02-04-2007, 05:02 PM
we can expect a short term boom in the fishing as the fish will be trapped in land locked holes. Bodies of missing persons will be found(one always shows up when a river or lake is drained).
Cumberland lake is relitivly new as far as lakes go, it is man maid and is just about 50 years old.
Look for large cats, stripers, carp,
look in old cabins and cars for trapped fish. Yes these things are in the cumberland and was there when it was flooded.
Problem, you will need to use a small rowboat, one that you can carry. since the lake was trapped between mountains there will be steep reveins.
I would be curious to know if the trees that were stinding during the flooding stage are still standing. they made for a great fishery. tho I am sure it played heck on troller rigs.
50 years is plenty of time to grow a few substantial specimens. and yes these fish in trapped ponds will need to be caught because there wont be enough resorces, especialy oxigen. they will just lay rot and stink if ya dont.
after the repairs are done, you can experience a two year lull during the refilling process. tho this may be a bit of a pocket book breaker for marinias, it offers them a chance to redo their old structures and build new ones while the water table is down.
I am sure the old road ways are for the most part a wash out and will be dangerously tretous to travel even with 4x4s. The roads will be much like what the northern states experience every spring when the frost in the ground melts and destablezes road bases, creates giant sink holes, some of wich wont be seen untill traveled upon and colapses under the weight of traffic. Land slides will be a big problem because the mortor of sand and clay and one time vegitation holding the sides of the mountains in place have been washed out or soffened and exposed to the seasonal rain wash outs.
then there is going to be the down side of the drain, that is everyone below the dam will experiene higher than usual water levels. some people will experience some washing out. Fish who dont find a nice hole to hide in will have a longer spring swim than thay are used to. the river will be running faster, carying more debre than normal.
I have only seen a few draw downs of man made lakes, but what I have seen it vary interesting to study. What is left behind is realy interesting.
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Cumberland lake is relitivly new as far as lakes go, it is man maid and is just about 50 years old.
Look for large cats, stripers, carp,
look in old cabins and cars for trapped fish. Yes these things are in the cumberland and was there when it was flooded.
Problem, you will need to use a small rowboat, one that you can carry. since the lake was trapped between mountains there will be steep reveins.
I would be curious to know if the trees that were stinding during the flooding stage are still standing. they made for a great fishery. tho I am sure it played heck on troller rigs.
50 years is plenty of time to grow a few substantial specimens. and yes these fish in trapped ponds will need to be caught because there wont be enough resorces, especialy oxigen. they will just lay rot and stink if ya dont.
after the repairs are done, you can experience a two year lull during the refilling process. tho this may be a bit of a pocket book breaker for marinias, it offers them a chance to redo their old structures and build new ones while the water table is down.
I am sure the old road ways are for the most part a wash out and will be dangerously tretous to travel even with 4x4s. The roads will be much like what the northern states experience every spring when the frost in the ground melts and destablezes road bases, creates giant sink holes, some of wich wont be seen untill traveled upon and colapses under the weight of traffic. Land slides will be a big problem because the mortor of sand and clay and one time vegitation holding the sides of the mountains in place have been washed out or soffened and exposed to the seasonal rain wash outs.
then there is going to be the down side of the drain, that is everyone below the dam will experiene higher than usual water levels. some people will experience some washing out. Fish who dont find a nice hole to hide in will have a longer spring swim than thay are used to. the river will be running faster, carying more debre than normal.
I have only seen a few draw downs of man made lakes, but what I have seen it vary interesting to study. What is left behind is realy interesting.
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