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It makes for a rough fishing season...

Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by OHbowhunter, Aug 8, 2012.

  1. OHbowhunter

    OHbowhunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    When your lake looks like this.

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    Launch ramps...
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    Does anyone else's look like this?
     
  2. 1st Time Hunter

    1st Time Hunter Weekend Warrior

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    Not any that I have seen around here. That is just sad looking :(
     
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    Wow.
    But yet people still keep watering their grass lol.
    I honestly cannot believe that we have had almost no rain this year and i still see people watering their grass. I could care less if my grass dies i would like to make sure we have water to drink still

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    Looks like a great spot to go muddin'.
     
  5. Rick James

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    I just did a tournament last weekend on Champlain. It's the lowest I've ever seen it, but still not that bad. With that said the fishing is still really good in our area, the lower water is concentrating fish into the few spots that have really good milfoil.
     
  6. Vito

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    Is that a reservoir?

    Our lake levels are okay. The rivers could certainly be a little higher, but not terrible. The water temps have been a much bigger issue than the levels.
     
  7. OHbowhunter

    OHbowhunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I see the same thing around here.


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  8. OHbowhunter

    OHbowhunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Yes it's a reservoir.

    I'm not sure of the conditions downstream, it just sucks seeing a good Walleye Lake like this.


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  9. Jake/PA

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    I haven't been to the lakes around here lately but Im sure they are looking a little low. Last year they were really bad so can imagine its worse this year. We've been getting rain just at the right time for our gardens, crops and grass. Hope it gets better next summer or we might not have fish to catch or any water at all.
     
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    Trout Fishing out our way has been terrible. The streams and rivers are way done, if the the DEC gave a **** they would have closed the trout season alas they don't. Lake fishing has been decent for panfish and bass on the fly rod. What has been great this year is the fluke fishing from the surf...
     
  11. IowaBowhunter5

    IowaBowhunter5 Weekend Warrior

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    Our local lake (Rathbun Lake), doesn't look that bad at all. But, the rivers are a different story.
     
  12. MadMan

    MadMan Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I've never seen a lake that bad. I've seen some flowages in northern Wisconsin close to that bad.
     
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    Thats sad!
     
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    I'm sure it does. Its been a rough summer on the fish, and now there have been EHD outbreaks in two of the counties I hunt. Not good.
     
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    Wow that's dry!!!
     
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    We are low here but not that bad.
     
  17. Rancid Crabtree

    Rancid Crabtree Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Some of us in WI are that bad. This is a spring fed lake at my parent's house in Central WI. I grew up on this lake. Farmers are sucking this lake dry to save their crops. I feel for the farmers and dont have a problem with them drawing it down but its still sad.

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