680 level: Trout CR

[sailfish]

in my humble opinion , i think fishing below the dam will remain the same after the lake is stabilized. same amount of water coming in and going out. right?

[MMax]

My thought as well at first, but reading what a rainy spring would do to the lake; i.e. cause the dam to release water 24/7. That would push out a lot of the cold lower level water into the river which would finally be replaced by warmer spring rain water.

[etcfishin]

I agree. A rainy spring or summer could have an impact. We actually saw this happen 2 summers ago when we had all of the rain. I believe there was a walleye kill in the lake as dissolved oxygen levels dropped. They checked the river and the levels had dropped there too. They had to open the sluice gates to get re-oxygenate the water. Oh well. Safety first. If I'm ever down there trout fishing and I start to see a bunch of wildlife take off running then head for the hills.

[troutcrazy]

in my humble opinion , i think fishing below the dam will remain the same after the lake is stabilized. same amount of water coming in and going out. right?

I thought the same thing, but someone told me that they will continue to run generators to keep the pressure off the dam at all times. Even at 680, they may keep a gate or two open. One is great...two starts to become troublesome for waders.

I think the striper will be fine.