MSUFisherBear Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 in hoping this next round of rain is a fast mover and spares us this time. I know an inch or two will still be enough to put us right back in a pickle. That being said, I've never really fished on Taney after a high water event and had some questions. 1) How long until the water starts clearing? I'm banking on this being a fairly fast process given the lakes dynamics. 2) How does this affect the warm water species? Do fish tend to move up lake? Down lake? Remain pretty stationary? 3) what will this do to the cover in the lake? I love fishing wood cover and had started to get some pretty good ideas on places, but my guess is given the lake bottom and typical lake currents from water release that this can change pretty drastically. There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. ~Washington Irving
Moswimb8slinger Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 With the dam maintaining 62k flow, I would fish the coves and creek arms. It's still a pretty swift flow in the main channel and probably wouldn't do any good while drifting at 10+ mph.lol MSUFisherBear 1
MSUFisherBear Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 Yeah I didn't figure. Do you know if the water clears up pretty fast, or will it keep it's dinginess? It seems like I remember reading after 2015 that the water kind of kept a little bit of a turbidity (don't know if that's exactly the right term). Personally I like the little bit of extra color (choclate milk not so much) but I wasn't sure what my window of opportunity would be there. I'm guessing from all I've read that TR is probably going to maintain a decently high output for quite a while, even after the gates are shut back off. I guess that brings up another question... does anyone know if Empire keeps a generation schedule like the corps does? I assumed not since it's privately held, but it'd be nice to know (both for Taney and BS). There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. ~Washington Irving
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted May 3, 2017 Root Admin Posted May 3, 2017 If Table Rock is generating, Powersite will. MSUFisherBear 1
Moswimb8slinger Posted May 10, 2017 Posted May 10, 2017 Even if Powersite doesn't generate, it will come over the top. MSUFisherBear and Phil Lilley 2
Members everyday44 Posted May 11, 2017 Members Posted May 11, 2017 Even if Powersite doesn't generate, it will come over the top. It's been going over the top of the dam already. Got a video of it, the water is almost level actually on both sides. MSUFisherBear 1
MSUFisherBear Posted May 11, 2017 Author Posted May 11, 2017 Thanks for the info guys. That had always been a curiosity of mine, especially during times that we aren't quite so water logged and don't see a constant generation pattern.Good to know I can check in one spot for both locales. Thanks again! There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. ~Washington Irving
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