05-24-2019, 03:25 PM
[#0000FF]The positive aspects of this are evident in most waters. However, there are potential downsides.
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[#0000FF]One of the negatives of high water is that there is more water for the same number of fish...initially. So the fish are liable to be harder to find. This is especially so when we are used to finding them in more open water...without cover...and then they move into the newly flooded shoreline vegetation.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]That is a good thing on Utah Lake...with only a few areas of brush and reeds. But it has proven to frustrate crappie fishermen on Willard. When Willard's water levels rise enough to flood rocks and cover all around the lake the small population of crappie are much harder to locate. However, if you can find them they are like crappies everywhere...suckers for a jig presented vertically in their new living room.
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[#0000FF]One of the negatives of high water is that there is more water for the same number of fish...initially. So the fish are liable to be harder to find. This is especially so when we are used to finding them in more open water...without cover...and then they move into the newly flooded shoreline vegetation.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]That is a good thing on Utah Lake...with only a few areas of brush and reeds. But it has proven to frustrate crappie fishermen on Willard. When Willard's water levels rise enough to flood rocks and cover all around the lake the small population of crappie are much harder to locate. However, if you can find them they are like crappies everywhere...suckers for a jig presented vertically in their new living room.
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