Been a while since I've seen Sardis this high so early. Likely to keep rising with all this rain this week. I love it!
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Been a while since I've seen Sardis this high so early. Likely to keep rising with all this rain this week. I love it!
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Wouldn't be surprised to see Butla go over by Sunday if they get the predicted rains.
It is spreading them out for sure!!!!
Oh Well, What a difference a year can make.
We're setting up for a flood situation if we get a lot of water in the upper Mississippi
My son measured the water at the emergency spillway at Butla yesterday..Said it was 6 ft from the top
Times like this is why they do the winter draw down. Crappie are gonna have plenty of places to do there thing this year for sure.
No doubt, gonna be plenty of places to fish if you can get a boat in the water, lot of ramps may be under water.Quote:
Originally Posted by hotrod1
Not really at Sardis that I know about. I'd love to be able and put in at Wyatt's during the spawn. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
At Grenada if we get to 220 there will be several that will be underwater, don't think 220 is a stretch either.
Been sitting here all day watching Butla steady climb up even with gate open at 1100+. I got 1 3/4 already today and going to be worse tonight and tomorrow. So with river high as it is and all the water coming down south and west of us I have no doubt she will get close if not top over by next week.
Well it sounds like a "cow pissing on a flat rock out there"!!!!!
Never heard that before. [emoji4]Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
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These high water levels will have me trying all sorts of new places this year for sure.
Water to low, can’t use ramps. Water’s too high, can’t use ramps. Y’all need to get it together up there! Hahaha
Seriously though, I’ll say a prayer for anyone in the potential flood zone. I hope it stays high enough to give em a good spawn but doesn’t put water in anyone’s house.
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Crazy ain't it!!!!!
Gonna be a good spawn for sure and will put me fishing some places that I fished the first year I fished Grenada, 1983. Remember that year well and the old hwy 7 will be hot this year I bet, break out the waders!!!!
Arkabutla is up almost 2 feet higher then it was this time yesterday and it rained hard here pretty much all night. Pretty amazing that if it goes over the flood stage of 238.3 feet this will be the 3rd time since 2011. From 1943 - 1999 it only went over the emergency spillway 6 times in that 56 year span. I don't know about 2000 - 2010 if it ever reached 238.3 or better. I'm sure when it was first built and for the first 30 or 40 years the lake held quite a bit more water then it does now though. Either way bring it on, I love the high water, had and absolute blast in 2016.
Been out here 11 years and never seen it backed up like this, had over 4 inches in the last 12 hours.
At dark last night I had 1 3/4 in gauge. Just checked this morning and had 5 inches in it. All this runoff goes straight into head waters of the cold water. So this will take about a week to get to Butla. And still got more to come.
Get your jig pole and waders out. That going to be full of fish. How long it take that to go down after the rain stops?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Is that Turkey Creek, John?
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No, it's a pond that drains into Turkey about 300 yards below the dam. More water going in the pond than it can drain got it backed up, hope it don't wash the dam out. I'll take some pics of Turkey after a little while when I go to town.Quote:
Originally Posted by armyman
Thanks, John. Pics would be appreciated.
Butla up a foot in 6 hours over night, here she goes, won't take long at that rate.
Google map would help.
Lakes doing what they were built for. Holding water and lots of room for more based on the % full.
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27458, you are 100% correct! We as fishermen have to make the best of the water levels we are dealt, high or low, and don't lose sight of the fact that a lot of people in the delta depend on the COE to do their job. In the end, it makes us better fishermen to adapt with the present conditions. My 2 cents.
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