Members CoachB Posted March 17, 2016 Members Posted March 17, 2016 I arrived in Branson yesterday on mostly a family trip but with narrow morning windows to hopefully do a little wade fishing below the dam by weeks end. Guess they better shut all that water down. We wouldn't want them to kill off too much of the shad population!! Conservation first..that's my motto!!
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 17, 2016 Author Root Admin Posted March 17, 2016 It would be wonderful if the Corps would open the gates one day every two weeks, January through June, just to give our trout a dose of threadfins! That would be sweet!! Grumpy53 1
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 17, 2016 Author Root Admin Posted March 17, 2016 I do sympathize with the angler who picks a day or three to come and fish Taney and gets 5 gates as a greeting. If there's a boat involved, it wouldn't be so bad... but then to get a rush of millions of morsel of meat to flood the fishery filling the bellies of fish so that they won't even look at another helping--that's another strike against you. Today is one of those days you'd hear, "You should have been here yesterday." The first run of shad was awesome fishing. After that, not so much. Then to be here 1-4 days after the gates are shut--back to awesome. And that awesomeness should continue for quite some time. marcus 1
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 17, 2016 Author Root Admin Posted March 17, 2016 I heard that question... when are they going to shut the gates? Table Rock crested last night at 8 p.m. 916.73 feet. It has dropped to 916.52 feet. I honestly don't know if the Corps will run the water at this rate till TR is down to 915 feet... I wouldn't think so. With the only flow into the lake coming from the James Arm - and a little from Beaver - I'd think TR would start to drop faster as the hours tick on. May be - MAY BE - by Saturday the Corps will slow the flow by shutting the gates. But I think they would slow the flow down to 1-2 units until it does get down to power pool - 915. PA - rain is in the forecast for next week.
podum Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 Question. With the mild winter, has there been a shad kill? Or are the live shad just swept by the generation current through the dam? I wish I had more time more than I wish I had more money.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 18, 2016 Author Root Admin Posted March 18, 2016 Over the gates, not through the turbines. But Babler told me they've seen dead/dying shad on TR. Gates are now shut.
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