Thread: Current state of Green River Lake

Originally Posted by Curlytail

If it's anything like the lakes here in Indiana. It will be back down to around normal by Memorial Weekend. You don't think they will let those recreational boaters suffer like they do us fishermen. Look at the $$ they would lose.

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Not to mention monies lost from overnight accommodations, restaurants, bait shops and fuel.


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Priorities for TVA lakes: 1. Flood Control, 2. Navigation, 3. Power Generation, 4. Water Quality and Supply, 5. Recreation, 6. Land Management.

Originally Posted by speckfinder;[emoji640

[emoji6][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]Priorities for TVA lakes: . Flood Control, . Navigation, . Power Generation, . Water Quality and Supply, [emoji6]. Recreation, [emoji6]. Land Management.

So you’re saying I should be more patient?


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Originally Posted by speckfinder

Priorities for TVA lakes: 1. Flood Control, 2. Navigation, 3. Power Generation, 4. Water Quality and Supply, 5. Recreation, 6. Land Management.

True ... but we're talking mostly about COE lakes in the state. Their priorities are flood control & water management.

there was a group of 10 of us that went this past week. we struggled to get a limit with the high water conditions. we put in at holmes bend and found fish but with wind it make it a struggle to stay on them. or you couldn't get to them in the back of the coves. water temp was 62 degrees

Originally Posted by Chachi

there was a group of 10 of us that went this past week. we struggled to get a limit with the high water conditions. we put in at holmes bend and found fish but with wind it make it a struggle to stay on them. or you couldn't get to them in the back of the coves. water temp was 62 degrees

So you turned the vehicle around in the picnic shelter entrance & backed the trailer down until the boat floated ??

Seriously though ... with the lake level staying at around 703 for the last 10days, it wouldn't surprise me if the fish are bedding back in the trees.

On an even less serious note : how do you pay to launch ?? I mean, the launch fee machine is a good 15-20 feet under water ... IF it's still there & wasn't taken out before the water got to it.

No conspiracy theorist here, but it does seem to be a bit on the coincidence side that the COE gave Holmes Bend Marina the control duty of the parking lot & launch ramp just before the flooding. SO, now they'll have to clean the parking lots of all the silt/mud & debris as the lake level drops below each lot level in the coming days & weeks of the drawdown. I do hope they will be compensated for that work.

lake levels are by the Corps of Engineers which is a federal government agency.
They don't care much about the local economy around the lake for the state.
Fishing there is privilege which means they could stop it at any time if they wish.

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

So you turned the vehicle around in the picnic shelter entrance & backed the trailer down until the boat floated ??

Seriously though ... with the lake level staying at around 703 for the last 10days, it wouldn't surprise me if the fish are bedding back in the trees.

On an even less serious note : how do you pay to launch ?? I mean, the launch fee machine is a good 15-20 feet under water ... IF it's still there & wasn't taken out before the water got to it.

No conspiracy theorist here, but it does seem to be a bit on the coincidence side that the COE gave Holmes Bend Marina the control duty of the parking lot & launch ramp just before the flooding. SO, now they'll have to clean the parking lots of all the silt/mud & debris as the lake level drops below each lot level in the coming days & weeks of the drawdown. I do hope they will be compensated for that work.

we launched on the main road and parked at the cabins. That is where we was staying for the week. No launch fee

Common carp was starting to spawn back in the coves aswell. Wind just made it a struggle to stay anchored or stay on spotlock with a 22ft lowe deckboat and 112 terrova.