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Title: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: HOOK on May 02, 2009, 08:24:47 AM
we were out there May 1st. as Britguy stated the fishing was sort of spotty but we still managed about 30 fish each. It was like bite on, bite off, bite on, bite off  ::) I dont mind it this way because it makes you change up flies or depths or what have you to figure out the puzzle  ;D and thats one of the best things about fly fishing.
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: Britguy on May 03, 2009, 06:40:04 PM
Yeh it was as if the lake was turning
there was lots of weed comming up from the bottom and visabilty was down when i was there
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: oddjob on May 03, 2009, 07:49:03 PM
What does it mean by the lake could be turning ?
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: HOOK on May 03, 2009, 09:01:06 PM
here is the explanation: just scroll a bit and there is 3 pages of info  ;)


http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/science_sky/102978
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: BladeKid on May 05, 2009, 07:11:02 PM
What does it mean by the lake could be turning ?
To save a bit of reading for some, it's when the top water of the lake hits 4 degrees (water is at it's heaviest) and it essentially sinks, which causes the water colums to flip or "turnover".
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: oddjob on May 05, 2009, 08:29:37 PM
When the lake is "turning over " does it effect the fishing ?
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: Fish Assassin on May 05, 2009, 08:35:15 PM
Don't know whether Lafarge is turning over or not but I spoke to a student who was doing creel survey and he says that one fish was caught among the 15 fishermen there this morning.
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: clownfish on May 06, 2009, 07:56:14 PM
I'm not an expert, but from what I understand you only get turn over in a deep lake, where the water can stratify, or layer, based on temperature and oxygen content. Lafarge is too shallow for this process, although it probably does get stirred by the wind and temperature changes between night and day, plus whatever inflow and outflow it gets.

Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: Britguy on May 06, 2009, 08:36:13 PM
What is "turn-over"? Turn-over refers to the mixing of lake water.In shallow lakes the wind easily mixes- or turns over- the water. Shallow lakes may turn over several times a season or even in a day.
This will affect the fishing
Today was very on and off  as was my last few times out due to the wind and change in temp
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: searun17 on May 08, 2009, 08:14:47 PM
we were out there May 1st. as Britguy stated the fishing was sort of spotty but we still managed about 30 fish each. It was like bite on, bite off, bite on, bite off  ::) I dont mind it this way because it makes you change up flies or depths or what have you to figure out the puzzle  ;D and thats one of the best things about fly fishing.

30 fish each :)if that is what you call spotty i would love to see what you call a great day,lol ;)
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: HOOK on May 08, 2009, 08:39:53 PM
well we had over 50 each there one day just a few weeks back  ;) that was a good day  ;D and i mean it was spotty not by numbers but because it was lots of fish for like 30mins then nothing for an hour or more and i mean nothing not even a hit, then bang a whole wack of fish in a short time frame then nothing. Thats spotty fishing for our local lakes especially when they have just been stocked  ;) In the interior 30 fish would be a banner day  :o
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: Steelhawk on May 09, 2009, 09:24:48 PM
Shore fishermen will tell you the same thing. It goes hot then cold, then hot again only to go cold soon after - kind of like our weather here recently, isn't it?  ;D

I wonder if it has to do with their hunger or the fact that these released fish generally move around the lake in a school, so they can turn each section of the lake on and off depending where they are cruising.
Title: Re: Lafarge Lake, May 1st 2009
Post by: Britguy on May 12, 2009, 08:25:54 PM
The fish in that lake do move around a lot in schools
i have seen them rising in schools making there way around the lake