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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: jessie88 on December 27, 2016, 11:05:28 AM

Title: moses lake depth
Post by: jessie88 on December 27, 2016, 11:05:28 AM: is the depth on moses pretty shallow and consistent? as far as walking out on the ice and fishing for perch i understand certain areas are better but looking at maps it looks like the bottom is pretty shallow and flat. total opposite of soda lake haha
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: Henrydog on December 27, 2016, 12:02:20 PM: North end by the AFB is fair flat and between 12-20 ft deep. West End south of I90 a mile or so it 30 fow. The arm south and east of I90 is like 6-8 deep. This is all off the top of my head from running a boat around it.
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: Bill W on December 27, 2016, 12:10:43 PM: There's a couple of good reasons the fishermen cluster in one spot on the lake.

1) ease of close parking
2) mud bottom
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: M_ray on December 27, 2016, 12:34:24 PM: After about 10 steps out it's all over your head! ;)
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: plugger on December 29, 2016, 06:00:18 AM: :yeah:As my grandpa used to say, its deep enough to stand on the bottom and get a drink without bending over
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: JJB11B on December 29, 2016, 06:54:51 AM: Quote from: Henrydog on December 27, 2016, 12:02:20 PM
North end by the AFB is fair flat and between 12-20 ft deep. West End south of I90 a mile or so it 30 fow. The arm south and east of I90 is like 6-8 deep. This is all off the top of my head from running a boat around it.
This.... the area around the I90 bridge gets to about 36' deep. the upper portion where guys are ice fishing is about 22' deep with a flat mud bottom. on the 23rd the ice was about 6" thick
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: WSU on December 29, 2016, 07:12:13 AM: Why do people congregate at the area with a mud bottom?
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: JJB11B on December 29, 2016, 07:23:02 AM: Quote from: WSU on December 29, 2016, 07:12:13 AM
Why do people congregate at the area with a mud bottom?
Moses lake is almost all mud for one. also access at the I-90 bridge is very good. there is a park right there.
Title: Re: moses lake depth
Post by: Bill W on December 29, 2016, 08:01:51 AM: Quote from: WSU on December 29, 2016, 07:12:13 AM
Why do people congregate at the area with a mud bottom?

Chironomid larva aka bloodworms. The perch eat that in the winter time.