Bigeye
03-13-2001, 03:19 PM
Unless we get some heavy duty moisture this spring we are in for some low water conditions out west this year. Some say that will make the fishing better because they'll be crowded together more. Today I read where a fish biolgist said it will be worse because the forage is also crowded in and easier prey. He also said this will hurt the fishery in the long run because the food supply will dwindle and also alot of the spawnimg areas will be dry. Any thoughts?
Pete C.
03-13-2001, 03:54 PM
Ditto. I'll have to agree with you. I'm in Denver and fish most of the metro lakes when I don't have the time to travel. Last year we experienced as it pertains to fishing, a drought. I fished Aurora Reservoir two years ago and the inlet creek had a good six to eight feet of water in it in some places, and the bass were stacked up in it. I was surprised to see the number and size of those fish. I was amazed. Last spring I hit the lake early and the inlet was bone dry. The fishing became extremly difficult towards the month of August as things tend to do in late summer, but I don't think low water helped the situation at all. I traveled to "Big Mac" in Nebraska several times last summer in search of Walleye and couldn't believe how low the reservoir was! Folks were driving their vehicles across some of the coves near the dam that I would have fished any other summer?! One of the Park Rangers related, the reservoir was about as low as he had seen it in years.
I know that daily, I hope for snow. Reports have the current snow pack at 4% below last years snow pack, and things don't look good thus far. Some folks wake up in the morning and face east towards Mecca to pray, I wake up in the morning and face west in hopes of the white stuff. We need several more snow dumps up in them hills to set things right. We still have some time left, fingers crossed...
Tight lines, Pete C.