OK, TG did ya happen to see any willow leaves in the bellies when ya cleaned the fish? I ask because once a friend caught a bunch of nice YP on the last ice and they were full if Willow leaves. Don't know how they even found green willow leaves after months of hard water. Never made any sense to me but I saw pics.
Bob, I never found any willow leaves in the fish, but the leaves of the willow would stay green under the water for at least 30 days and longer. we would sink these in 20 to 30' depths and that might put the top @ 10 to 15 foot. we sunk many a top in the lake (Sam Rayburn). Ceders, Sweet gums, Christmas trees. Till we learned the willows did best. We stayed with willows after that learning curve.
Tracy
