Shoreline Vegetation

[bigredbirdfan]

I was observing the shoreline from Silver Dollar City on Sunday and noticed two things

1) Water is Still High

2) Many tress around Indian Point shoreline are brown and dying

Is there going to be long term detriment to the vegetation around shoreline of Table Rock due to this prolonged high water? Are trees brown and dying all over the lake? Looks kind of concering to me.

[Whack'emGood]

BRBF,

Yes, there are alot of trees and bushes dying all around the lake. You can really see them now as the water drops. I would say about 1/3 of the stuff that was/is in the water (that is not usually in it) appears to be dying or dead. It is kind of sad.

Someone wrote an interesting post a few weeks after the water came up about which species of trees will make it and which will likely die. I can't remember in exactly which thread it was, but it was interesting and informative for sure. I think I will go back and look for it.

The good news (I like it, anyway) is that they are dropping it pretty fast now. It is only about 7 1/3 feet over pool now, and dropping about 1/3 of a foot every day. My brushpiles will soon be fishable!!

Whack'em

[bigredbirdfan]

Wackem

Maybe the Corps will cut em down and make more brush piles for your pleasure?

[cjones10]

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?s...c=11719&hl=

Here's the thread Whack'em was referrring to.

[Whack'emGood]

BRBF - yeah, that would be sweet. Make lemonade out of the lemons!

cjones - yeah, that's it. Interesting. Hopefully most will fare better than expected. Hate to lose that beautiful shoreline view -- not to mention the other obvious environmental benefits that those trees provide.

[Trav]

If the corp guys do cut down the dead trees, you will see alot more scrub brush and grass along the shoreline due to the extra sun light. Will introduce a new way to fish the lake. Unfortunely, it will also increase the growth of algae and make the lake more vulnerable to exotic plants. With Table Rock being so deep, I think we should be safe from widespread trouble. Anyway you look at it, I think it will open more opportunity than not. Will be interesting to see what the future has in store. That's for sure.

The brush beater fisheman will definately be scratching thier heads. Haha

[Sam]

I fished two tournaments at Watts Bar Lake in eastern Tennessee. That lake was built in 1941 and they cleared the whole valley before it flooded and everything else has had time to rot out in 65+ years. There's no standing timber, no brushpiles, no cover at all.

They build houses right on the shoreline there, and most of the fishing is around the docks - which are on pilings, not floaters. I didn't hardly know how to fish it, and I didn't like it much.

I imagine our lakes will get that way in time, except we'll have brushpiles to fish as long as they keep adding them.