Did they drop the lake?

[BillT]

Son-in-law and his cousin was told they were dropping the lake last week end.  They had to take out their boats. How far did they drop the lake?

[Blazerman]

Alot. I was down there the last two weekends and was surprised by the big draw down. Looked like a couple feet. Totally shut down the topwater bite for a bunch of the local pros who were doing well in the Costa FLW. 

https://www.flwfishing.com/news/2017-10-16-top-10-patterns-from-lake-of-the-ozarks

[BillT]

Thanks, sure makes me glad I have a tinboat. But it sure disrupts the fishing, I know. Once had a guy tell me a draw down didn't hurt the fishing. I knew that was wrong and the week proved it was wrong. Caught one nice fish and blanked the rest of the week.

[Yakalong]

Went out tonight (Thursday) and it was down at least a couple of feet up around the 3 mm

[WeekendWarrior]

The lake has only dropped a foot since beginning of October.

[fishinwrench]

657-ish is pretty low for mid-October, especially since Truman is at regular pool.    I don't understand the games they play with the lake level here anymore.   

If you're a mid-lake guy it doesn't matter so much, but for us upper-enders it's frustrating as hell. 

[Old plug]

I cannot help but wondervof ot os not connected to these reinforcong repaors going on

[fishinwrench]

All of the reinforcing is (was) going on BELOW the dam.  No work being done on the lake side I don't think.  

[Old plug]

I am going to look it up there was something in the paper thos past spring about cables. they had drawings of what they were planning I think there were lake side cables represented

[Bushbeater]

You have to really watch it on the Niangua above 54 bridge. The stick ups and mud flats are getting some boaters. I watched a 30+ foot yacht work at getting unstuck for almost an hour last weekend. As a side note some of the smaller resort and community ramps are becoming unusable and the fishing has sucked.