Quote Originally Posted by bird down View Post
I will bite on this and try to give my opinion. I think the lake absolutely got pounded last summer by fisherman. I also think a good many fish died when the water got so low. I could smell them from the mud hole off of interstate 55. It may have been land locked at the time but that is the same fish that swim in butla. I think a lot of fish went through the spillway due to extremely low water. With that what is left? I honestly believe there is only 15 percent of the crappie population compared to the prior year. You take all that and then give them a place to hide and there you go. Fishing sux. Btw handi, the year you spoke of that water was so high I actually did really well. This year I have only been 4 times, in prime conditions, and caught one fish.
It's a good thing all them big ones got whacked last summer. I would hate to have seen them all die to low water or going through the spillway. At least some of them got put to good use.