Wading If There Are 3 Or 4 Units Running?

[BigFishOn]

Hey, I am planning on come down to fish on Thursday. I wade fish the upper lake and was needing some places to fish if they are running 3-4 units. Can someone help me out?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

I would advise to fish the 3 outlets... also completely across from chute3 on the other side of the river can be fun fishing.

You should check the LT upper end maps that Phil has made for this site. They are pinned at the top of this page.

( also, hope and prey for 2 units or less / keep those fingers crosses )

[Phil Lilley]

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=30209

Aeronikl posted this:

The SWPA generation schedules web page shows the potential for each dam/powerhouse in their system. I don't pretend to have any inside knowledge - but while each "unit" can run up to the 80 MW, they normally run multilple units at lower outputs - like now, they are running 2 units to only get 30-40 MW's, or down to less than 25. The only things that matter if you plan on wading are the CFS flow rate (directly tied to the MW's being generated) and the tailwater elevation - directly . Since "0" flow elevation of the tailwater is just over 701', subtacting from the current elevation available on the Taneycomo realtime web page or on the computer generated message you can call - you can get the additional depth of the water you will be wading in or around. The flooding this year really changed the river at the top end. Phil Lilley, Leonard and many others have documented this very well - but I will only add that it is definately wider, flatter and more shallow - and I find it very accessable and fishable at 1-2 units - up to 704.5', with flows below 2800 cfs. That doesn't mean you can wade everywhere, but you can get away from the bank in many places and strip streamers or nymph with lighted indicators and not be limited to banging the outlets at night. If you look at the report closely, you will see they change the flows every hour - up and down, as they need to match the power requirements - and you can see and feel the difference. I've never seen so many people wade fishing in so many different locations with the flows we are seeing this weekend.

Apologies to the fellow who asked about wading during generation- started a post earlier this evening and I tried to merge it with this topic... it must have deleted it. Never had a problem before. Sorry.

But this should help.

As for wading the past few days with this generation - I'm not expert but there are those who wade below the dam and they should chime in a give some advice.

[duckydoty]

Might try Bull Creek this time of year if they are generating

[DaddyO]

DD,

Are you talking about where Bull Creek runs into TaneyComo? How far up Bull Creek do the trout run?

[duckydoty]

They go way up this time of year when the water temps of the creek get cold

[DaddyO]

All the way up to State Hwy F and beyond?

[duckydoty]

I would imagine so. I've caught them just below highway F

[DaddyO]

Is it wade able water there? And would I need to worry about trespassing if I waded Bull Creek? Could I expect some solitude or is this a creek that sees a lot of pressure?

[duckydoty]

There is a place to access behind the gas station in that little subdivisionand its not too crowded. Some of the guides use it as their secret spot to Wade fish clients when there is lots of generation.