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Only Found a Few Grass Shrimp This Morning......
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 24, 2013 at 5:58pm
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Thats a stunning foto!
We have grass shrimp here in Lake Murray - they become a big deal in the warmer months as the catfish forage on the shrimp blooms.
This suggest they are also around during the winter, and that they may be harvested. Even more so, it also suggests a good fly imitation - like Duck Tabberts' - would have some success.
But Im really interested in the live kind, so this is encouraging information. There is a lot of info on the internet about grass shrimp... if you are a biologist. But the working lore you offer is pretty darned sketchy.
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 24, 2013 at 5:34pm
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Appreciate the compliment David.......what you have is this year's hatch maturing and they are easier to catch in cold water and very available....often more concentrated than during the warmer periods......native grasses will green in and become very thick and matted under water making it hard to reach many of the warmer season shrimp.......in turn the grass dies off and decays after freezing temps ....making it easier to net these guys......they move to the leaf liter when available to spawn and all you have to do then is scoop up the leaves from the shallow bottoms and the shrimp count will be amazing in a hearty body of water.....Something will hit these things year round.....a grass shrimp will find a feeding fish twelve months a year.......
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PS - do you find the fish welcome these shrimp year round, or mostly during the warmer season?
Are they found even in the cold?
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Jeff, you are a machine! Im utterly in awe of your profound knowledge.
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No..... they're still a little tough to dig out of matted grasses that aren't completely dead yet.....They'll start shifting to the leaf liter in the coming weeks and are easier to catch......leaves are coming down in bunches now and they'll sink to the bottom near shore and the grass shrimp will flock to them....
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Comment by Leo Nguyen on November 23, 2013 at 9:35pm
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They all went deeper or completely eaten?
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