Thread: Sardis Lower Lake

More fish go thru that spillway than u would think. Biologist have said the amount of fish caught in a year is not a drop in the bucket compared to what goes out the spillway. I have also heard that on average 80 % of harvestable fish are either caught or go thru the spillway in one year. Harvestable meaning above legal size limit. With that being said, why in the world would they move the length down to 11 inches! I know I have gotten way off topic but it's just something to think about. Also, I really don't know what to think about biologist after hearing there butla reports the last few years.

Originally Posted by 27458

My point was more to the fact that as a % of total crappie in the upper lake, not that many get sucked down. They're just all corralled up in such a small body of water which makes it easy picking for trolling. Maybe a lot more go down than I think. As long as a few stick around up top for single pole fishing, I'm good to go.

Why cant you single pole fish on the lower lake and get in on the easy pickings?

Originally Posted by Handicrappie

Why cant you single pole fish on the lower lake and get in on the easy pickings?

Oh I could. I just prefer fishing the stumps and cypress trees if the water ever gets to that point. I generally catch a limit most days if the wind don't blow me away. I stay down around Holiday lodge and just prefer not driving down to the lower lake if I can keep from it. But that said, I caught lots of fish earlier down by the damn last year before moving to the trees later on. Getting less and less structure to fish each year. man, if 80% of fish are going down the spillway they ought to put a screen up or something to prevent that! Where do they all end up? MS river?

Habitat day is February 15. Good chance tp help put out structure.

Originally Posted by jigflinger

Habitat day is February 15. Good chance tp help put out structure.

Somebody done jumped the gun. There is a lot of new Xmas trees allready out there.

Originally Posted by 27458

Oh I could. I just prefer fishing the stumps and cypress trees if the water ever gets to that point. I generally catch a limit most days if the wind don't blow me away. I stay down around Holiday lodge and just prefer not driving down to the lower lake if I can keep from it. But that said, I caught lots of fish earlier down by the damn last year before moving to the trees later on. Getting less and less structure to fish each year. man, if 80% of fish are going down the spillway they ought to put a screen up or something to prevent that! Where do they all end up? MS river?

Looks like your in luck on being able to fish and launch from Techville for a while with all this new water.....

Originally Posted by Handicrappie

Looks like your in luck on being able to fish and launch from Techville for a while with all this new water.....

They gonna drain it as fast as they can to keep it on rule.....unless they got ahold of some of that legal marijuana.......im sure its quite a mess right now anyway....

You can put in at holiday now with no problem. Just left there a few minutes ago and its come up about 4 bank feet overnite