Around a main-lake point in the upper portions of this reservoir, we failed to elicit a strike and find any submerged aquatic vegetation. We also failed to garner a strike around a secondary point and across a shallow-water flat in the back of a large feeder-creek arm in the middle portion of this reservoir this entire area inside this feeder-creek arm used to be embellished with vast patches of coontail, but it is now completely devoid of coontail and other kinds of submerged aquatic vegetation. In the lower section of this reservoir, we failed to elicit a strike around one main-lake point and a portion of its adjacent shoreline. And it was a task to catch 21 largemouth bass and one rainbow trout. In-Fisherman's solunar table indicated that the best fishing would take place from 2:12 a.m. This is what the red and pink euglena bloom looks like at one of its intense spots. Thus, we are now hoping for a new invasion of zebra mussels. During the second decade of the 21st century, we witnessed how the invasion of the zebra mussels paralleled the improvement of the water clarity, the growth of submerged aquatic vegetation, and the bountifulness of the largemouth bass and smallmouth bass populations in a number of our reservoirs. (Since the massive floods that raged across northeastern Kansas in 2019, we have noticed that the zebra mussels have virtually disappeared in most of our community, federal, and state reservoirs. It also looks as if this reservoir's population of zebra mussels has disappeared, which has also adversely affected the water clarity and the health of the submerged aquatic vegetation. The water, however, was severely blemished by a terrible red and pink euglena bloom, which decreased the visibility to two to 3 ½ feet, and this bloom has adversely affected the health of this reservoir's once bountiful patches of coontail and other submerged aquatic vegetation. The surface temperature ranged from 49 to 53 degrees. The water level was slightly above its normal level. The thermometers at some locales in northeastern Kansas plummeted to 22 degrees. The National Weather Service reported that the wind angled out of the north, northwest, northeast, and east at 3 to 10 mph. So, we relished the arrival of April Fools' Day and its mild-mannered wind. What's more, the largemouth bass and smallmouth bass were difficult to find. We had one day when the wind gusts broached 51 mph, and one of the gusts reached 56 mph. March's windy, damp, and chilly days made fishing in northeastern Kansas a miserable chore for many of that month's 31 days. Ned and Pat Kehde of Lawrence, Kansas, posted a log on the Finesse News Network about their April 1 outing at one of northeastern Kansas' community reservoirs. Midwest Finesse Fishing: April 2021 Mon, May 3rd, 2021 12:00:00 am
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