Islands Tues April 9

[MikeH]

Just got back....

No ice, lots of milfoil weed on the canal bottoms. Water temps ranging in different places from 35 to 42

Saw three decent sized OOS toothy critters hanging around in the shallows. I located a huge school of perch and spent an hour driving them psycho with a size 16 hook and a thin strip of aluminum foil.

   

No Carp spotted anywhere, the water in the pond is still black with no weed growth. I took a measurement at the ferry dock and the water level is still down by 1.25 metres. This creates a few new "interesting" features:

The pond at the café end still has a sand bar in the channel under the footbridge.
The bricks that the bowfin usually hide at, aren't even in the water anymore!
You can wade across sunfish cut quite easily (pike on the fly in May anyone?)
The cut at the west end of snake island to snug harbor has dried up completely.
Most of the canals have new beaches about 6 ft wide, so now you can fish the water side of the big red bushes that usually line the canals.

   

It looks like spring is finally arriving at the islands, could be some new features to adapt to this year....