I Fish The Alamo River In Southern Ca. If The Water Level Change Is A Dramatic One, It Definetly Hurts The Fishing For A Couple Of Days Till The Cats Get Used To The New Topography. One Interesting Thing That I Have Noticed, The Area That I Fish Has Alot Of Earthquake Activity. Recently We Had A 7 Pointer About 25 Or So Miles From My Home River, And Hundreds Of Sizeable Aftershocks. When I Used To Fish The Salton Sea, You Could Set Your Clock To The Corvina Bite. ( 5-20lb. fish ) We Had A Big Quake Back In The 80's, And Not Only Did It Shut Off The Bite, We Couldn't Catch A Fish For 4-5 Days.
So When We Had This Most Recent Quake I Was Thinking I Was Probably Going To Get Skunked. To My Surprise I Had A Good Trip. The Flatheads Were Hitting Aggresively, And I Caught 10 or So fish. I Guess Not Much Bothers A Flathead, You Don't Get Big And Fat By Turning Down Meals.
So When We Had This Most Recent Quake I Was Thinking I Was Probably Going To Get Skunked. To My Surprise I Had A Good Trip. The Flatheads Were Hitting Aggresively, And I Caught 10 or So fish. I Guess Not Much Bothers A Flathead, You Don't Get Big And Fat By Turning Down Meals.