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Went down to Guntersville dam this evening just to see how much water they are letting through. 16 gates are open!!!! up to 157000 cu ft a sec going thru and going to 165000 tomorrow. It is and awesome sight but it is extremely rough at the Arab side boat launch and the water is full of logs and trash!! I could just see Ditch out in it with his yak in class 5 rapids conditions HA .Seriously I would not recommend anyone trying to get in that slop till they close a few gates off !!
Not me, I like nice flat water.
I'm to old for that kind of excitement and thrill seeking any more, LOL! :yikes
On the TVA app, they are showing that is is currently at 158,000 ft^3/s and will be at 165,000 at some point today. Wilson is releasing the most though...it is at almost 190,000.
Yeah it also becomes a cumulative effect, where you are getting all the push from Guntersville release and all the pull from the Wheeler release, thats some nasty current when both lakes have the flood gates open.
This is good advice. Kinda weird though since we were on the lake Monday and where we were (near 79 bridge) they were pushing the water up pretty strong.
I guess that they were just raising it a bit on that particular day.
I had a tva employee explain to me how the current works at the bridges a few years ago , I have no way of knowing if it is the real reason but for what its worth, he said that if you are at lets say the Browns creek bridge and the current is running out toward the north side or the dam side of the bridge it is because Guntersville is pulling and Nickajack dam in Chattanooga isn't sending. If the water is running the other way back south toward the power lines it means Guntersville is not sending or pulling but nickajack is. AND if there is little or no current it is because both are sending at the same time. That doesn't explain to me why sometimes it will run one direction for about 25 or 30 min then change and go the opposite way. All I know is when its doing that you usually catch fish when the current slows as its changing direction
Snapperking, it's almost like waiting on a slack tide when that is going on. Lol
That is kind of the way I've always understood it. I just never am able to get in the groove with why they do it when they do. And like there are some days like the day I was there last that they should have been pulling out rather than pushing back. It is confusing, ain't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapperking