Re: Waywayanda Trip 9/24
Lakes with any real depth will always develop a thermocline. You can see that there is a 10 degree drop between 25 and 30 ft in the above post. Trout can live below the thermocline all summer long if there is enough oxygen which there is in large infertile lakes like RV. In fertile lakes there is too much decay below the thermocline which uses up the oxygen.
There is no such thing as turnover in lakes, or fly casting for that matter. As the water cools surface water is pushed against the windward shore and is forced downward. When it cools to the temperature of the interface it mixes with it and it disappears. The coldest densest water is still at the bottom so there is nothing to force a big fast upheaval. Mixing does occur but over the course of months.
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