Say a prayer for GA and Fl.. Anglers

Due to the prolonged drought, anglers in Georgia and Florida could have serious problems, as well as the entire city of Atlanta. Currently Lake Lanier is down to its lowest point in 50 years. This could mean the destruction of Laniers Striper fishery if they do not get water soon, but what is worse is the fact that there could be no water for the city of Atlanta.. this means drinking water, or water to fight fires. Currently there is a 6 month water supply.. and with waste water treatment plants dumping into the lake it will soon not have enought CLEAN water to mix with the treated water.
Okeechobee is down to 10.2 from the normal 12 to 13 foot level that they try to keep it at.. guides and businesses on that lake are suffering quite a bit.
Anglers in Tennessee and Kentucky too are affected by the drought. Barren River has not made it to summer pool all year, and Lake Cumberland and other lakes could use a serious amount of water to guarantee that we have water to drop into the river. Dale Hollow is being used to keep the flow of the Cumberland River high enough for navigation to Celina. Since it is only 25,000 acres (As opposed to the normal 80K for Cumberland) that means that water is leaving that lake faster than it can be replenished and that is after they kept water in the lake early in the spring.. so say a prayer that we get some nice rains over the normally DRY fall in Kentucky and the South.
Jim Dicken
Editor Fishin.com

Come on rain!

I see more chances of rain in the forecast this week than weeks past, but it's going to take a lot.

Jimbo, Cumberland at normal pool of 723 is only a fuzz over 50,000 acres not 80, it's big Ole buddy but not quite that big. You are certainly correct about the rain need though. It can't last much longer water has got to be on the way.

Georgia has it even worse than we do, but it's bad enough around here. And now they're saying it looks like we've got a La Nina in place, meaning we'll probably have a dry winter.

Got my old knee pads out from my roofing days, for giving thanks and asking for more help. We have a lot of family in east Texas, Houston area. they started carrying life jackets in the cars down there. West Louisiana the same way flooding every couple of weeks bad even for them. I saw a farmer disking a feild he was kicking up a 150 foot dust cloud behind him. I thought about that old movie the grapes of wrath, and the dust bowl. ponds so dry small fish with fins sticking out of the water. The Governor of Michigan said she would not allow any other state access to lake michigan no matter what. A very large statement to be making. Sportsmen have been the stewards of our natural resources for many years now our taxes and licenses make up one of the largest tax bases on one of the smallest groups in the country and we pay without complaining all that much. It may be time for some others to step up to special uses fees along with us. Green houses, car washes, pay for use swimming pools, water parks, and golf courses with extensive irrigation systems. Lets pray for God's helping hand and mans own God given gifts to help our selves with common sense and a will to use those gifts.

That governor in michigan isn't being mean, the great lakes are also shrinking, at a fast rate. My son moved to atlanta twenty years ago, the area he moved to has tripled in size, and yet there are folks who ignore sprinkling bans because they need to have those great looking lawns.I live in fear that some jerk here dosn't decide to have a little fire to burn some brush, because I'm wooded on all sides with a narrow egress road. But when the rains come, they need to be more than just a one or two day affair.