Lake Levels

[tellico4x4]

TVA sure pulled the plug on Pickwick in prep of all the storm rain. Was talking to a friend yesterday that lives at Pride Landing and said he could see stumps that he'd never seen before. All the glitter rockets had better be careful for a while.

 

[eyeseeker]

Hope they keep the gates closed there. I'm leaving today to head down for 5 days of sauger and walleye fishing.

 

[younggun308]

TVA sure pulled the plug on Pickwick in prep of all the storm rain. Was talking to a friend yesterday that lives at Pride Landing and said he could see stumps that he'd never seen before. All the glitter rockets had better be careful for a while.

Yikes.
How deep would those stumps normally be?

 

[tellico4x4]

Don't know but he's lived there 15 years

 

[Tn Joe]

They had Old Hickory was pulled down last weekend

 

[ImThere]

I always wondered why they pull them down if we're in a drought? They couldn't open the gates to match the rain fall? I guess it could overwhelm the dams?

 

[SEC]

I always wondered why they pull them down if we're in a drought? They couldn't open the gates to match the rain fall? I guess it could overwhelm the dams?

I don't think anyone wins if they have to open the gates.

 

[tellico4x4]

Hope they keep the gates closed there. I'm leaving today to head down for 5 days of sauger and walleye fishing.

Afraid you are in for some tough conditions. Tons of trash & debris in river along with muddy conditions...

Bottom pulled out of Pickwick yesterday & Wilson a foot over full pool today. Lots of debris in river including a camper floating in Shoals Creek this morning.

 

[RobbyW]

Ky lake is up today from yesterday but no where near full pool

 

[WTM]

Ky lake is up today from yesterday but no where near full pool

it most likely will be thursday.

 

[redblood]

Normandy went from 869 to 876. That right where it sits in summer pool

 

[killingtime 41]

I went to Cherokee Friday after work and it's all dead winter pool it looked like. It was much higher 2 weeks prior. I figured it would be up enough Friday to be where I need it to catch spawning fish. I was way off. Hope it comes up soon.

 

[Lt.Dan]

I just know all this rain has messed up my fishing.

 

[TRIGGER]

Ky lake was a little lower than I remember seeing it last Thursday. It's nice for marking things you usually can't see.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

Ky lake was a little lower than I remember seeing it last Thursday. It's nice for marking things you usually can't see.

That shouldn't last long since the river at Savannah was at or above minor flood stage after the weekend storms.

 

[Crow Terminator]

They dropped Watts Bar about 2-3 feet below normal winter pool levels. Dad was out fishing and said it dropped pretty fast too. They had a lot of trouble loading back on the trailer because the ramp end was on land when they got back. It wasn't that way when they launched....they had to go drive the truck and boat to another ramp several miles away just to load.

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

Hope they keep the gates closed there. I'm leaving today to head down for 5 days of sauger and walleye fishing.

I hate to be a Debbie Downer but your luck sounds like mine. I also scheduled a couple of days off this week to sauger fish and am already trying to decide what else I can do. I'll still fish for an hour or two one morning maybe but the river is already so blown out that there isn't but 2-3 places you could even consider trying to fish, and I'm pretty sure they'll all be so muddy it will be a waste of time. Stinks, because before all this rain they were biting really well.

 

[lol]

I just know all this rain has messed up my fishing.

Head east. Water isn't up as bad. Tellico is just a couple feet above winter pool and the river will be very fishable by the weekend.

 

[MickThompson]

I hate to be a Debbie Downer but your luck sounds like mine. I also scheduled a couple of days off this week to sauger fish and am already trying to decide what else I can do. I'll still fish for an hour or two one morning maybe but the river is already so blown out that there isn't but 2-3 places you could even consider trying to fish, and I'm pretty sure they'll all be so muddy it will be a waste of time. Stinks, because before all this rain they were biting really well.

The Cumberland got blown out and has stayed that way. Lake Cumberland in KY is almost 40' over winter pool again. I'm hoping this means the fish have a good spawn and we have a pile of measuring fish and lower flows in a few years.