Fishing Report And Sewage Question

[Guest]

Ozark Access- Saturday

We wade fished downstream of the camp.

Caught 20 on finesse worms, mostly 8-10" smallies.

Water was super clear and low.

Carver Access- Sunday

Waded downstream of the hwy bridge.

I immediately noticed some "brown, spongy, algae" type substance.

The lady at the Elk Center in Jasper told me not to wade 1 mile downstream of Pruitt.

This was due to raw sewage seeping into the Buffalo.

Have any of you witnesses this substance or is this normal?

[flytyer57]

I immediately noticed some "brown, spongy, algae" type substance.

The lady at the Elk Center in Jasper told me not to wade 1 mile downstream of Pruitt.

This was due to raw sewage seeping into the Buffalo.

Have any of you witnesses this substance or is this normal?

There was a failure at the pumping station in Marble Falls which was dumping raw sewage into Mill Creek. Mill Creek runs through Dogpatch and eventually empties out just downstream of the Pruitt access.

The National Park Service was supposed to put postings up at the accesses downstream of there to warn people of possible health risks.

I haven't been keeping up with this story, but the last time I heard, Marble Falls had no idea when they would be able to fix it because they were "broke."

[bobber]

the algae is always there it's above the problem also... mill creek got a pump loaned to them, to pump back up to the lift-station. and water testing is being monitored. how well, and whats showing up is the part nobodys talking about!

[Guest]

the algae is always there it's above the problem also

Can you elaborate on this?

I'm a little confused, is this a normal thing?