OUTDOORS COMMENTARY: Dealing with wintertime conditions on the lake
Wintertime conditions continue on Pat Mayse, as well as our other area lakes. Most of our lakes are still slightly above normal pool. High water usually scatters the fish, even in winter conditions, and this is really challenging because in cold water only, the fish should be bunched up, but now with high water, they are scattered. However, when we get a couple of warm afternoons without any rain, water levels will be falling. When we reach normal pool, the fish will bunch up again on rock, humps, ditches, along old road beds and wood. While we continue to deal with wintertime conditions, you...