where structure meets with the thermocline. But it is curious that you didn't mark many panfish out in the deeper water. |
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| I looked it over pretty well, and the bulk of the fish were shallow. Not that I minded, easier to get to..[8)] |
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| Steve, being dark water and not all that deep if the deeper temps were not all that cool or perhaps oxygen levels were better in the shallows. Cover may have provided better opportunities for the fish to or it could be just one of those quirky deals some lakes are like that. There has to be some reason. |
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