Cow Creek Red dye Looking Water??????

[eyedabassman]

 

Same thing on Bull, but I don't mind it because it seems to hold keepers LOL

What keepers????????????????????????????????

[dtrs5kprs]

 

Same thing on Bull, but I don't mind it because it seems to hold keepers LOL

That brown bloom sure did in '12. 

[mixermarkb]

I've caught several 4 pound ish LMB and a few nice smallies around/under that stuff so far on Bull this year. It's kind of freaky because it looks like blood in the water, but it doesn't hurt the fishing any

[abkeenan]

Like Alex mentioned most of this seems to be around the KC to Dam area. I found it to be the worst in Cow Creek. Probably from all the blood, sweat and tears I put into the lake with nothing to show for it.

[eyedabassman]

 

Like Alex mentioned most of this seems to be around the KC to Dam area. I found it to be the worst in Cow Creek. Probably from all the blood, sweat and tears I put into the lake with nothing to show for it.

Some of that is mine too!

[merc1997 Bo]

this happens all over the lake every year, and it happens in most bodies of water.  it happens in the spring as the water warms.  i was never for sure if it was an algae bloom, or actually turnover related.  it does not bother the bass at all, and in fact, when fishing daytime, and there are big pocket of it, i go looking for it because there is most often a good shallow bite in it.  

there are many areas of the lake that it occurred about a month ago when we had that quick warm up.

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[mojorig]

Here is a picture of the algae bloom from Bull Shoals Lake on 3/15/16. This is common after a high water year or during a fast warm up in early spring.

 

[Notropis]

I don't usually comment on the Table Rock forum (mostly Beaver Lake since I'm more familiar with it) but I'm pretty sure the red color your seeing is a form of single celled ,mobile algae in the Diatom group (I think).   It shows up on Beaver this time of year also and is usually thick in areas where the wind pushes it and it's usually associated with the surface.  There's a simple test you can use to tell if it's a mobile algae.  A microscope examination will reveal the individual cells to be moving, usually in small circles and are attracted to light.  Since most people don't have a microscope, you can scoop some of the diatoms in a clear glass and set it in a dark area with a light source on one side of the glass.  Wait a few minutes and you'll notice them moving to the side of the glass where the light source is, confirming it's identity.  If it doesn't show those characteristics, it's probably something else.

Hope this was helpful?    

[Macsimus]

2 hours ago, Notropis said:

I don't usually comment on the Table Rock forum (mostly Beaver Lake since I'm more familiar with it) but I'm pretty sure the red color your seeing is a form of single celled ,mobile algae in the Diatom group (I think).   It shows up on Beaver this time of year also and is usually thick in areas where the wind pushes it and it's usually associated with the surface.  There's a simple test you can use to tell if it's a mobile algae.  A microscope examination will reveal the individual cells to be moving, usually in small circles and are attracted to light.  Since most people don't have a microscope, you can scoop some of the diatoms in a clear glass and set it in a dark area with a light source on one side of the glass.  Wait a few minutes and you'll notice them moving to the side of the glass where the light source is, confirming it's identity.  If it doesn't show those characteristics, it's probably something else.

Hope this was helpful?    

Awfully scientific for a bunch of bass fishermen.   Interesting.

[Donna G]

Very interesting.  Thanks.