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Comment by Steve Wilson on March 6, 2015 at 8:29am

   I'm wondering now how the warm water discharges affect the spawn timing.....any studies anyone is aware of ?

Comment by Steve Wilson on March 6, 2015 at 8:26am

  I think Andy may be onto something with the pyramid power

Comment by Steve Wilson on March 6, 2015 at 8:24am

    OH WOW  B.W.........sounds like a great way to spend the winter. Great collection of info.

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 6, 2015 at 8:14am

Carl - "City" guy? I guess Raleigh is where Barney goes to party (the deputy, not the dinosaur). Speaking of dinosaurs, how are you today?

Jim - They won't let you in the true cooling lake of my nearby plant. They won't even let you go far into the inlet of the bigger lake just below it either. In large inland bodies of water, I can see the tiny tides having some effect. I just haven't seen any correlation where I fish inland.

Comment by carl hendrix on March 6, 2015 at 8:04am

hahahhaa  good answer Andy-- for a city guy!!

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 6, 2015 at 8:01am

Carl - downhill

Comment by carl hendrix on March 6, 2015 at 8:00am

ok-- lets have a little fun!!  question--  in what direction- do all of the rivers flow in the U.S.!!!!

Comment by B. Waldman on March 6, 2015 at 7:55am

Steve/Slip Sinker - Great that you mentioned the old Fishing Facts/In' Fisherman stuff. I collect books and magazines form that time period and have almost every issue of Fishing News/Facts from when it was a 4 page newspaper started by Bill Binkelman in Dec. 1963 through about 1974. I think I'm only missing about a dozen specific dates to fill out the collection. I also have the first 4 years of original In' Fisherman magazines, the old orange ones. I also have most everything Buck Perry wrote or included (instructions) in his Spoonplugging venture, including his book 'Spoonplugging' and his home study series, not to mention about 100 of the baits themselves. They still catch fish! Then there are Bill Binkelman's "blue books" along with "Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers!" Have spent all winter rereading through a lot of the old material. 

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 6, 2015 at 7:49am

i think we are missing the point.the moon cycles are nothing mystical.none of this.it is an opportunity thing.we dont have high and low tides here.lake michigan has tides but they are not really perceptible to us.we do have a few power plant lakes tho that are backup generators.they only run when electrical demand is high.this would be in the heat of summer,yeah it gets hot here too.you could fish this lake when the plant is not running and it fishes like a regular lake.in the late afternoon when 4million chicago households crank up their air conditioners the plant goes online and this lake turns into a river as the plant pumps water.imagine turning on a 2000 acre koi pond.the fish go crazy.the shad start moving the stripers and muskies go on a feeding binge.the gills and crappies feast on all the bugs and minnows dislodged from the rip rap by the current.the fish literally start biting at the flip of switch.they are exploiting their situation.if we can figure out when  and where something will trigger this activity we can exploit it ourselves.thats why maybe i butt heads with people as my view on fishing is not the newest and beast electronics or whether my rod is IM 6 or 8.how many ballbearings and gold trim is on my reel or 20 dollar crankbaits.guys that taught me to fish,really fish knew where the fish would be at any time of year and what they would be feeding on.whether it be 102 or thru the ice.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 6, 2015 at 7:21am

Here's my rules, summarized:

Go when you can.

Watch the bugs and blooms.

The two best times for fishing:
When it isn't raining.
When it is raining.

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