Fishing gurus, experts, or just hacks like me???

[dpear]

Good going Doug-although it likely was calm only on the surface.
I hope someone posts a few pics,I should give photo lessons I guess.

[NETim]

Damn wind.

[dpear]

This wind is causing me to lose hats but I love it.The ducks and geese are knocking them off they are so low.

[NETim]

Did I ever tell you my duck hunter joke Dick?

[dpear]

Speaking of Frankie,went to the Operation Muskie website,clicked on the Flag Island web cam and scanned the area closely.Pretty sure I caught Frankie 'working' the open water around the Red Buoy.Looked like a double 10(red/copper of course).

[Muskie Junkie]

There aren't any fish over at the Red Bouy, the spot is overrated.

[lambeau]

Speaking of Frankie,went to the Operation Muskie website,clicked on the Flag Island web cam and scanned the area closely.Pretty sure I caught Frankie 'working' the open water around the Red Buoy.Looked like a double 10(red/copper of course).

see now, Dick, that's just not nice to do to a guy in MARCH...

[dpear]

Hi Andrew.Yeh I'm pretty sure they are the main reason behind the weed issues.What really surprised me though is that they have been in the system since the 1960s.

[dpear]

While looking for info on water clarity I ran across this.Couple of interesting points made but was interested in the Rusty Crawfish tidbits.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/...ownum=39000200

[dpear]

Why do you think Frankie bought a high speed air boat?

[dpear]

I'll throw out another observation-valid or not.IMO the incredible bait concentrations that I often keyed on in the past have,with 1 or 2 exceptions,disappeared.I'm not saying the lakes 'fertility' has changed(maybe it has or is) but that certain areas that nearly always 'blacked out' your graph no longer do.
Implications?I think so,I have(likely far-fetched)thoughts on it,but.....Is it related to water clarity and simply a dispersion of bait?
I guess all I'll say is think about it.All told,I suspect lots of new 'hot spots' will emerge.Some that in the past would never have been given a cast-or trolling pass.