Sep 16 2016
Bradley Grulke
Fry
Had a good trip to BlackJack on Thursday with a friend. Beautiful day with very little wind. Caught 25 fish or so, largest was around 4 pounds, harvested 12. Mainly on the fly (streamers), curly tailed grubs and senkos.
Steve: Wondering about the lack of grass currently? Used to be thick and you could target edges but it seems to be completely devoid of grass now so targeting shorelines and the brush piles or casting blind to open water… curious if this is just a natural process (grass die-off) or was something added to water? Thanks!
Sep 16 2016
Steve Alexander
Admin
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Nice Picture.
Nothing has been added to reduce the grass. Grass is usually at its peak in September and begins to die back as the water cools. Ideally you would like aquatic vegetation to be 10 to 20% of a lake. 20% to 40% is still OK for the fish, but harder on the fisherman. Anything above 50% than it can be hard for the bass to feed and of course hard for an angler to target the bass. Any guess on what percent of the lake had aquatic vegetation? When we were there in June, the lake was about 20% full of aquatic vegetation. Near perfect.
Steve