Quote Originally Posted by Snapperking View Post
I had a tva employee explain to me how the current works at the bridges a few years ago , I have no way of knowing if it is the real reason but for what its worth, he said that if you are at lets say the Browns creek bridge and the current is running out toward the north side or the dam side of the bridge it is because Guntersville is pulling and Nickajack dam in Chattanooga isn't sending. If the water is running the other way back south toward the power lines it means Guntersville is not sending or pulling but nickajack is. AND if there is little or no current it is because both are sending at the same time. That doesn't explain to me why sometimes it will run one direction for about 25 or 30 min then change and go the opposite way. All I know is when its doing that you usually catch fish when the current slows as its changing direction
That is kind of the way I've always understood it. I just never am able to get in the groove with why they do it when they do. And like there are some days like the day I was there last that they should have been pulling out rather than pushing back. It is confusing, ain't it.