Where do you see fish early in the season?
#1
Where do you see fish early in the season?
I hardly ever get out before May since Spring keepsme busy in the yard, but I was wondering where you have the most luck seeing bowfishables when the water is still cold. rivers? lakes? dams? creeks? mudflats? cattails?
#2
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 25
RE: Where do you see fish early in the season?
It's frigid up here in South Dakota as well. The only areasthat you canbowfisharound here are streams, creeks, or riverswhere there is moving water. If you're on a stagnant pond or lake, it will most certainly be frozen over.
#4
RE: Where do you see fish early in the season?
Assuming you don't have hard water like in Dakota, look for them in the shallow mud flats and in this hemisphere on the north side of the body of water as that water will warm up faster due to the angle of the sun and greater exposure time. And of course check out any hot water discharge lakes, power plants like Clinton, Sanchris, or Newton in IL. And of course if all else fails, they will be where you find them.
#6
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: center tx
Posts: 370
RE: Where do you see fish early in the season?
here in east texas i find that if you locate some realy shallow grass beds and the sun is out you can find some shootables in the grass sunning themselves and lookin for bream and baitfish. other than that i wait for the 70 + degree days and when the water reaches around 55 to 60 degrees its on then. the big gar tend to not show up till the water realy warms and the spawn is on. then they cruise the bream and bass beds lookin for dinner.
#7
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Springfield area
Posts: 89
RE: Where do you see fish early in the season?
I've been looking around Spfld, IL, and haven't found much yet. Some commons have been working the hot ditch at Sangchris, but that lake doesn't open for bowfishing until 1 May. Gotta look into fixing that.
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