Murky Water and Fishing?

[UFi911]

Thanks for the update D.Roy - Keep em comin' guys, when it looks good, I'm leavin'!

-John

[evntam]

Ok, here's my report, for what its worth - Just got back from a trip, that started last Thurs.
Our two boats fished Birchdale Thursday AM, starting at Franz Jevne, and ended about a mile downriver of the big blue silo. Only one sucker caught. Fished next to G Roach too. No fish by the pro either, but he's a nice guy.
After lunch, we loaded up and drove to Pelland. The water temp in the clear water there was about 36 degrees, and you could see your jig down about 5 feet. We went downstream to fish where the little fork (?) came in. What a mess. The muddy water was about 33 degrees. We did try to fish the mud line where the rivers met and did catch a mess of suckers, and a few eater walleyes. That bite shut down as more and more boats flowed into Pelland to get away from the mud down stream. Lots of ice, logs, trees, etc. flowing out from the little fork.
We fished Pelland Friday too. Got three walleyes before 7AM, but then it shut down. Lots of boats there. I think they spooked the fish. No fish for the rest of the day.
Fished Saturday at I Falls. Only suckers were caught.
Here's my perspective, and I may be wrong here. The big and little forks are still very ice covered. However, those rivers have tons of small feeder creeks and runoff places that put water into their systems. That water is being pushed down under the ice, and is grabbing a mess of silt under the ice, and really is coming down river fast. The flow at Pelland was really fast. Drifting at the Falls was much slower. From what I heard, the Falls were open a bit more last week for a while, but it really wasn't bad on Saturday. One thing that surprised me was that there's hardly any snow up there now, but lots of standing water in fields. Just two weeks ago, they had a lot of snow. All that H2O needs a week or so to clear and get out of the creeks. Perhaps things will clean up in the next few days, as that river water moves fast. However, if the big and little forks open up with all that runoff they're seeing now, it'll mess up fishing.
Good luck boys.
E