Water levels???

[Guest]

Anyone heard when the h2o is coming up, I' can't get into my fishin hole LOL

 

[DHaun]

This should help - Looks like by early to mid May it should be back up.
This is also in CFF links for future reference:

http://www.tva.com/river/lakeinfo/op_guides/chickamauga.htm

 

[polo-dog]

Right now the water is about 2-2.5 feet below summer pool I would expect. It looks like it has been coming up every day since the beginning of the month. I just looked at the DHaun link and I was right, every day it's been coming up just a little.

 

[Guest]

That's good new's, thanks for the info

 

[DoubleB]

Looks like they are bringing it up too late for the bluegill/Shellcracker spawn... That's one hole gone...

 

[Guest]

My thoughts exactly. I like to take my 10 year old daughter to this spot up here on the hiwassee and let her ear the blugill out, but not gonna happen till we get some more water
emoLaugh

 

[flip1up]

Last year at the Crackerfest we were catching nice 1/2 pounders in water that was 1 foot deep or less. I'm going to try the same area, the same depth for starters. It may be out in the slough a little farther but I think they will not be far from where they were last year.

 

[Davo]

flip1up - 4/18/2007 9:08 AM

Last year at the Crackerfest we were catching nice 1/2 pounders in water that was 1 foot deep or less. I'm going to try the same area, the same depth for starters. It may be out in the slough a little farther but I think they will not be far from where they were last year.

But I know your secret hole flip. This might be a good time for some good old blackmail.emoPoke

 

[flip1up]

I thought maybe you had forgotten that. All I can tell you is if your in those two 12 year old boys fishing hole when they start chunkin those DD22s ( great Shellcracker bait)........ DUCK emoEvil

 

[TennesseeTalker]

I went to the lake yesterday after work and the girls and I took a jaunt around several places to check them out. The water is definitely higher than the last time I was there but still has a ways to go to full pool. Our swimming hole is at least swimable and I suspect if another weekend of warm goes through we can be over that way swimming by the 2nd weekend of May! YIPPIE!

Also walked over to the sloughs behind the tennis courts and pool in HBSP. Me and the girls discovered a styrofoam bucket of minnows stashed behind some rocks .. obviously planted for someone to come back and fish later that evening. I thought .. MAN .. where's my pole when I need it!!! The girls and I were exercising some so I didn't take my Fat Albert beauty intentionally. Being that close to water would curtail my exercise into a single appenditure workout! After all you don't need your legs to toss a line!

Some fella was fishing on the east side of the slough, I hollared asking if he was catching anything .. I don't know what he said but I didn't see any action while I was stomping around over there. A boat at the opening of slough was making its way around but I didn't recognize the person .. too far away for my OLD eyes to clearly see.

So me and the girls walked back to the car and went over to the picnic area and went across the sandbar to the island. All in all a nice little 45 minute adventure. The girls loved it! Didn't get one single tick and only brought home one wayward inch worm.

Sure was nice outside ...

But the water now is OKAY ... if it doesn't go any lower. Anything lower and I doubt my swimming hole would be much fun. I mean .. the girls swimming hole.

TT