summer depth

Just for example this is tville data if this data is accurate could fish still hold in deep water below 10' with no or little oxygen?Just trying to get your valued opinions. Thanks Doug




WATER QUALITY DATA FOR TAYLORSVILLE LAKE (TVL)
(7/4/2011)


Time: 1530
Pool Elevation: 547.05
Thermometer Air Temperature: F° ( C°)
Meter Readings: Air Temperature: F° ( C°)
Meter Dissolved Oxygen: mg/L
Tailwater Temperature: 73.8 F° (23.2 C°)
Tailwater Dissolved Oxygen: 9.3mg/L



Depth Temp Oxygen
0 86.4F° (30.2C°) 8.7
5 84.2F° (29.0C°) 8.8
6 83.5F° (28.6C°) 7.0
7 82.8F° (28.2C°) 6.1
8 81.5F° (27.5C°) 4.8
9 81.3F° (27.4C°) 4.0
10 81.0F° (27.2C°) 3.4
15 78.3F° (25.7C°) 0.0
16 77.0F° (25.0C°) 0.0
17 76.1F° (24.5C°) 0.0
18 75.6F° (24.2C°) 0.0
19 75.0F° (23.9C°) 0.0
20 74.3F° (23.5C°) 0.0

Arca .... I'm a little skeptical of that chart. I mean, where's the data for 11 thru 14ft ?? And why is the tailwater DO so high, when the water is likely coming from a depth that the chart is saying has no DO ?? There's no turbines in the T-ville dam, just a gate, so water pressure & gravity are the only things pushing water thru it ... so there's not much chance for aeration to take effect, in that short drop down the spillway.

One thing it does tell me, which I'm already familiar with, from past experience ... is that the thermocline is around the ~15ft depth range. But, even that is suspect, since the 11-14ft range info is missing.
And, if (as I suspect) these readings are taken at the Dam ... and the outflow is very low, and thus not creating any mixing current ... it would seem to indicate that the lake is stagnating from lack of much new water entering the lake.

I will have to say, however, that in all the years I fished T-ville (Spring/Summer/Fall) ... I rarely caught fish below 15ft deep, so I rarely fished deeper than 15ft.

... cp :cool:

This is a great post and question. I agree with Crappiepappy. I very seldom fish during the summer below 15'. Good info. Curious where you got the info on the lake? Taylorsville used to be a very good crappie lake. Today I would rate in fair to good. With the numbers above, if they are accurate. I would fish from 6'-10' deep.
Bassky

All that info is available here
Louisville District Daily Lake Report
go to lake of choice and look around. Those depths and oxygen levels seem reasonable to me.I never find much activity deeper than 15' in the summer months.
I would think any water below a dam would be re-oxygenated as the water came through the spill way

http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/wq/tvltext.html

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

I agree Tville was really good for awhile.I lost my fishing partner a couple yrs ago and lost interest in fishing.Getting the itch to go again so just trying to gather some info where to start.thanks for the replies and hope the links help.I'm only 15min from Tville so i put up with the fair fishing hard to afford to go anyplace else.

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Originally Posted by arca54

I agree Tville was really good for awhile.I lost my fishing partner a couple yrs ago and lost interest in fishing.Getting the itch to go again so just trying to gather some info where to start.thanks for the replies and hope the links help.I'm only 15min from Tville so i put up with the fair fishing hard to afford to go anyplace else.

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I feel your pain. I've had the same thing happen a couple of times, I almost sold everything but I'm glad now that I didn't.
Just move around and keep at it, you'll find some better fish.