dix river?

Wondering about the tailwater below herrington lake...

Been fishing there for quite a few years but recently it seems that there is hardly ANY flow. Went up to base of dam a few months ago and the old waterfall to the right of the dam was not even flowing.

Went this past weekend, and you could just about wade across the "rapids" they were so low.

Anybody know what's going on? Did they do something to the dam or something?

Just wondered if the trout would survive when it gets real hot this summer.

Anybody else notice this or am I crazy?

I've never been to the tail waters, but my grandparents use to have a place on Bryant's Camp Road. I know through the winter a few years ago they dropped the water level really low. I would think that the water level would be up to normal summer pool by now, but maybe it isn't. I don't know for sure, just guessing.

The trout in Dix River below the dam has been in decline in my opinion for the past 3 years. I think the trout get washed out into the KY River during high water times. I have not caught any trout over 12" in the past 2 years. As for bass, it depends upon whether KU is running the river and what the water conditions of the KY are as to what fish come up into the Dix. The water temperature in the Dix flucuates greatly depending upon water release at the dam and how much the KY backs up into the Dix due to flooding.

We need rain