Cumberland Lake - Duskytail Darter News

[CaptObvious]

Call me skeptical, but where were these critters all the time before the lake had to be dropped? Seems to me that perhaps they were doing just fine or maybe they were planted a couple years back to somehow derail the completed filling of the lake. Just an observation.

[Tim_T]

Call me skeptical, but where were these critters all the time before the lake had to be dropped? Seems to me that perhaps they were doing just fine or maybe they were planted a couple years back to somehow derail the completed filling of the lake. Just an observation.

For what purpose?

[CaptObvious]

For what purpose?

Just wondering if there is an environmental group out there with an agenda to derail the complete filling of the lake or to eventually get rid of the lake. To what end? I have no clue. You hear and read all kind of "way out there" things these days. I'm not wearing an aluminum foil cap or trying to see a hidden agenda behind every tree. Again, just wondering. Mainly where these critters been hiding. I would like to see the lake stay of course.

[Tim_T]

Ok I got ya. I was thinking in a different direction. I too would be interested where they came from. I thought they might have just moved down from the headwaters once the lake levels were dropped, but I don't know.

[CaptObvious]

Ok I got ya. I was thinking in a different direction. I too would be interested where they came from. I thought they might have just moved down from the headwaters once the lake levels were dropped, but I don't know.

Could have Tim T. Sounds plausible. If they did, maybe they were just as happy up there. It would interesting to hear an independent biologist take on it just for s*** and giggles.

[mhall]

Captainobvious is well....Captainobvious with spot on. The critter was there before the lake was lowered and has survived just fine. It lived through floods and the lake spiking to HUGE levels above summer pool.

They were there Then and now its not an issue until some tree hugging dumbass says it is....This whole thing is just plain STUPID!

[CaptObvious]

Captainobvious is well....Captainobvious with spot on. The critter was there before the lake was lowered and has survived just fine. It lived through floods and the lake spiking to HUGE levels above summer pool.

They were there Then and now its not an issue until some tree hugging dumbass says it is....This whole thing is just plain STUPID!

Ha! Preach it mhall!!!! I like your thinking. Perhaps the door is closed on this issue now. Cooler and smarter heads actually seem to prevail here.

[mhall]

Ha! Preach it mhall!!!! I like your thinking. Perhaps the door is closed on this issue now. Cooler and smarter heads actually seem to prevail here.

[Les Young]

I will be so glad to see her at the old levels. May take a little while, but once the fish acclimate & adjust to the new shoreline, ledges & growth it should be great fishing again. Especially after all these years. I have heard a bunch of Crappie fishermen griping about it though. Guess what ??? We all will have to relearn her again, but with the wood in the water it will be very different than it was before the draw down. Gonna be an enjoyable summer as far as I'm concerned. lol