The Navy sent me here in 1968, my last tour of duty, retired in 71 and stayed. That was the year before they started to fill the lake so I saw it dry. I forget the year but a friend got in a helo and took pixs when it was pulled way down and they planted duck grass one year, I forget what year so I have pixs of it with water just in the creek from Collinsville point north so I do know a little about the lake. Anyway back in those days for me there was only 1 fish in the water, bass. A couple of pixs from back then. The first is 30 bass, 100 lbs that 3 of us pig and jiged on 1 Jan., can't remember what year.



This is another big mess from the next winter with a 27 lb flathead I caught on a jig & pig.