Fished Truman for the first time in 6 years or so this weekend. Why is the water so clear? We were above Bucksaw past Pretty Bob creek and had 4 to 5 foot visibility. Felt like I was at Stockton. IS there any part of Truman that has some color to the water?
C'mon fellas. Lotsof looks and no comments. Anyone got any ideas as to why the water is so clear?
When the lake stays high for over a month, the Green leaves from the Willow trees filter out the muddy water. If it was normal pool it would be stained.
Fished otter creek today and it was more stained than other parts of the lake. I had about a foot of visibility.
I would add the fact they are just now drawing water after almost a month. The upper ends got pretty stained but as mentioned has settled.
They start pulling water hard it will dirty up some. It does not seem to bother the fish any. We laid the smack down on Sunday down from Bucksaw in some real clear water. Could watch some of the fish hit the bait.
Glad to hear you finally got out, Jared. The back must be feeling better?
Still lots of pain. But after going down and watching the weighin on Saturday I could not stand it anymore. I woke up thinking I would go but talked myself out of it because of loading and unloading the boat by myself. About 30 minutes later Jeff from Everharts called and said meet him at the ramp at Tightwad. So I doubled up my pain pills and headed that way. Fished a few unproductive places before hitting the mother load. It was fast and furious before I finally had enough. 4 or 5 fish on each cedar or hedge top. Good time that had been a long time a coming. Thanks again Jeff for doing all the work and letting me catch some fish.
beagle thought bob was the water engineer in this group not you to?
I wondered if all the vegetation was filtering the water. Thanks fellas.