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    What is the track in this image??

    I saw several of these yesterday, always on a soft bottom. Is it possible that it could be a track from a clam? I have no idea if not.

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    Not sure that this will help but I cropped the image to hopefully show a little more detail. Not sure it is much better.
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    Loc ness monster trail....
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    how deep?
    clam trails?
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    Quote Originally Posted by webertime View Post
    how deep?
    clam trails?
    That is what I was thinking, clam trails. This shot was in 14' of water but I saw them in a lot of areas with soft bottom.

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    Anchor drag marks.

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    Mighty big clam LOL.

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    power pole drag marks

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    Little more information, this is on a smaller lake in Arizona high country, it is not a bass lake and I have never seen a boat with power polls on it on the water. It could be a anchor drag trail but I was seeing them randomly around the lake, always in soft bottom. And the lake does have a clam population, some as large as your hand. If not a clam trail, I have no idea. They are never in a straight line. This lake has very dirty water and viability is only about 1 foot so no way to see it.
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    Motor skeg drag marks when the water level was lower. I see them a lot in shallow areas a long way from the shore done by those that don't have a clue of water depth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne P. View Post
    Motor skeg drag marks when the water level was lower. I see them a lot in shallow areas a long way from the shore done by those that don't have a clue of water depth.
    14' of water and the lake has not been that low in my memory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by azbohunter View Post
    14' of water and the lake has not been that low in my memory.
    Disturbed bottom marks can last for decades if there is no heavy current to erase them.

    I still see bulldozer track marks on the bottom of one lake that was opened to fishing in Jan 1989.

    Another one has vehicle tire tracks at are at least 15 years old made during lake construction.



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