Wacky Willard 5-6-22 (With Video)

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So I had some non fishing business by Willard yesterday, so I stopped by the south marinato check things out.  In looking out through the inlet to the harbor, there was a big mud line right at the entrance,  but inside was clear and about 10-15 ft past the entrance was clear.  Is the entrance to the harbor shallow? or is something else going on there ??  Never seen a big mudline just across the entrance like that
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Water depth inside the "boat basin"...with the ramps and docks...is still less than about 4'.  But the channel is at least 10-12 feet all the way out...including the channel entrance.  It was dredged several years ago and remains plenty deep even when the launch area is too shallow to launch boats. 

If you are saying the main lake was muddy, my guess is that the mud line is the result of all the heavy wind and the low water conditions.  The water level has been down below the bottom of the rocks...with muddy shoreline exposed all around the lake.  The water is rising but it is still very shallow over the mud edges and the wind and waves stir it up a lot. 

Or are you saying that the channel itself was muddy but the water inside the basin was clear?  In that case the mud is coming from the canal inlet...a combination of the Weber and Ogden Rivers heavy runoff.  And it is possible for that to be much dirtier on any given day than the unmixed water inside the protected basin.  The water in the channel will also be colder than the main lake and will produce a "plume" of colder and dirtier water out into the lake. 

The good news is that depending on wind speed and direction it is usually possible to find areas of warmer and cleaner water somewhere in the lake...where the fish are more active and conditions are better for effective trolling.