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took the surv. didn't think that lake was in that bad of shape
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It has changed quite a bit over the last ten years. Looking more like utah lake every year.
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It seems to have changed a lot in just the last three years or so. The water clarity is very low. Most of the bluegill that I have caught recently are in very poor condition. There does seem to be a large cohort of 10 - 12" largemouth bass right now. Last winter ice fishing, I released all the emaciated bluegill and kept a limit of the small bass.
The only way to have a meaningful impact on the carp population is to kill off the entire lake and start over.
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Pelican has always been my favorite lake, until this year. The bass we caught were incredibly thin and emaciated. I expect a big winter die off.
I have to wonder aloud if it's more than carp causing the cloudy water at Pelican. Is there a chemical being used as fertilizer that allows it to turn murky like it has? Like Scartinez said, water is the same chalky green as UT lake.
There still seems to be oodles of grass and plant life but zero clear water. Even the areas that were clear in the past are murky.
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