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You guys think the fishing will rebound from the dam issue resulting in very low water levels within the next 5 years? I'm on the fence. My thoughts are that with the water being so low, what bait fish that are in there are probably going to get wiped out. The fish I caught from there were thin to begin with.
That’s just my luck. Finally found a place close to home that even I can catch fish from and now it’s probably gonna be ruined.
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Same situation here man
There some deep water in that lake, I think it will rebound fine.
I would bet you probably want see much of a difference. Crappie replenish fast in smaller lakes. If anything it may help just to get the numbers down.
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Maybe you guys are right. My concern was primarily about the baitfish getting depleted with the water being smaller.
Is this around Cullman ?
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How much did they draw it down? I can only find 1 article that said 20 feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
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Yes out East of Cullman.
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Originally Posted by Javelin 180
I'm not familiar with this lake but I do fish smaller lakes regularly and most don't have a lot of bait fish anyway. In my experience the main pray in these lakes are bream fry. Bluegill spawn many times a summer and that seems to be the most abundant food in the smaller lakes. Again I've never seen this lake so take that for what it's worth
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There are tons of green sunfish in DRR. I don't know how low it is, but a guy from over that way told me there wasn't much more water in it than there was before it was dammed up. If that's so, then it's more than 20 feet low.
What happened to the dam
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Guy told me they were fixing a leak in the dam.Quote:
Originally Posted by slabby
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I live near it and will try to go by one day soon and post a pic of the current water level. Last time I saw it, it looked to be down about 10 ft but they were probably still dropping the level. The lake is at least 100' deep in the main channel on the dam end and 50'+ on the other end so hopefully it can handle the drop.
I understand why they closed the lake for motor boats due to hazards but I'm not sure why its closed to kayaks or electric only boats who can't move fast enough to really be harmed by the newly exposed hazards.
Be great to get any updates, Thanks!
If they'd open it to kayaks I'd be all over low water conditions, that's my home turf anywhere!