Small lakes chocked w/ timber - Acidic?

[solarscar]

I am just kinda curious about lakes, small lakes, that are chocked top to bottom with timber. These usually have a brownish clarity to them, not muddy ( you know what I mean Is there any benifit or negative effects of a small lake being chocked top to bottom with timber?

[cody78705]

I can only speak from fish-keeping experience but here it goes. The brown tint you speak of is the tannins in the wood. Typically in aquariums placing drift wood in the tank is beneficial to the fish because the tannins that leech in to the water actually lower the ph causing the water to be more basic. Just like some people add a small pinch of salt to their aquariums- the lower ph is good for a fishes coat. How this explanation relates to bass fishing though, I have no idea I guess a healthier-coated fish is a happier bigger fish hopefully!

[Gatorbassman]

"The Book Answer"

High Acidity makes it difficult for plankton to grow. Plankton is the beginning of the food chain in a small lake. Without it the fish fry has difficulty finding something to eat during the first few weeks of life.

My answer.

You will still catch fish there. They may not be in ideal health but you will catch some. If you own the lake there are some things that you can do to fix the problem and there are some things that you can do to work around the problem. The private lake I guide on has a acidity level of 5.0 to 5.2. It's so acidic that it eats the chrome off my spinnerbait blades in just a few hours. But we are growing some awesome bass there because of some innovative thinking by Bob Lusk. 

[whoopbazz]

I can only speak from fish-keeping experience but here it goes. The brown tint you speak of is the tannins in the wood. Typically in aquariums placing drift wood in the tank is beneficial to the fish because the tannins that leech in to the water actually lower the ph causing the water to be more basic. Just like some people add a small pinch of salt to their aquariums- the lower ph is good for a fishes coat. How this explanation relates to bass fishing though, I have no idea I guess a healthier-coated fish is a happier bigger fish hopefully!

Not true, lower Ph means more acidic. Salt does not change the PH of water.

Salt is addeed to fish water to hep relieve stress by inducing a "flow" of water and O2 inot their gills...prolonged use of salt has no benefit...unless the species you are talking about "prefers" it a little salty.

Take it from a fish farmer.