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Water condition

Submitted by muskiehunter24 on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 18:59.
How is the water condition on the lake.. I an going to try and fish wednesday. Just wanted to know how things are...
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thanks for that info ...how

Submitted by fatstevebmx on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:27.

thanks for that info ...how come letting water out affects fishing on the lake..

ive always fished just for fun.. i never got into alot of the specifics of it.only since last summer have i started really trying to learn more so i could understand fishing and how fish do what they do .so sorry if my questions are  a little uneducated but id like to know

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Well.....

Submitted by TimG on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 01:54.
Well, think of it this way:  If you were a fish and the water level started dropping, would you stay in the shallows or would you head to deeper water until things returned to normal?  Fishermen have a tendency to fish shallow because the fish are easier to make contact with.  Your average weekend bass guy turns his back to the lake and casts at targets on the shore, and the weekend musky guy heads to the bays and does much the same thing, often disregarding the many variables which affect fish location.  "Pulling" or "drawing down" a lake is a good example of this.  As the water level drops, fish move out of the shallows and set up on channel edges etc.  Experienced bass guys will tell you when the water is falling you need to fish secondary points in deeper water etc.  With this in mind, you can see why burning a rattle trap in a couple of feet of water at the back of a bay when the lake level is falling, probably isn't going to pay off too well.  It would have to feel pretty danged uncomfortable to a fish, don't you think?   Some will tell you that the fish get in a neutral mood as well.  They can still be caught, it's just harder and requires a different approach.  I know this is a little vague, but hopefully you get the idea.
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i understand

Submitted by fatstevebmx on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 06:54.

i understand completely..thanks for the detailed answer.

i dont ever fish the main part of the lake.i also stick to the coves and shorelines.ill start trying to hit some of the different spots were the old riverbed was.and i have all the maps of the lake showing all the structure.hopefully i land alot more

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Not laughing, but the lake

Submitted by C.C. on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 11:26.
Not laughing, but the lake is a flood control lake that has to be regulated after hard rains. When the water exceeds summer pool, the Core of Engineers open the lock on the Dam and start releasing water. It depends on how much over summer pool how hard they pull on the lake. If they are pulling more than a thousand CFS (cubic feet per second), the fishing is tough. Anything at or below one thousand CFS, the fishing isn't too bad. Try this web site and look at Cave Run and it tells you the current water level and the outflow the Dam is generating... www.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/reports/lkreport.html
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The water is high and 48

Submitted by C.C. on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 00:48.
The water is high and 48 degrees. They will start pulling the lake pretty hard!! Fishing will suck for a while.
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dont laugh..but what does

Submitted by fatstevebmx on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 04:37.
dont laugh..but what does pulling the lake mean.. never heard that term
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