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Re: Strange Sight
I thought about the droppings, too. I know a lake near here that has a lot of high cliffs around it and when the birds are flocking on the sides of the cliffs the catfish stay right under them to eat their droppings. I don't know if bream are more discriminating in what they eat than catfish or not. I also don't know what fly you would use to imitate droppings - I guess Taylor Streit's S**t Fly??
Joe
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I have had the same reaction in a small pond, but it was due to my fly line false casting over them. At first I had no idea what was going on, then just chalked it up to them getting spooked by my false casting (they are not the only ones!). If they were feeding just under the surface, a bird flying by quickly and closely would probably make them turn tail up, and head downward very quickly. I'm assuming the disturbance was rather violent and not just some heavy rings from a rising gill.
Alan
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Interesting. I'ts been a long time since I fished Axehead. Used to do pretty good on the bass there. Seems like the Cook County Forest Preserve Lakes are doing pretty well this year -- hearing good things about Saganaskee, Maple, and Tampier as well.
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jsalkas....................
I like fishing Big Bend Lake early in the season, because it is shallower and warms up faster for an early spawn of both Crappie & Bluegills.
Axehead on the other hand is much deeper and cleaner and warms later, but fishes better throughout the season. Parking is now a problem because of road work, (expansion of the expressway.) You now have to park inside the Forest Preserve boundaries. That forces you to leave at the prime time of sundown.
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Interesting... thanks Dick
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I've had the same reaction when casting a lure, with mono, over the top of blugill. It looked like a mass panic reaction every time I cast over them. They must all be looking skyward to react like that, to something as small as a spinner.
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I suspect that they were very near the surface and the shadow spooked them. I've seen it happen when a great blue heron flies over as well.
I've also noticed bass following along behind a night heron as he stalked the shore. When the heron spooked the bluegill, the bass would swoop in and grab a meal as the fish darted away from the heron. The next time I went out, the heron was following the bass as they cruised the bank. When the bass went after fish and they darted towards shore, the heron was there to grab them. Seems like they've develped a symbiotic relationship at the expense of the bluegill.
Jim Smith