Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Planning Silver Lake


One of the advantages of having a kayak is I can get to some hard to reach places, which means I can fish lakes that receive little fishing pressure.  This week I am going after a small local lake (large pond?) called Silver Lake and there is no topography map available for Silver Lake.  However, given the technology available to us today, I was able to take this photo using Google maps.  Although it does not tell me what a good topography map would tell me, it still tells me quite a bit.



First, I can still see the whole lake.  I can see where the kayak launch is (A) and the small damn (B).  What I can also see from this image is where the vegetation is growing in the middle of the lake and more importantly, where it is not.  I can assume where the vegetation is not growing the water is a little deeper.  But overall, it would appear to be a very shallow lake.  Because the lake is so small, I am sure I will be able to fish the entire lake on Sunday morning, but I highlighted two areas that may be the most interesting to me.  (D) Would appear to have the most structure with some deeper water (no vegetation) right off the structure. (C) Has an upside down 'U' of vegetation that may be some underwater rocks which looks appealing.  But (C) also has a big rock away from the shore line which I will certainly give some extra attention.

I hope to arm myself with two weapons.  I am going to use a floating broken rapala (which has been a family favorite for 30 years) so I can cover lots of water surface quickly while avoiding what could be an abundance of underwater vegetation.  I will set up my second pole with what is now my favorite setup, a 7" plastic worm in a Texas rig.  This will allow me to fish specific targets such as an underwater rocks or submerged trees.

Thoughts?

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