Minimum Flow On Lake Taneycomo ?!?!

[Dave Cook]

As a wade fisherman I'm pretty skeptical that mimimum flow would benefit me. On Taneycomo, there are about 2 miles of wading water (river) and the rest is not. In Arkansas it's all river. During the past 10 -15 years we have had more drought years than flood years and I can see boaters on the White looking for some kind of help to make it thru the drought years. There is also a huge benefit to having extra water releases thru the hot weather months. I would think that protecting the temperature of the water to keep it below lethal levels 'x' miles downstream, would be a more important cause than just expecting minimum flow to fix everything.

My biggest concern is not how many cfs come thru Table Rock at any given time, on any given day, but the quality of the water. We are already fishing with low oxygen levels (less than 6ppm DO, see http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCDS/Repo...rofiles/do2.txt) and it will only get worse for the rest of the year. This is an issue that impacts everyone, is easy to quantify, and really shouldn't have any subjective opinions (as mine is on minimum flow). People may want to debate what the best remedies are to resolve the problem, but improving our quality of water (at the source of Taneycomo) to get the DO above toxic levels, will help the fish in upper Lake Taneycomo.

[gary2400]

Here is a good story on the issue. Looks like TR and Beaver aren't on tap any time soon.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_241221332.html

gary

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Great post! Thanks for putting that up. You're right, things look bleak for us.

Everyone, WATCH THE VIDEO. It explains a lot about the changes in Bull Shoals.

Also, read some of the comments. HaHa.

cheers, Brian