20151011-KERSWILL LAKE

20151011- Fishing a Lake experiencing the fall Turnover compared to a lake that doesn’t have a Fall Turnover

I had a great opportunity to fish two lakes in two straight days of similar weather patterns to compare the effect of the fall turnover on overall fishing performance. 20151010 fishing on Wixom Lake fishing mid fall turnover I experienced probably the worst fishing experience of my life…. Fish were recorded on sonar everywhere in the lake because of uniform temps and neutral behavior … suspended in the column from top to bottom ignoring all our offerings. We tagged one pred N.Pike all session without another bite.

We decided to fish a small natural lake the following day that does not experience a fall turnover and experienced a completely different occurrence. Fish were feeding in the shallow weed beds following the lake edge shoreline as a pattern. We slammed them in the shallows with slip bobbers and bait( crawler bits and Pink Waxies). The boat brought in easily more than a hundred fish (conservative estimate) between Earl and I. what a night and day experience between fishing outings! We extended the outing into the early dusk to experience the night crappie bit and we did just as well.