Thread: Dropping Watts Bar

Originally Posted by chimneyman

Not a fishing report , I started to go today but backed out. Looking out my back yard it looks like the lake is down about a foot from summer pool


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According to this site ( Watts Bar Lake Water Level ) it's a little over 2ft below Summer Pool ... having dropped about 3ft in 4 days.

Been running all 5 turbines plus 7 floodgates open for the past 2-3 days.

Wow, wish I had know this before putting in Sunday morning ... slow day.

Hope we can settle in soon.

Originally Posted by Two Dog

Wow, wish I had know this before putting in Sunday morning ... slow day.

Hope we can settle in soon.

Yep ... a 3ft drop over 4days will shut them down pretty good.

I think the lake should reach Winter Pool by the end of the month, barring any frog choker rains. And by Winter Pool, I mean around the 737 mark .... which seems to be the average level over the last few years. That's not the reported "minimum" Winter Pool depth of the TVA, which is 735.

Didn't they change when they set the timeframe for the Summer Pool, back around 2010 ?? Since then it seems like my keeper numbers dropped off, the throwback numbers have nearly disappeared, and the spawns have been nearly non-existent in the areas I used to find them. Maybe there's a connection, maybe not ... but it sure looks more than coincidental.

I'm referring to this : TVA officials have few answers for Watts Bar Lake users' questions | Local News | rheaheraldnews.com