What is causing the spillway water at Enid to smell like sewer water ?
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What is causing the spillway water at Enid to smell like sewer water ?
Real question is all.the shorts, any idea how long it takes a 11 3/4 inch fish grow to 12? Just curious as I'm catching a lot of 11 3/4 on Grenada, Sardis and Enid
The smell comes from decaying, rotted vegetation that was flooded. And now that they are pulling the lakes down to summer pool that stuf is circulated by the current caused by the drawdown and coming off the bottom it goes out the spill way. The agitation of the water releases those gasses.
That makes sense. I just have never smelled it before.
Hydrogen sulfide from the bottom of the lake. It got there like cray said.
Happens every year on all of them I quess. Really bad when you have had a low water summer and then the next year is hi.
Tiger, a lot of those shorts will be keepers by fall!!
Arkabutla is the worst, if you go down this fall when they start the winter drawdown it sometimes is so bad you can't stay down by the spillway.
Seems Enid has had this short fish thing going on for the past 3-4 years. For some reason it appears they get harvested as fast as they get to 12.25", but I don't think that really happens. A few survive but next year same ole thing. Maybe the spillway gets em in the fall.
I don't care if people catch 3000 11 3/4" fish a day. And only keep 1 keeper. Don't NEVER change it back to 11" keepers. Those fish will be over 12 this fall.
Maybe!! I only keep a few, now and then. Since all the talk about the wardens checking all the crappie for length, we have gone to 12.25"- Avg. is 1 keeper per 6/7 Crappie. They are fun to catch, but I like to eat a few sometimes.
Enid's 12" rule is about to pay off. Everyone needs patience or go fish Grenada. When Sardis was 12 then went to 11 got your limit in 15 catches. If Enid went to 11 it would be same outcome. Just give it time there coming.
I doubt we will ever see another change to 11 inches.
Heck it ought to go up to 13".:yikes:popcorn Just my:twocents
12" is just right!!
That would stir things up and hurt our freezers, at Enid those fish won't make 13 before winter and many of them would fall victim to the spillway in the winter. It is amazing how many go through the gates, literlly tons each year, some years are really bad!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SlabLapper4sure
I talked to a guy the other day. He only fishes Enid spillway in the fall and winter.