Quote Originally Posted by Jbyrd View Post
The reason the night bite was off last year wasn't population or water conditions ,level.... The shad spawned in the middle of the lake not on the banks . The trash was bad in the middle because of the rain in may. WE POUNDED the walleye last season , Best year ever and if I say how you won't believe me . Do you guys remember how the long neck cranes where setting on those logs all over the lake? They where there for a reason the shad where spawning on the logs floating out in the middle , We killed the eyes fishing a top water bait around the logs at night in the MIDDLE OF THE LAKE. Had to buy a new deep freeze because the one I had wouldn't hold all of them YUM YUM..........
Glad you caught them, we didn't go much but found them out there as well (hard to miss if you can hear). One thing though, "last years population wasn't down" is incorrect. We have had 2-3 years now of unusually high mortatility especially on walleyes in the summer months due to oxygen depletion. I think that most guys here know that there are fish there but how will this affect fish populations in the next 2-3 years? Not that we can do anything about it, it's mother nature but to say there is NO problem is incorrect. We just haven't seen the outcome of all this right now. Like I said there are fish there but if numbers of fish have died (and they have during the summer) then the population is down in relation to what it could have been. It certainly will be challenging over the next few years. I do know that my overall striper size has dropped somewhat this year compared to years past. Good numbers just smaller fish.
Good fishing, God bless, and see ya'll on the water,
Tim
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