Thread: Lake Conway Winter Pool Drawdown

Dan,
You are quoting from an old plan. A new plan was written and approved this Spring. We even had a public meeting about the new plan. Remember when Matt and I stopped by early this Spring to invite you and you said that you would come to the meeting? The new plan addresses the FTN Hydrology research and report that was conducted over the last couple of years. Our goal is to have the lake down by November 15th each year. It has been this way since I have been in the district. If I open 5 gates on Sunday, it should be down sometime the next week, at or before the 16th. Five gates is a compromise from extending the drawdown too much and dropping the bottom out too fast. As I said previously, hopefully it will be stabilized by the following weekend. I will be sure to drop you off a new plan the next time I come over there. And since you asked, I will not be able to fish this Friday, due to running nets on Lake Conway. This is part of a research project that is assessing the effectiveness of Lake Conway Nursery Pond crappie stockings. We have OTC marked and are stocking 200,000 crappie into the lake today. I will be off next Friday, but if Lake Conway is not right because of the drawdown, I will go fish another lake. Because we are blessed to live in an area that has several good crappie lakes within a short distance. Lake Conway isn't the only lake that you can catch crappie on during this time of year. Thanks for the inquiry Dan.