RE: Ted Shanks
We fished Horseshoe lake. There is a boat ramp on the southwest end, kind of close to the boat ramp to the salt, just a little to the North and east of the Salt River ramp. Water clarity in the river is miserable right now, but we were not fishing the river. Water clarity in Horseshoe was mediocre - lots of greenish, dark water, but not muddy, just lots of plankton. I'm not sure how you would find the bigheads in there. They'd be kind of spread out. I recommend looking for the deepest water and going slow or just drifting, at night. Least that's what I would try. But I'm not an expert at finding them at night. The bighead numbers in these wetlands are not high - but the size is definately way up. We did not get any under 25 pounds. There were a medium to small number of really small silver carp, and a few nice silvers in the 15 pound range. Lots of mediocre buffalo. LOTS.