There is a lot more to the complexity of the food web of natural lakes than almost all anglers realize. Almost always there are lots of unseen or inconspicuous food items available to grow the big fish that are present. Often the standing crop of big fish is not large. Large lake predators have large feeding territories similar to land based predators. A lake's individual fertility will only support a certain fish biomass or standing crop. This is strongly connected to carrying capacity. Another important factor when fishing remote lakes is hook smart fish. Rarely fished lakes have apparent high catch rates until the resident fish become more accustomed to lures and angling methods. Often you will hear the lake is fished out, sometimes the lakes are not fished out it is the big fish are just more hook shy in heavily fished waters!
Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/04/16 01:58 PM.
