Spawning Fish Action

[Stan Wright]

Friday, 19 June.

Chris said the water was down several feet from Wednesday. They launched at 7:30 AM and it was even lower when they returned at noon.

It was so shallow at the boat ramp he had to use the electric motor to get back to the ramp. Churning up mud all the way. They backed the trailer as far out as possable and then had to crank the boat on. He figured the water off the end of the ramp was about 2 feet deep and falling fast.

Chris said it will be too shallow to launch our boat by tomorrow.(Saturday)

Fishing was good today.... Lots of spawners..... Guess it's time to dust off the Kayaks.

[fish4fun]

Will the low water kill the spawn this year?

[Stan Wright]

I figure we've already had a pretty good spawn this year. After they fix the drain plug in the dam and the water starts rising again, that should trigger another spawn cycle.

I'm kind of worried about the limited amout of water in the lake, higher temperatures, and an algi bloom from all the nutrient rich water dumped into the lake from the sewage plant will cause oxygen depletion and we'll have a fish kill.

I heard that they are already planning to add one of those fish airerators to the lake. Probably down by the main basin. If that adds oxygen to the water, it might be a great thing to fish around.