Heavy Rain expected

[Guest]

Let's say we get a heavy rain that creates a good mud line. How will that affect the walleye & crappie bite up the rivers? 

Maybe go crank all the mudlines or drag the Ned Rig around? 

I'm looking forward to stained water, it should help even if its cold. 

[Stump bumper]

Go back to last Xmas, that was not good. Cold water is hard, cold muddy water is worse. I for one like the cold clear water but a little colder when the shad start the death twitch.

[Guest]

We need the rain, hopefully it wont stay muddy this year. the clear runoff has a way of pushing that dirty water down the lake in large batches. 

[Quillback]

I agree, we need some rain. 

[jeb]

8 hours ago, Stump bumper said:

Go back to last Xmas, that was not good. Cold water is hard, cold muddy water is worse. I for one like the cold clear water but a little colder when the shad start the death twitch.

+1. I've always found Beaver in the winter is best with clear water, at least for where and how I fish it. I agree we need the rain, just hoping it doesn't muddy the water up too much.

 

[sfiser]

gotta remember one of the reasons the entire lake got muddy last year was due to the flood gates open at record levels and it pulled all the mud down the lake.  That scenario will not be in play this weekend so we will still have a large amount of clear water after this weekend.

[Guest]

45 minutes ago, sfiser said:

gotta remember one of the reasons the entire lake got muddy last year was due to the flood gates open at record levels and it pulled all the mud down the lake.  That scenario will not be in play this weekend so we will still have a large amount of clear water after this weekend.

I was referring to the river arms of the lake. I should be more specific.

Clear water always pushes the muddy water along starting about a week after the flood event. The lake doesn't need floodgates open for this to happen. Usually clear runoff follows the mud & it generally keeps a steady flow. It helps the vegetation & trees are dormant right now, allowing for continued runoff vs absorbing it.

this is my opinion & ive been wrong before, let's see how this plays out. We're all bored, so we might as well get out & see for ourselves 

[Stump bumper]

On 1/11/2017 at 0:51 PM, sfiser said:

gotta remember one of the reasons the entire lake got muddy last year was due to the flood gates open at record levels and it pulled all the mud down the lake.  That scenario will not be in play this weekend so we will still have a large amount of clear water after this weekend.

Yea 2 inches over 4 days is not near 14 inches in 4 days so the impact will not be anywhere near last year. I am just saying when it is cold I like clear water, also makes throwing a cast net a lot easier when you can see the bait. It just depends on how and what you fish for, stripers tend to run away from dirty water.

Bass seem to hit reaction type baits better when they can't see them as well so a little stain will help spinner bait and crank bait fishermen. As long as the wake boats don't get out, I am good.

[Guest]

You sir are correct. I'm just hoping for a small enough mudline that I can crankbait all day. 

[RyanG]

I have had one of my best days throwing a crankbait in chocolate milk at 43 degrees. While I'm not the biggest fan of a muddy lake it does seem to push the bass up shallow and that's my comfort zone. Although all I really chase is bass so I'm not sure how it affects the other species as much.