Thread: Deep water spawning

I have seen big gills spawning in very deep crystal clear water while scuba diving. The water clarity was so good I could see over 100ft around me. I could see the bottom in 40ft of water.

Cilurian Springs is a old rock quarry. We would drive down to Dawson Springs KY to scuba dive for the day. This was before they cleaned up Cilurian Springs and it was still used as a dump. I can remember seeing big huge bluegills (Bream) spawning in 20ft + deep water. There was an old haul road that went down into the bottom of the quarry and this road was flooded. But it sloped at around 30deg to get the equipment in and out of the quarry. The gills found this submerged road bed ideal for spawning. This had to be after school was out. So I think it was in the first part of June that I found the gills spawning.

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