i think the turnover is in progress

[Bradsnation]

My water has that usual smell to it..

[J-Doc]

I doubt it. Water still in 80's.  If therequired is still a notable thermocline and fish still hanging out around 20ft or close to it, not yet.  

[laker67]

check your neighbors septic

 

[Bradsnation]

Pretty sure the turnover is from the cooling of the surface water. It becomes more dense. I know some of lakes in east Texas have already started turnover. Water has cooled 15 degrees in one month.  Just my 2 cents. Plus it doesn't effect fishing as much as some think. 

[Stump bumper]

My water has that usual smell to it..

What you are smelling and tasting that people refer to as "lake turnover" is dead algae, the result of life span that last throughout the warm months and like most plants die in the fall. They grow all through the lake during the summer and are too small to be strained out by the filters. Since the water treatment facilities on the lake don't take water off the top it really has nothing to with the lake "turning" just time for the flowers to die like the ones growing in my back yard. If you really want to taste the difference go to Grove and taste the Grand Lake water this time of year, Grand has such bad algae blooms that the health department bands swimming and skiing some years and you can really smell it in their drinking water. 

[Notropis]

Beaver Lake typically starts turning over (mixing) in Mid October on the upper end (river arms) and doesn't complete the process on the lower end (dam) until late November or early December.  Bradsnation is correct regarding the cause of the turn over.  The surface layer of water becomes as cold or colder than the water below the thermocline, causing it to sink and displace the water below thus mixing the lake from top to bottom.  Since Beaver is very deep and has very cold water close to the bottom, even in summer, it takes a while for the process to occur.  The upper end starts the process earlier because it's a lot shallower (compared to the lower end) and has a smaller volume of water, enabling it to cool off much earlier than the lower section. 

Even though the turn over is still many weeks away, the cooling surface temperatures will have an effect on the cool water fish, particularly the striped bass, much sooner. When the surface temperatures get below 70, the stripers can leave the thermal refuge close to the dam and start moving back to the middle parts of the lake where there's typically more forage.     

[Dan the fisherman]

"Even though the turn over is still many weeks away, the cooling surface temperatures will have an effect on the cool water fish, particularly the striped bass, much sooner. When the surface temperatures get below 70, the stripers can leave the thermal refuge close to the dam and start moving back to the middle parts of the lake where there's typically more forage"  

Notropis thanks for the info... I especially like the quote above   I can't wait for some big striper  

[J-Doc]

There are only a few stripers left in the lake and they are all small.  The bass are eating them.

 

Nothing to see here.....move along.   No big stripers.  Repeat, no big stripers.

[Dan the fisherman]

Ya ya!! That's what I meant Jdoc..  Lol. No striper here ?.